But the inhabitants of Wayward Pines are trapped there by an electrified fence and set of rules enforced by the strict Sheriff Arnold Pope.

Wayward Pines was executive produced by Chad Hodge with M. Night Shyamalan, Donald De Line, and Ashwin Rajan.

[9] He noted that the TV series varies from the books in some ways, but as Crouch was still writing the novels while the show was in development, there was "all kinds of cross pollinating" between the two.

Though Hodge asserted that, from a creative standpoint, "Wayward Pines was always designed to be just these 10 episodes" in concert with the plotline of the books, he allowed for the possibility of another season.

[3] The series was picked up for broadcast by Fox in the United Kingdom,[37] and by FX in Australia from May 14, 2015,[38] where the premiere was the second most watched program on subscription television with 101,000 viewers.

[39] Fox made the pilot available on demand and through various online outlets from April 23 to 30, 2015, in what the network called "the first-ever global preview event".

[42] A companion webseries, titled Gone and written and directed by Christopher Leone, aired on the Fox website alongside the weekly episodes of Wayward Pines.

The site's critical consensus reads, "Creepy and strange in the best way possible, Wayward Pines is a welcome return to form for M. Night Shyamalan.

The site's critical consensus reads, "Wayward Pines drifts away from the intrigue and mystery established during its debut season, slipping into a dull, repetitive, and trite narrative.