The hit series is back and better than ever. (Warning: Mild spoilers).
: Jenna Burgess as Teen Melissa, Liv Hewson as Teen Van and Jasmin Savoy Brown as Teen Taissa in YELLOWJACKETS, Season 2. premiered in 2021, the eerie series — about the members of a high school girls soccer team trying to survive in the brutal wilderness after their plane crashes — garnered 7 Emmy nominations and earned its place as one of the most unique twists on the survival genre.
This change will be disconcerting for those who loved the mystery aspect of the first season; the tick-tock of connecting blank postcards and ominous symbols to cults and blackmailers is no more. But ultimately, Season 1 used the central mystery as a way to pull viewers between accepting an undefined supernatural horror as the root of the Yellowjackets’ problems or believing that rational explanations and solutions could be used to defeat a very human enemy.
The devolution of these womens’ well-adjusted facades will undoubtedly garner more Emmy nods. But it means our main players are separated for the first half of the season. Thus Season 2 feels slower and more disjointed as the main four slowly work their way back together, eventually united by a new cause.
As the teens cling to any sense of control over their situation, Lottie’s visions become even more prescient than in Season 1, and the dynamics of the team drastically shift. Suddenly, the team credits every victory against the wilds to Lottie’s connection with the spirits of place, and every loss hangs on the conscience of the handful of nonbelievers left among them.
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