The Wilds
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It always seemed inevitable, didnt it?
That spending weeks alone in the wilderness pushed to their absolute limits would mentally break one of our castaways?
They were all slightly damaged goods to begin with, after all.
These poor fucking kids.
Lets take it back to the beginning, though.
We open Day 46/26 with Gretchen falling totally off the control wagon.
Shes disheveled, drunk, and playing some knock-offCandy Crushwhile buriedunder a blanket in her office.
Im not sure all of them do anymore either.
It also seems like he may have learned a little humility or futility on the island.
Its unclear which one as of yet, but it could be a column A/column B situation.
Toni freaks out a little and clams up.
Rachel and Leah stumble on a hot spring that looks fake as hell (on a hill, really?
With blue ice water and a white-ish bottom?
Sure) and take off back to camp to spread the good word.
(Insert ominous music here.)
Flashing back to Ivan, we come to learn the reason he and Kirin are on the island.
Kirin made some goofy lacrosse lip sync(to Carly Rae Jepsen!
)where he cuts it up at the end with his coach.
Ivan promptly puts him on social-media blast, and he gets fired from his job at the school.
Turns out Kirin taking something hard isnt exactly a one-time trait for him.
would have easily given it to them if theyd just asked.
Raf slips off with some supplies, which he takes to a pathetic-looking Seth off in the woods.
Heres the thing: There are no winners in this situation.
Boy Island is bathed in shades of gray across the board, and everything is just awful.
Also awful: The reason Ivan and Kirin are there.
After a very sweet moment with Luke, Ivan hears a commotion in the boys locker room.
He finds Kirin there, drinking and crying.
Kirin demurs, saying no, its not about that.
He posts the video, and Kirin is expelled.
Ultimately, it seems like Luke also outs his ex to the schools authorities, and Ivan is expelled.
Ivan apologizes for what he did at home, though its clear that Kirin doesnt believe him.
The interrogators ask Ivan if the island was a learning moment for him, and he demurs.
How, he says, do they know that he didnt live to regret his decision?
And now we have to talk about what happens to Martha.
(Probably A.)
She tears back into camp, screaming about what shes seen and starts hitting herself.
Wild Observations
Holy fucking shit, Ben Folds was in this episode.
Like, for real.
He popped up in one of Leahs hallucinations, calling himself the first target of her obsessional attentions.
While I wont say Folds is on the fast track to a guest-star Oscar, hes notawful.
