“Obviously we’re living in a very divided world right now and people are behind their computer screams trolling one another and screaming strong opinions and not listening to one another. “This is I think partially the way Sarah and I view the world, we did think that probably Gretchen was right - that women at the bottom of it would find a way to build a community,” Harris told Variety in December 2020 of Gretchen Klein ( Rachel Griffiths), the character in charge of the experiment. Harris opened up about the message behind the shocking social experiment. The finale ended with Leah ( Sarah Pidgeon) escaping from her room only to discover cameras on the island that showed a group of boys as the next subjects.Īhead of the sophomore season, producers Sarah Streicher and Amy B.

Season 1 focused on the girls’ time on the island and in the bunker shortly after their rescue. The high school students don’t know that they are subjects in a social experiment - until they are later rescued by the same people that put them in the situation. The drama series follows a group of teenage girls who are left stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. Back for more! Prime Video’s The Wilds introduced viewers to a survival story that provided shocking twists and turns until the season 1 finale.