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Wild Wild Country
Season 1
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When a controversial cult leader builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.
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Where to Watch Season 1
Netflix
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6 Episodes
Part 1
E1
Part 1
Episode 1
Part 2
E2
Part 2
Episode 2
Part 3
E3
Part 3
Episode 3
Part 4
E4
Part 4
Episode 4
Part 5
E5
Part 5
Episode 5
Part 6
E6
Part 6
Episode 6
Cast of Season 1
Ma Anand Sheela
Self
Jane Stork
Self
Jon Bowerman
Self
Ma Prem Sunshine
Self
Philip Toelkes
Self
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Self (archive footage)
George Meredith
Self (archive footage)
Krishna Devi
Self (archive footage)
Season 1 Reviews
The Ringer
Alison Herman
Wild Wild Country understands that behind every tabloid-friendly utopia-gone-awry headline is a group of people, however misguided, who earnestly thought they'd found utopia.
ArtsATL
Steve Murray
Propelled by ample vintage video footage from local and national news covering the situation at the time, the documentary also benefits from contemporary interviews.
TIME Magazine
Daniel D'Addario
Compelling if occasionally slow viewing.
Hollywood Reporter
Daniel Fienberg
It's a slice of partially forgotten history in which real life just keeps getting more and more outlandish and implausible.
NPR
Linda Holmes
It's an often bizarre story that is, like any good yarn, full of twists and unforgettable characters.
The Atlantic
Sophie Gilbert
To describe Wild Wild Country as jaw-dropping is to understate the number of times my mouth gaped while watching the series.
Rolling Stone
Rob Sheffield
Even if you think you know this story, this doc has more dirt than you could have imagined... A true only-in-America story. God help us all.
New York Times
Mike Hale
What's most striking about "Wild Wild Country" is how present, and unyielding, the passions of the combatants remain.
indieWire
Ben Travers
It takes the time to dwell in every conceivable emotion, and your opinions of certain individuals may shift repeatedly throughout the six episodes.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Brian Moylan
It's a twisty story that goes to very shocking and unexpected places.
AV Club
Katie Rife
Wild Wild Country ends up being a character study, an attempt to suss out whether Bhagwan and Sheela really bought what they were selling...stylistic quibbles are minor given the sheer scope of the series.
Missoula Independent
Molly Laich
Isn't it just like a cult leader to let a powerful woman do all the work and then take the fall?
The Film Experience
Glenn Dunks
Rather than sitting on the edge of my seat, I became comfortable in its story beats and with its rhythmic editing. I found myself going days between episodes because my attention kept slipping.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Wild Wild Country couldn't be more timely-even if the particulars of its story are crazily unique to itself.
USA Today
Kelly Lawler
What seems like a straightforward story of culture clash spins into something more disturbing, engrossing and gross than you could possibly imagine.
The Young Folks
Kristen Lopez
Wild, Wild Country leaves audiences enraptured with a story that, at several points, sounds like the worst blend of tall tale, racial bigotry, and true crime drama that leaves you questioning motives at every turn.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Jen Chaney
Like most good documentarians, the Ways conduct interviews with key figures in this drama without fully passing judgment on any of them and leaving it up to viewers to draw their own conclusions.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Lloyd
What this is about, at bottom, is the delights of storytelling - the story that the Ways are expertly telling and the sometimes contradictory, sometimes reinforcing stories that their subjects have to tell.
RogerEbert.com
Nick Allen
By handling this story so intelligently and by opening its heart to a very complicated idea of good and evil, "Wild Wild Country" has a profound, mesmerizing power itself.
Christianity Today
Leah Payne
Although it might seem counterintuitive, part of what makes the series compelling (and seriously bingeable) is its relatability.
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