Wayward Netflix new series (NOT Wayward Pines)

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I’m sorry if there’s already a thread. I couldn’t see one.
just started this today. Am hooked already.
perfect cold night in thriller.
Without giving too much away, Toni Collete is fucking terrifying in this (to me).

slightly off topic: does she ever put a foot wrong? Since the days of Muriel (‘Mariel’) , she seems to have been unfailingly brilliant.
not sure I’ve seen everything she’s done so open to recommendations.

there was a thread recently about ubiquitous faces and it can be so urgh when you see the same names over and over, particularly British ex soap stars turned household names in every drama series going, or typecast movie stars who play the same character in every production but TC does seem to have a genuine and broad spectrum talent.

I've been ill and watched the whole thing in a day because I was that gripped (and had no energy to put something else on).
Loved it. I've enjoyed Mae's comedy before so liked seeing them in a different role. Town was weirdly accepting of a trans cop in the early naughties. Definitely made me question all their intentions

I binged it because Toni Collette. I managed to get past Mae Martins awful acting, the improbability of everyone calling her “him” (she doesn’t pass as male at all) and the utterly excruciating sex scene.

It was ok 🤷‍♀️

Honestly, I hate sex scenes in everything and I have seen way worse. I expected something really explicit!

What an absolute load of rubbish.
Just finished the series tonight. Only watched it because of Toni Collette. She must be short of a bob or two is all I can say! (I'm sure she's not, so why did she agree to be in this?)
It was so non-scary, it was laughable.
Mae Martin was just dire.
Even Toast was a rubbish actor.
None of the kids looked like delinquents.
The whole thing was like a poor CBBC or YA drama. Very disappointing!

Oh and the sex scene was CRINGE.

I don’t care about the trans thing either but her acting is shocking. Truly. Abysmal. And next to Toni Collette it shows up even worse. If she wrote it she’d have done her work a much better service by casting a proper actor in the role.

Mae martins pronouns are They/Them. Stop referring to them as she. Their character uses he/him pronouns so there's no excuse. Use he/him or they/them or be quiet

Mae martins pronouns are They/Them. Stop referring to them as she. Their character uses he/him pronouns so there's no excuse. Use he/him or they/them or be quiet

You are not the language police and do not get to tell anybody how to refer to somebody when they are not there. Ig they are doing it to someone's face you may just have grounds to call out rudeness but not here

Here yes. Its basic respect which you clearly don't have

Mae Martin is female, so she/her.
You can use whatever you like but I won't.

By what authority? Be kind? Gov edits? Mumsnet policy? You have zero authority and no ability to enforce made up rules that damage women and encroach in their basic rights

By what authority? Be kind? Gov edits? Mumsnet policy? You have zero authority and no ability to enforce made up rules that damage women and encroach in their basic rights

Guys, this isn't FWR.

I can't speak for the OP but I presume she wanted to discuss the -y'know- programme.

Has everyone on here seen it?

It's not just the characters living in the town's reaction to calling Alex. When Leila ran into Alex in town Leila called Alex queer. Later, when Leila and Abbie saw Alex on the CCTV Leila referred to Alex as he. No teens were talking like that in 2003! The whole script just feels off because we're meant to believe it was set in 2003 (why?) but everyone talks like the best kind of woke people in 2025.

In the sex scene I also wondered how the audience were meant to interpret what Laura was doing to Alex while 'he' laid on his front. Alex is a 'man' so where was Laura's hand going?

I enjoyed it despite Mae channeling Joey Tribbiani’s ‘smell the fart’ acting it was pretty gripping I thought some of the teens were brilliant and I’d like to see more, (although please no more sex scenes)
It did appear it was left open for another series.

I have got 3 episodes left

Been torn away by the peerless Blue Lights

I do know 2003 was chosen because Mae wanted to set it in a pre mobile phone world - the plot wouldn't work with mobiles (it's a known problem for all thrillers).

I think the town is meant to be rather Midwich Cuckoos and 'too perfect by half'. I ahven't watched the final episodes yet but was everyone in the town a product of the school where sex and sexuality are almost erased as not being relevant as babies aren't required? I haven't figured out how some people get 'released' (such as the head in the girls' hometown.)

I started this but had to switch off about 3/4 through the first episode because of the terrible acting. Such a shame, it could have been a great watch.

I really enjoyed it and Toni Collete is amazing. I always find Mae Martin to be Mae Martin. but if you can't cast yourself in the main role when you wrote it and produced it when can you? I think if they didn't cast an actor who is non binary themselves in that role they would have got some negativity - but I agree Mae is clearly a good writer but not a good actor. It's a Canadian production and they're much better known in Canada Then they are here.

I couldn't work out where I knew her police partner from. I googled him and the things that came up didn't ring a bell but I spent each episode wondering where I recognise him from.

I feel like I do too. It's bugging me.

Also, just thinking - 2003 is about as late as the date could be to make sense of the hippie Vietnam era backplot.

He’s been in loads @treesandsun. Personally I’ve noticed he’d been in the US version of The Killing which I watched years ago but I guess it depends on what you’ve watched.