After a long day of travel, I settled down into my cramped Airbnb apartment to watch the first episode of “Wayward,” Netflix’s new psychological thriller series. I planned to stream only a single episode before getting some much-needed sleep. More than two hours later, I’d binged the opening three chapters, and it was only my partner's insistence that I turn my laptop off and go to sleep that stopped me from hitting “play next episode” on the fourth.
That’s perhaps the biggest compliment I can give “Wayward.” This new Netflix original series borders on addictive. Each 40-minute episode is perfectly set up for binge-watching. The central mystery deepens with each twist, its cast of compelling characters becomes increasingly more intriguing, and there are plenty of cliffhanger endings that will have you shunning sleep or your other responsibilities in favor of seeing what happens next.
