I’ve seen the first five episodes of Fox’s 10-episode sci-fi “Wayward Pines” miniseries, based on Blake Crouch’s wildly popular best-selling novels, and I am all in.
Inspired by "Twin Peaks" but really more of a cross between “The Prisoner” and “Lost,” the project stars “Empire’s” Terrence Howard as the titular town’s top lawman, as well as Carla Gugino, Hope Davis, Juliette Lewis, Shannyn Sossamon, Toby Jones, Melissa Leo and Matt Dillon as a U.S. secret service agent hunting for his missing former partner.
The pilot hitting Fox On Demand tonight was directed by M. Night Shyamalan, and it’s the best thing he’s directed in a decade.
You can watch it at midnight (your local time) if you subscribe to AT&T U-verse, Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Charter, Cox, DIRECTV, Mediacom, Suddenlink, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS, XFINITY and other platforms.
If you’re still making do with rabbit ears, Fox will broadcast the pilot to your TV set May 14.
The big Shyamalan-y reveal comes with episode five. Because the series is based on novels, it's easy to discover what that reveal is. But if you mention the reval in talkback, you will be banished.
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