Day 50/33
Gretchen tells the story of how the relationship between mother and child is so important to her. Unfortunately, it was never felt by Seth, who Gretchen speaks to and believes deserves a second chance.
Seth’s relationship with his mother was tumultuous from the start. A fight with his father led to her leaving, and Seth watches her drive away in frustration. This event sets the tone for the rest of his life, as he will be constantly fighting with those around him.
Seth’s life is tough as he transitions to being a teenager. His girlfriend spends more time with her step-son, Henry. Henry is struggling because he’s worried about his mother and how she’s changing. His biggest concern is that she’s drifting away from him. ..
Rachel and the girls take Martha to the hot springs after she falls asleep. They hope that the heat will help her heal.
The girls are on a treacherous journey when they realize they need to try and pass a running river. Of course, everything goes wrong. The girls slip on the rocks, Martha ends up in the water and it’s almost a complete mess. ..
The gang eventually makes it to the hot springs, where Rachel tells Fatin again that she needs to have patience and faith. Leah has had enough and leaves the group, unwilling to indulge in this any longer. ..
Shelby catches up to Toni, who has been standoffish with her since the reveal that Shelby let the boat go. Here, Shelby airs out her concerns and apologizes for what happened. She leaves her jumper as a peace offering before walking away. ..
Shelby heads into the woods, where she cuts her hair. Fatin shows up and throws her arms around Shelby “madness loves company right?” she says. While together, Fatin shows off the journal, joking that she’s gone “full on Leah.”
Seth arrives on the beach to say hello to the others. He’s caught a fish and offers it as a peace offering. Scotty thanks him and eventually walks off, telling them that he’s there if they need him.
Scotty leaves the camp with the fish, but Kirin is not happy. Scotty points out that on his watch they don’t have a lot of food and their constant tomfoolery is causing issues.
Josh starts poking fun of Bo, telling him he never skips a meal. This toxicity has the knock-on effect of the whole camp falling apart. Bo and Scotty decide to move camps and head over to see Raf and Seth. The latter decides they should try and make a peace offering and settle things to become one group.
Seth speaks up for the other boys on the island and gives a speech about how death is the real enemy. However, it soon becomes apparent that Seth’s lies stretch further back than we thought. The truth is, he abused his girlfriend Julia and stole her cat. The lies he’s spun to the different boys on the island sees all of them turn on him… again. So Seth is kicked out of camp… again.
According to Gretchen, the problems on the island stem from “bad male behaviour.”
DJ is introduced to Ian, who admits he’s received this address courtesy of a retreat called Dawn of Eve. He opens the door and lets him in.
The Episode Review
The penultimate episode of The Wilds continued to mishandle all the characters in this show, who received little snippets of flashbacks but nowhere near enough to actually make for compelling viewing. ..
It would have been great to see an entire episode dedicated to Seth’s decline in the past. How his mother leaving has caused him to psychologically break down; how he can’t form relationships with women because of this, worried that they’ll leave him. ..
The episode would have been more interesting if we had seen what happened between Henry and the other characters. ..
It’s unfortunate because this show could have used at least 15 episodes or more to really allow all these characters to grow. As it stands, everything feels rushed and spread out. With the finale up next, it’ll be interesting to see if this one ends on a cliffhanger or not. ..
