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It was the most Anna thing she could have done. The -NEW- season is dropping its final two episodes on Friday. Rumors are swirling that Anna will “choose” one of the other teens to stay with her as her “island consort.” Betting odds favor the quiet boy who plays the ukulele, because he’s the only one who hasn’t tried to fight her.

Welcome to “The Stra...” – as fans have lovingly abbreviated it – a lifestyle and entertainment juggernaut that blends the raw desperation of Lost , the social politics of Euphoria , and the aesthetic of a curated depression-chic Pinterest board. But let’s be clear: this article is about the storm that is Anna. For the uninitiated, Stranded Teens (Streaming now on Vex, premiering its third season to record ratings) follows a high school debate team whose plane goes down over the Pacific. They wash ashore on an uncharted island that appears to be a tropical paradise but quickly reveals itself as a psychological horror house. There are no monsters here, save for the ones wearing letterman jackets. STRANDED TEENS -New- - Anna - Seducing the Stra...

In this episode, Anna reveals her endgame. She has been mapping the island’s magnetic fields using the brass from her clarinet reed. She has discovered that the island moves. It is not a place. It is a sentient trap that feeds on hope. It was the most Anna thing she could have done

Most of us like to think we’d be Maya. Brave. Hopeful. Noble. Welcome to “The Stra

The lifestyle blogs mocked her. Entertainment Weekly called her “the human Xanax of the island.” Memes circulated of Anna staring blankly while chaos erupted behind her. We all thought she was the weakest link.

She then sabotages the rescue boat that the group spent six episodes building. She doesn’t do it with rage. She does it with the same expressionless face she wore while sorting seashells.

“If we can’t call for help,” Anna says, her voice soft as velvet over barbed wire, “then we stop waiting for it.”