If only the adults of Wayward Pines only knew the truth...

'Wayward Pines' Fox: A Second Season On The Way? Chad Hodge Dishes On Finale & Possible Future

Pilcher experimented with honesty once upon a time, and the effects were devastating. Unfortunately, keeping people afraid and confused for years at a time could end with blood and fire nonetheless.

Drop by the town toyshop, kids! Explosives? No, no, we don't have any of that here, Kate lies as she hides a bomb making facility in her back room. Deadly music boxes? Preposterous, Harold mutters as he slinks off to his workshop. Yes, clearly everyone is perfectly happy living under Pines' confusing and repressive rules.

'Wayward Pines' Fox: 'Big Moment' For Episode 9; 'A Reckoning' Takes On First Generation

Desperation has certainly come to a head in 4028.

"Ethan's been trapped in this town for just a few weeks," showrunner Chad Hodge told Entertainment Weekly. "Kate has been trapped in this town for 12 years. The amount of frustration and the amount of anger that she must have, and that other people in her group must have, you would pretty much get to a place of, 'I have nothing to lose,' so you will do anything to get out of here."

Will the rebel rousers get their way, or will the new sheriff be able to talk his former mistress down? Find out more when Wayward Pines airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on Fox.

Click the video below to see a preview for the series' next episode, "Betrayal."

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