I was disappointed the show was rescheduled after the second episode of the inaugural season. It's easy to identify with the Hines family, because they're not experts at this homesteading thing. They're real people in a truly new situation. They came from the 'burbs in Texas to their land in northern Washington, because Brett and Wendy didn't like the way their kids' lives were being affected by modern suburban life. Brett, an Army veteran who was shot in Afghanistan, wants to give off-grid life a try, because as his family develops their homestead, the homestead will also shape his family and bring them closer. It's wonderful to see how close they are while still experiencing the same challenges and dynamics anyone can recognize in their own family. This is a wholesome, real, family who is trying to accomplish something so many of us wish we could try. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the Hines family inspires a lot more people to do something similar in their own lives, scaled to whatever they're able to do within their own circumstances. Raising Wild is an endearing look into a regular family doing something very cool--which is a refreshing counterbalance to extreme survival shows that almost no one will ever have the opportunity or the need to try and Kardashianesque nonsense that the entire world could do without, at least in my opinion.
Review of Raising Wild
