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I am 22 and I thought that a ABC family show would cater to the teens and of course it does, but I enjoy it nonetheless. Perhaps it is because it is the summer and there is nothing on TV but I really enjoy this show. And that says a lot considering I am not a horse fan (that is my sister!) I enjoy the dynamics and can forgive all the inaccuracies in the horsemanship, mostly due to the fact that I don't care. I watch this show for the relationships and not the horses. The whole situation with Wildfire only responding to Kris may be a bit far fetched but so is so many things on TV. This show has promise and even someone in their 20s can enjoy it. The acting is good and I hope that this show picks up. Watch it, you just might be surprised. There is nothing better on TV anyway!

"Wildfire" isn't exactly a breakthrough teen drama series, by any means. Much of the dialogue wouldn't be out of place in an episode of "Dawson's Creek" or "The OC," and neither, to some extent, would be the story "Wildfire" tells. And yet, the show has a real charm that makes it just fun to watch.

Kris Furillo (Genevieve Cortese) is a girl who seems to specialize in being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When we first meet her, she's a prisoner at a juvenile detention facility, paying for the crime of helping to steal a car and resisting arrest. In her time in prison, she's not only "learned a little discipline" (which, after watching a couple episodes of the show, really makes you wonder what she was like BEFORE she got locked up) but also learned to ride and love horses, with the help of Pablo Betart (Greg Serano). Betart, an ex-con himself, also works at a horse ranch called Raintree, which is owned by the Ritters: Jean, Jean's father, and Jean's two sons, Matt and Todd. As Kris settles into life at Raintree, she makes really good friends -- Pablo, the Ritters (Matt in particular), Matt's friend, Junior Davis -- and really bad enemies -- Matt's ex-girlfriend Dani Davis and her friends, and others that seem to just keep on coming. Watch as Kris faces challenges and learns more about horses, and herself.

It's a guilty pleasure show, but it's definitely a pleasure. "Wildfire" airs Monday nights at 8pm on ABC family. The DVDs for the first season are available in some stores, and episodes are easy to buy on iTunes, for $1.99 each!

I'm on season 1 and the acting is horrible but the storyline makes watch and now I can't stop.

This is the best show I have ever seen! I'd recommend it to any teenager out there who loves a lot of drama in their t.v. shows! The plot line is so good, it would make a show even with bad actors and actresses look good! The cast is also amazing! Genevive COrtese, Ryan Sypek, Micah ALberti, Nana Visitor, James Read, Nicole Tubolia, Arye Gross, Greg Serano, Dennis Weaver, and Andrew Hoeft are all really amazing actors and actresses; as well as all of the short term and long term characters on this show. Wildfire and all the other horses are great. The characters who ride the horses are marvelous. In my opinion, everyone should watch the best show on Earth, and Wildfire is it!

I'm 22 and certainly not a girly girl. This was a friends suggestion and I started watching it with no small amount of trepidation.

And I was very happily surprised! The characters have more depth than I've come to expect from teen dramas and having watched a several episodes of the O.C and various series of a similar vein I have to say - This blows them out of the water.

The main character is also a fabulous role model for any younger teens watching the series, its truly refreshing to see a strong character with a bit of bite and without the vain flailing most series seem to give their female leads.

The biggest praise I can give is to tell anyone reading to -watch- it. No matter age or anything else, give it a try.

I love this show. It is kind of like "The O.C.", except for a family crowd. And a little gender role reversal. It's great. The guys are cute, and the people have issues. That is all I ask for in a good TV show. I hope that the story lines maintain their greatness. So far, the quality hasn't declined, like many other shows I have seen. I will continue to watch this show, and I encourage everyone else to watch it, too. I'm glad that I can watch it with my parents without having to have any embarrassing talks about weird stuff that I get when I watch "The O.C." And I also love the horses. They are so beautiful. Especially Wildfire himself. I love this show! Yay!

I have watched this show since the first episode and i was instantly hooked. It is full of drama and romance and everything else a good show should have. I can never wait to see what the next episode will be and see what problems will arise. The acting could improve a little bit but it gets the job done and the point across. I highly recommend this show and after one episode.the show also is great for people that love or even just like animals. It mainly focuses on a horse named, wildfire. In the first episode the main character, Kris, saved the horse from being killed. So the show also tells people to protect animals and that we should all be kind to the animals. Also the horse, wildfire, makes you just fall in love with it with one glance. The producers picked a great horse to play the part. I'm sure you too will agree with me on saying that this show is great.

As for a teenaged "chick flick" it meets all the requirements; hot guys, cool chicks, rebellion, romance, drama, romantic competition, implied sex and, of course, horses! Acting is marginal at times but that has more to do with writing and character development. (one dimensional; ie Is Pablo ever in a good mood? Is Matt always uptight and worried?) Chris is a study in narcissistic sociopathy (but after all she is a criminal - and they don't change. Right?). Still I watched, and watched. So will you. As for accuracy? Maybe the scenery. but the horse racing culture could not be further off the mark - Ask Triple Crown winner Justify's people if they use him s a trail-riding horse in between races? What are Ritter's or Davis' racing colors? Jockey silks DO NOT change from race to race. I could go on but you get it. But - I kept watching and watching, and so will you!

This show is worth watching if like me you love horses. I have always loved horses since I was a little girl, and for some reason most girls like horses at some point so I'm sure I'm not alone there. The acting in the show is decent, most shows like this have terrible acting so it was good to see it was actually decent in this. The idea behind the show is simple. In episode one a horse is rescued from certain death and they decide to keep it and every week there is more animal love with animals being saved or healed or rescued from cruelty or death or disease. It pulls at the heart strings but that is what the show is supposed to do obviously. There is a lot of romance in the show too. Definitely a chick flick type of show but it's worth watching.

I've never seen the main character make VERY poor decision over and over with out consequences. Are you kidding me! I muddled through the first 1.75 seasons with angst to the point where I could not believe all the fricking people pleasing that goes on........teenage drama, THE WORST........ I couldn't stand the writing any longer so here I am giving my review and hoping that someone else has a similar opinion...writers might want to think about having scripts that are MORE like what real life is about.....too many people think this kind of thing can really happen. I've found that's a far cry from reality as I've come to know it!

The production values were low at first but as it goes on, it gets so much better. It is a great story and reminded me of Heartland which I love. Highly recommend for all ages.

It has that formerly known as ABC Family show, charm. And I love it. The series finale was a bit disappointing, and didn't give justice to the real love story. But I guess it's because it was planned as a normal season finale. The tagline reads « Dallas meets the O. C. », and that's pretty much the case. Only the real appeal of the show, is in the wonderful bound between a girl and her horse. And the drama aspect takes up too much screen time, which made me dislike some of the characters, including the heroine herself. It's not written without skills, but I thought it strayed too much from the family show aspect, that got me hooked in the first place, to really stand out. A four season run is reasonable, and apart from some seasons 2 and 3 storylines, I can't come up with one I didn't enjoy... It's nothing groundbreaking, but it has everything to keep you entertained, as well as guest appearances by more or less known actors, and good music too. It's worth a watch.

As a drama I might have given this 4 stars for a decent premise. Beyond the ever-consistent Greg Serano and Arye Gross (neither of whom receive the screen time they deserve), the disarming Andrew Hoeft (seriously...where has this kid gone??), the acting was mediocre at best and even the decent actors were often sabotaged by trite dialogue.

Moreover, as a show about horse racing (or even horses in general) it has to be the most poorly researched, horrendously filmed series I've ever seen. I could forgive a lot if the creators had bothered to put even the tiniest bit of effort into accurately portraying the equestrian world purportedly driving this show (certainly not the case in reality).

I made it halfway through the second season solely on the hope that it would improve but the blatant inconsistencies and implausible scenarios make it about unbearable.

My 14 year old horse loving daughter loves this show which means that the entire house has to watch.

I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the writing and acting of some characters--notably Genevieve Cortese, Arye Gross, and the especially talented Nana Visitor. Sadly, all of the acting is not of that quality. Greg Serano as Pablo seems stiff and stoic in every scene.

Production quality could be stepped up a bit, but I suspect they're squeezing everything possible from the budget.

There have been a few scenes that might be too sexually charged or violent for young children, but the rating system works. Use it if you have young children watching television.

A very good TV show that had the potential to be so much better. The main character can be highly annoying at times. Every episode is Kris love Jr. Kris now loves Matt. No no...wait...now Kris is in love with Kerry. Kris bounces back to being in love with Matt. Kris apologizes for everything from the civil war to climate change. "Everything is my fault.... Ill make it right no matter what. Kris messes up again, is back to being in love with Jr. They break up again and shes back to being in love again with Matt. Kris continues her quest to apologize for every earthly disaster since the beginning of time.

This show is horrendously inaccurate. Yeah, the characters are engaging and interesting, and yeah the acting is decently okay. But the people who created this show know nothing about horse racing. For one thing, the first horse ridden by Kris at Raintree - Oklahoma Crude - is chestnut with a white blaze. In a later episode, the same horse makes an appearance but has no facial markings whatsoever. Kris herself is a fantastic representation of how inaccurate the show is - she is too tall and too heavy to feasibly become a jockey. She is not fat or overweight by any means, but jockeys are required to weigh around or less than one hundred pounds.

Wildfire too is a very inaccurate, poorly designed picture of a racehorse. He was sold to the Camp LaGrange program for losing too many races on the track, which would put his age at about three when he got there. To be as well reconditioned as a pleasure horse as he was in the show, he would have had to been at Camp LaGrange for at least a year. Which means that by the time Kris arrives, stays, and leaves with him he would be at least four years old, but most likely five or six. However, they mention multiple times in the show that he is a three-year-old, which is completely impossible because thoroughbreds don't start racing until they are two and he is supposed to have lost multiple races.

Raintree's racing silks are also exceptionally false. In the first race, Kris wore orange and yellow. In the second race, she wore solid yellow. In the third, she wore sky blue and in the fourth they were purple and white. Barns do not change their colors that easily. For a racing barn to change its silks it requires applying to the Jockey Club, and it is an expensive process. Because of the financial difficulties frequently mentioned by Raintree's owners, it is impossible for them to have changed their barn colors that many times in such a short period. It is also pointless.

Honestly, I enjoy the show but it is so ridiculous that it gets infuriating each time.

I'd NEVER and I mean NEVER been into shows to do with horses, or animals in generals being a big part of the plot line. I saw a fan edit on youtube of Kris and Junior and absolutely fell in love with them, so I was like, hey! I have to watch this.

15 years after it was originally released and I am sure that this is one of the best shows I have EVER watched, and trust me, I've seen a LOT. I watched it in 8 days, a record for me, and I just couldn't get enough!

If I could give this show and its amazing cast, plot and directing team 100000000000000000/10, I would.

This show always makes me feel dumber every time I watch it with my husband. It's got some of the stupidest story lines ever. Seriously, the dumbest show that I have ever seen! The main character is pathetic! Waiting for Kris to grow up and stop being so self-centered was tiresome - she is too dramatic, stubborn and unreasonable! Ugh! Finally came the entry of Eric Winter and he brought life to the show but lo and behold they killed him off. Plot lines never mature. Characters do not grow and plot lines just repeat and become stale very soon. It's just a series about extremely immature individuals! Surprised the show lasted for as long as it did!

Rural setting? Family values? A girl and a horse? I am all in!

'Wildfire' ran for four seasons on the ABC Family network. Ostentatiously geared towards the teen angst audience, 'Wildfire' nonetheless has much more to offer. Insights into the world of competitive horse racing, and those who inhabit that world. There is more than enough here to hurdle viewers through the entire series. Gorgeous scenery. Magnificent horses. Strong values. And a competent cast.

Genevieve Cortese is the series lead. A tough city girl from the wrong side of the tracks, imprisoned for fairly minor crimes working toward her release as a prison laborer training horses for the city police force. It is there that she makes a connection with 'Wildfire', a horse in training for police civic duties. These first few episodes set a strong tone for the series, as the convict girl and the horse make a transcendent connection that will propel them both into a world far beyond what anyone could have imagined.

Cast wise, Nana Visitor provides a familiar face (she of Star Trek DS9 fame). But the acting accolades belong to Greg Serano as the horse trainer who sees something in Kris Furillo (the convict girl) and sponsors her into the world of horse racing. Nicole Tubiola is the the rich girl who was reared in that competitive world. Both of their performances throughout the series provide the foundation for all of the drama that ensues.

'Wildfire' is well worth the watch, assuming you can overlook the perpetually silly teenage drama employed by show runners seeking to ensnare those young demographics that network execs demand. Somehow, the show manages to exceed those network expectations, and delivers a satisfying family drama that will hold your interest throughout the run of the series.

I love Wildfire and have since the first episode! Matter of fact I have only missed one episode, thanks to my husband not understanding the DVR and boy did he hear it when I went to watch it and it wasn't there!! Wildfire is a show that all ages can enjoy! I know teens that love the show, they watch it with their parents that are middle aged and then I even know several older couples that watch the show too! The horses are phenomenal. I love watching the racing! Of course I also love the drama of the show. I feel like the cast couldn't have been picked any better. I feel like if I drove far enough I could pull into Raintree to visit with the Ritter's! That is how real it is to the fans! Anyway, I can't imagine Wildfire ending so please unite fans!