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** ...and episode 5 transforms the show into an inverted ''[[spoiler:Series/TerraNova]]'', with a touch of [[spoiler:''Film/TheVillage'']].

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** ...and episode 5 transforms the show into an inverted ''[[spoiler:Series/TerraNova]]'', with a touch of [[spoiler:''Film/TheVillage'']].[[spoiler:''Film/TheVillage2004'']].
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''Wayward Pines'' is a 2015 American television series based on the novel ''Pines'' by Blake Crouch. The series started airing in May 2015. It is executive produced (and the pilot was directed) by Creator/MNightShyamalan, and stars Matt Dillon, Creator/CarlaGugino, Creator/TobyJones, Shannyn Sossamon, Creator/ReedDiamond, Tim Griffin, Charlie Tahan, Creator/JulietteLewis, Melissa Leo and Terrence Howard.

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''Wayward Pines'' is a 2015 American television series based on the novel ''Pines'' by Blake Crouch. The series started airing in May 2015. It is executive produced (and the pilot was directed) by Creator/MNightShyamalan, and stars Matt Dillon, Creator/MattDillon, Creator/CarlaGugino, Creator/TobyJones, Shannyn Sossamon, Creator/ShannynSossamon, Creator/ReedDiamond, Tim Griffin, Charlie Tahan, Creator/TimGriffin, Creator/CharlieTahan, Creator/JulietteLewis, Melissa Leo Creator/MelissaLeo and Terrence Howard.
Creator/TerrenceHoward.
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* FormerlySapientSpecies: The majority of humans has devolved into predatory animals known as "abnormals" or "abbies".
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** Actually a BaitAndSwitch. The promotional materials, and most of the first episode, give the impression that this will be a SpiritualSuccessor to Series/TwinPeaks. At the end of the first episode you find out the real inspiration: [[spoiler:''Series/ThePrisoner'']].

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** Actually a BaitAndSwitch. The promotional materials, and most of the first episode, give the impression that this will be a SpiritualSuccessor to Series/TwinPeaks. At the end of the first episode you find out the real inspiration: [[spoiler:''Series/ThePrisoner'']].[[spoiler:''Series/{{The Prisoner|1967}}'']].
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* UnnaturallyLoopingLocation: The road out of town leads you back to it. Mundanely achieved as the road actually is an endless loop, which curves repeatedly to confuse peoples' sense of direction.
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Humanoid Abomination does not mean "any humanoid monster". It is "an incomprehensible nightmare in broadly human form."


* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:The Aberrations. Formerly human monstrosities that are now the main predators on the planet. No one really knows how they came to be, other than basically "Nature got pissed over the fact that we were destroying the ecosystem, so it turned us into that to compensate."]]
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* TransferStudentUniforms; Inverted - Ben received a package containing Wayward Pines Academy's formal blazer-and-tie uniform as a summoning to the school. (The fact that the only school in a small town in Idaho would have such a thing is in itself a sign things are off)
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''Wayward Pines'' is a 2015 American television series based on the novel ''Pines'' by Blake Crouch. The series started airing in May 2015. Its executive produced (and the pilot was directed) by Creator/MNightShyamalan, and stars Matt Dillon, Creator/CarlaGugino, Creator/TobyJones, Shannyn Sossamon, Creator/ReedDiamond, Tim Griffin, Charlie Tahan, Creator/JulietteLewis, Melissa Leo and Terrence Howard.

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''Wayward Pines'' is a 2015 American television series based on the novel ''Pines'' by Blake Crouch. The series started airing in May 2015. Its It is executive produced (and the pilot was directed) by Creator/MNightShyamalan, and stars Matt Dillon, Creator/CarlaGugino, Creator/TobyJones, Shannyn Sossamon, Creator/ReedDiamond, Tim Griffin, Charlie Tahan, Creator/JulietteLewis, Melissa Leo and Terrence Howard.
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''Wayward Pines'' is a 2015 American television series based on the novel ''Pines'' by Blake Crouch. The series started airing in May 2015. It's executive produced (and the pilot was directed) by Creator/MNightShyamalan, and stars Matt Dillon, Creator/CarlaGugino, Creator/TobyJones, Shannyn Sossamon, Creator/ReedDiamond, Tim Griffin, Charlie Tahan, Creator/JulietteLewis, Melissa Leo and Terrence Howard.

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''Wayward Pines'' is a 2015 American television series based on the novel ''Pines'' by Blake Crouch. The series started airing in May 2015. It's Its executive produced (and the pilot was directed) by Creator/MNightShyamalan, and stars Matt Dillon, Creator/CarlaGugino, Creator/TobyJones, Shannyn Sossamon, Creator/ReedDiamond, Tim Griffin, Charlie Tahan, Creator/JulietteLewis, Melissa Leo and Terrence Howard.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of TheConspiracy and the OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness. They come across as Complete Monsters, but only because the "heroes" aren't actually aware of their motives. The truth is far [[GreyAndGrayMorality murkier]], and LaResistance nearly [[spoiler:causes the extinction of humanity.]]

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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of TheConspiracy and the OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness. They come across as Complete Monsters, total monsters, but only because the "heroes" aren't actually aware of their motives. The truth is far [[GreyAndGrayMorality murkier]], and LaResistance nearly [[spoiler:causes the extinction of humanity.]]

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