Overview

• Netflix has debuted a teaser trailer and first-look images outlining the series’ tone and premise.
• Wayward will stream on Netflix beginning September 25, 2025, across its confirmed eight episodes.
• Mae Martin serves as co-showrunner and executive producer alongside Ryan Scott, and also stars as Officer Alex Dempsey.
• Toni Collette portrays Evelyn Wade, the enigmatic head of Tall Pines Academy whose influence hints at buried horrors in the community.
• Drawing on Martin’s personal research and influences like Fargo and Get Out, the show critiques unregulated troubled-teen programs through a genre-blending narrative.