Episode 1

While on a high school camping trip, 16-year-old Penelope feels called to abandon her family and friends to explore a new life in the wild unknown.

Episode 2

Penelope makes it through her first night in the forest and spends a day acquiring new wilderness skills through exhausting trial and error.

Episode 3

Just as she's starting to gain control of her environment, Penelope confronts a new challenge when an uninvited guest crashes her campsite.

Episode 4

Headed out for supplies, Penelope encounters a forest denizen who teaches her about the spiritual connections found within nature — and within people.

Episode 5

A storm of rain and raw emotions leaves Penelope fighting to retain a sense of purpose and the resolve needed to forge her own place in the woods.

Episode 6

Meeting a group of teenagers on their own backpacking journey interrupts Penelope's plans and complicates her determination to go it alone.

Episode 7

Penelope struggles to endure as winter brings freezing temperatures, scarce food and an unforeseen danger that threatens to change everything.

Episode 8

In desperate circumstances, Penelope's survival hinges on a single decision. An impulse to check in on her former life leads to a shocking discovery.