With Season 2 of The Wilds set to hit Prime Video on May 6th, I got the chance to chat with creator-writer-executive producer Sarah Streicher and showrunner-writer-executive producer Amy B. Harris about their experience bringing the show to screen and figuring out how to evolve their initial plan for the narrative from season to season.
Season 2 of the series reveals the other half of Gretchen’s (Rachel Griffiths) experiment, the Twilight of Adam. Just like the members of the Dawn of Eve, the Twilight of Adam subjects think they’re boarding a flight to enjoy a retreat when, in reality, that plane is designed to “crash” and strand them on a deserted island. As the control group of the experiment, Gretchen is eager to see how the boys' approach to surviving on the island compares to the girls.
Before digging into the specifics of the second season, Streicher offered a little insight into her original pitch for the series to Amazon, revealing the length of her initial story idea. Check out what Streicher and Harris said about that and how they approached figuring out how best to divvy up the screen time between their growing ensembles in this video interview!
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