Overview

• The first-look images and teaser spotlight Mae Martin as Officer Alex Dempsey and Toni Collette as the enigmatic academy director Evelyn Wade
• Wayward is co-showrun and executive produced by Mae Martin and Ryan Scott, drawing on Martin’s personal research into unregulated troubled teen facilities
• The eight-episode limited series follows Dempsey, his pregnant wife Laura (Sarah Gadon), and students Abbie (Sydney Topliffe) and Leila (Alyvia Alyn Lind) as they navigate a town’s dark underbelly
• Filmed near Toronto with period-specific details from 2003, the show balances comedic moments with escalating horror-thriller tension inspired by works like Fargo and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• Netflix confirmed that all episodes of Wayward will stream on September 25, 2025