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Comedian Mae Martin created, co-wrote, and stars in Wayward, a striking tonal departure from their stand-up and the Netflix comedy Feel Good, and drew on real reporting about the troubled-teen industry to ground the thriller.
Toni Collette plays Evelyn Wade, the academy's unsettling leader, and her performance became a focal point of the show's reception, anchoring much of the series' considerable online buzz.
The limited series debuted at number one on Netflix and racked up well over a billion streaming minutes within weeks, even as critics landed on sharply divided verdicts about it.
Wayward is a Netflix limited thriller series created by and starring comedian Mae Martin, released in September 2025. A sharp departure from Martin's stand-up and their comedy series Feel Good, it trades laughs for dread, building a slow-burn mystery around a seemingly idyllic small town and the secretive institution at its heart.
Martin plays a police officer who becomes entangled with Tall Pines, an academy for troubled teenagers run by the charismatic and unnerving Evelyn Wade, played by Toni Collette. As two students try to escape the program, the show peels back the community's wholesome facade to expose the coercive machinery of the so-called troubled-teen industry, drawing on real-world reporting about such facilities.
The series debuted at number one on Netflix and amassed well over a billion streaming minutes within weeks, even as critics were sharply divided over its tone and ambitions. Collette's performance drew particular attention and helped make the show one of the most-discussed Netflix titles of the fall. Wayward streams on Netflix.
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