Director: Euros Lyn, John Fawcett, Renuka Jeyapalan, Mae Martin
Something is wrong at the school on the hill, and the local cop in "Wayward" is the only one who thinks so out loud.
What is Wayward about?
In a quiet town, a place called Tall Pines takes in teenagers who have been labeled too troubled for anywhere else. Its founder speaks in the calm, reassuring language of someone who has helped a lot of families, and most of the town takes that at face value. Alex, a police officer new to the area, does not. Small details keep catching in her mind: the way students talk about the program, the way parents stop asking questions once their kids are enrolled, the way the founder seems to know exactly what to say to shut down concern before it spreads. As Alex starts pulling on those threads, she finds two teenage girls whose experiences inside the school point toward something far more controlling than tough love. The series follows her investigation alongside the girls' own attempts to understand what is really happening behind Tall Pines' doors, building a picture of an institution that trades on trust while asking no one to look too closely.
Cast & crew
Mae Martin, who also created the series, plays a central role alongside Toni Collette as the school's founder, a performance that carries much of the show's unsettling charisma. Brandon Jay McLaren, Sarah Gadon, Sydney Topliffe, and Alyvia Alyn Lind fill out the cast, spanning the officer's orbit and the students caught inside the institution.
Context & significance
"Wayward" was shaped by four directors across its run, including Euros Lyn, John Fawcett, Renuka Jeyapalan, and Martin, a rotation that lets the tone shift between procedural tension and something closer to psychological unease. Produced across Canada and the United States, the show sits in a run of recent mystery-thrillers built around institutions that look benevolent from the outside.
Where & how to watch
"Wayward" is available on K-Time with Persian-dubbed audio, presented through a Farsi interface built for viewers who prefer to watch without subtitles. This page is free to browse; streaming the series requires logging into a K-Time account.