After a long day of travel, I settled down into my cramped Airbnb apartment to watch the first episode of “Wayward,” Netflix’s new psychological thriller series. I planned to stream only a single episode before getting some much-needed sleep. More than two hours later, I’d binged the opening three chapters, and it was only my partner's insistence that I turn my laptop off and go to sleep that stopped me from hitting “play next episode” on the fourth.

That’s perhaps the biggest compliment I can give “Wayward.” This new Netflix original series borders on addictive. Each 40-minute episode is perfectly set up for binge-watching. The central mystery deepens with each twist, its cast of compelling characters becomes increasingly more intriguing, and there are plenty of cliffhanger endings that

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