So secret is tonight's finale of M-Net's The Wild and the producers so intent on surprising viewers right up until the end that a whole separate secret story and ending was prepared if the intended final scenes leaked ahead of tonight's climactic hour long final episode at 19:00 on M-Net.
The soap which went all out after it received it's cancellation news by wrapping up storylines and building up to tonight's climactic finale in a two week telenovela styled "condensed recap story", already saw several characters die the past few days, with the producers promising "a full circle" for the characters and the story's conclusion.
Many M-Net viewers were extremely irate and felt cheated when M-Net ended its longrunning other soap Egoli in March 2010 with a final scene of Brumilda van Rensburg descending down a staircase, staring vacantly. M-Net subscribers had to pay to watch an Egoli movie following after the soap ended.
"Some will have a happy conclusion, others' [ending] will be very sad," says the producers about The Wild which was done in by production problems and low viewership which ultimately wasn't enough to offset the expensive production costs. "[Tonight's] final episode will be filled with romance, shocking discoveries, tears and happiness," I was told.
The producers kept their options open in case storylines leaked "but most of the characters will be in the final scene, either way," I'm told. "A lot of effort went into the final two months to make sure that the series ends on a high and memorable note."
