The essential episodes of Wayward Pines
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Wayward Pines — each pick states its reason.
- 01
After surviving a terrible car crash, Secret Service Agent Ethan Burke finds himself in the charming, bucolic town of Wayward Pines but soon discovers that something isn't quite right.
- 02
Don't Discuss Your Life Before
Ethan struggles to understand why Sheriff Pope does not want him to leave Wayward Pines. Frustrated by the lack of information and answers as to Ethan's whereabouts, Theresa decides she will go in search of him herself.
- 03
Following Beverly's "reckoning" in the town square, Ethan is shocked by Kate's participation in the heinous act. Although determined to find his way out of Wayward Pines, Peter meets real estate agent Peter McCall, who gives him a new house. Meanwhile, Theresa and Ben head to Idaho to find Ethan, who has another run-in with Sheriff Pope.
- 04
One of Our Senior Realtors Has Chosen to Retire
After the Burkes' run-in with Sheriff Pope, they head back into town to discover that Ethan has been named in a new leadership role in Wayward Pines. With his new role, Nurse Pam tells Ethan he must call a reckoning for Peter McCall, a "traitor" who painted graffiti on Main Street. Meanwhile, Ben goes to his first day of school at Wayward Pines Academy, where he gets private tutoring from teacher Megan Fisher and Theresa is offered a job as a realtor.
- 05
Ethan ventures outside of Wayward Pines and is shocked by what he discovers. Meanwhile, Theresa reports to her new realty job and meets her first client who is as confused as Theresa about the eerie town and Ben goes through orientation and learns the truth about Wayward Pines from his teacher Megan Fisher.
- 06
Ethan gets a tour of the facility and personnel that manage the day-to-day operations of Wayward Pines and learns more about the history and how the residents ended up in the eerie town. Meanwhile, at the realty office, Theresa finds a map of an unusual plot of land she wants to investigate and Kate and Harold are planning a covert operation.
- 07
After discovering the truth behind Wayward Pines, Ethan finds a bomb planted in his car, which makes him question people whom he thought he could trust. Meanwhile, Kate and Harold have a fertility consult meeting with Nurse Pam and Ben and Amy's (guest star Sarah Jeffery) relationship heats up.
- 08
After Harold attempts to break past the fence surrounding Wayward Pines, Ethan interrogates him about other insurgents who have gone off the grid. Meanwhile, Amy's (guest star Sarah Jeffery) health takes a turn for the worse, Nurse Pam encourages Theresa to investigate Plot 33, Ben's teacher, Megan Fisher (guest star Hope Davis), advises Ben to speak publicly about the current events effecting Wayward Pines and Ethan reveals the truth about the town to the residents.
- 09
After Pilcher decides to turn off the electricity in Wayward Pines - with deadly repercussions - Ethan and Kate take the initiative to make sure everyone is out of harm's way. Meanwhile, Nurse Pam confronts Pilcher on his decision and tries to convince him to reconsider, Ethan and Kate plan for an attack and the first generation tries to protect the future of Wayward Pines by taking matters into their own hands.
- 10
Dr. Theo Yedlin wakes up after a night of drinking and finds himself in the town of Wayward Pines. Gunfire echoes in the sheet and the town's leader, Jason Higgins, tells Theo that the town is a secret government project to explore wartime trauma on civilians. But Theo soon realizes that something far more sinister is going on.
- 11
The Abbies develop a new tactic to try and get through the fence, and Jason is forced to send harvesters out to gather vital crops from a field beyond the barrier. Meanwhile, Theo realizes that the powers that be can't do without him and begins to assert his authority.
- 12
Almost three dozen townspeople are killed trying to salvage the crops, and Theo warns Jason that they are critically low on medical supplies. Meanwhile, both Adam and Theresa are injured in the attack, and Rebecca continues to see Xander.
- 13
As the Abbies gather outside the fence, Theo desperately tries to establish communications with Margaret. In the past, CJ awakens every 20 years to check the hibernation facilities... and slowly comes to grips with the fact that the world that he knew is gone.
- 14
Jason learns that only half of the sleep pods work, and he will have to choose who will continue on to maintain the future of Wayward Pines. In the past, Pilcher is forced to choose an alternative when the baby he selects to become the future leader of Wayward Pines dies unexpectedly.
- 15
As the Abbies prepare for their final assault, Theo and the townspeople of Wayward Pine face one final decision: how they will face the future.
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