User Reviews

Took a bit of a chance on this one, as it hasn't had much advertisement, but the premise intrigued me. I was rewarded with an entertaining series, full of performers that I hadn't seen much of before but who were great, and an intriguing and entertaining story.

A group of teenage girls survive a plane crash and wake up on an uninhabited island. As their days turn into weeks, the hope of immediate rescue fades and they must try and stay alive whilst working out their issues both internal and with each other. But all is not what it seems. There was no plane crash, the girls were drugged and their crash was staged. They are part of an experiment and are being monitored, something one of the girls in the group is already aware of, as she is a plant.

The spectre of "Lost" casts a little bit of a shadow over "The Wilds". Plane crash onto a mysterious island, the story revealed in parallel present day and flashback. Fortunately, the secrets of the Island are revealed to the audience fairly quickly, save for the one juicy one, about which of our heroines is working with Rachel Griffiths mad scientist. It doesn't come close to having "Lost's" predilection for building and building on the mythos either. Though we don't actually see it until later in the season, it's made clear to us early on how and why the girls are there.

The performances of all the actresses are really good. This is not to say that all the characters are likable, indeed all of them are flawed people, who either did something regrettable in their past, or had something done to them, which gets to their issues. There are lots of moments of comedy and the music choices are mostly really good.

Admittedly, the complaint I read that I can't argue against is that they don't behave as I feel I would in the same situation. They take a long time to build a shelter and then stay rooted on the Beach too long. They don't explore island properly, they don't move to the fresh water supply. There's quite a bit of sex and swearing, that would make the show unsuitable for the younger end of what might been it's target audience.

But if you can suspend a little of that disbelief, as I did, then there's much to admire in the series and I'm looking forward to the second.

This show was pretty easy to get into. It left just enough mystery at the end of each episode with a walk into a new story line to leave you wanting. I watched this whole first season in only a couple days. The character of Leah is mostly what drew me in because of her inability to let things go and just go with the flow when she realizes that something just isn't right. The characters are well developed, and flawed and relatable in most instances. It's definitely an easy, watch. Hoping for a second season to get answers from the first.

This episode introduces all the characters and leaves you wanting more, the characters are relatable, the story is engaging, the premise is intriguing and there are so many places it could go looking forward to seeing where the story goes.

The acting and story are compelling but I just can't get past the plot holes. They don't search for food, find shelter, hunt, fish, etc. They are literally dying of starvation hoping for food to magically appear while sun bathing. It makes zero sense.

The flashbacks and flash forwards were tolerable in the first few episodes as they were brief and seamlessly intertwined with the plot. But by the last few episodes I guess the writers got lazy. The season finale where the climax of the story is building is literally wasted on long drawn out flashbacks which do not weave into the plot in any interesting or dramatic way.

All the girls are great actors and carried the show anyway.

This answered almost nothing after 9 stupid episodes. Literally jumped the shark. Burn this show to the ground.