[This story contains major spoilers from Wayward .]
Wayward star Alyvia Alyn Lind knows you have unlimited questions about her new limited series that’s currently ranking atop the Netflix TV charts.
Created by Mae Martin, Wayward shines a light on the troubled teen industry through Vermont’s fictional Tall Pines Academy. The “therapeutic” school is run by Toni Collette ’s cult-like leader, Evelyn Wade, who later takes a special interest in Lind’s Leila. The latter is a Canadian teenager who made the journey across the border in an effort to rescue her best friend, Abbie (Sydney Topliffe), from the clutches of this institution that her parents forced her to attend. However, Leila’s plan backfires, turning her into the latest enrollee.
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