Parents' Guide to

Wildfire

By Brenda Kienan, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 13+

Horsey teen soap with life lessons.

TV Freeform Drama 2005
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VICKI D.
VICKI D. Parent of 9, 15 and 18-year-old
February 7, 2023
age 18+

self rightiouse show with out good morals

The First to season were great but last two season seem more cut throat and it so people do what everthey can to destory friendships and to much self rightouse with Dani and some one that use her good looks to get what she wants and she don't care who she hurts in order to get what she wants,. It is alway way more me with Daniand to selfabsorbsed in her self and care about anyone and will go above and byond to ruin someone else life because she think she can what she want and she think she all that and them some. Junior he to much in himself and he alot like Dani he think just because he has money can buy people to get what he wantsand it doesn't matter who get hurt if his supposely best friend get something he wants he and he will go to no end to destory his Friend Matts Family and he like to see his friend burn to ground as long he get what he wants, this is not a show I would want my children to watch,not good vaules at all not even sure why it was shown on uplift tv that suppose have good morels.

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What's the Story?

In WILDFIRE, racehorse Wildfire and 18-year-old Kris Fuillo (Genevieve Cortese) are on the same path -- each of them has a troubled past, and now they're both reaching for the best in themselves. Kris' story started in juvenile hall, where she was doing time for stealing cars, until her talent with horses, especially the problematic Wildfire, got Kris placed with the Ritters, a family steeped in the world of Thoroughbred racing. Kris becomes Wildfire's jockey, and Wildfire turns out to be the Ritter family's best chance at saving the family-run ranch. Kris is so diligent about reaching for integrity and acting responsibly, but when she's confused, she turns to Jean Ritter (Nana Visitor), the stalwart single mom at the head of the Ritter family. Matt (Micah Alberti) and Todd (Andrew Hoeft) are Jean's sons; Pablo Betart (Greg Serano) trains the family's stable of racehorses. Kris' arch foe in love and horse racing is Dani (Nicole Tubiola), whose villainy is often tinged with her own struggle to be a better person.

Is It Any Good?

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Unlike in The O.C., the melodramatic relationships and frequent smooching in Wildfire are tied together by a storyline that includes many lessons for teens. The themes here -- that everyone desrves another chance, that risk can have reward, that we are not defined by our pasts, and that family and friends pulling together can make a great difference -- definitely make Wildfire worth watching.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about redemption and how people overcome their pasts. How do people learn from their own mistakes and the mistakes of others? How would a person know that someone is a candidate for friendship (even if he or she has been in serious trouble in the past)? What's at risk for Kris? Why does she work so hard to get ahead when so much has been stacked against her? What behaviors show us that a person deserves our loyalty? Also, what makes a family? Is Kris part of Jean's family? Is Pablo? How does the way Dani's father treats her compare to the way Jean treats her family? What kinds of futures are all these characters building for themselves and each other?

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