Opinion: First half of “Yellowjackets’ shows promise

Season three of “Yellowjackets” is proving to be another exciting season for the soccer champs. Just like the previous seasons, season three blends horror, comedy and survival to make an exciting and horrific story about a girl’s high school team that survived a plane crash. The show flips back-and-forth between the girls as teens during the crash as well as the aftermath and the girls that have been revealed to have survived the entire scenario as adults. There will be spoilers in this review so proceed with caution. 

Season two ended with the death of Javi, resulting in him being the group’s next meal. Somebody also burned down their shelter. It also ended with the death of Natalie as an adult during the present storyline. Season three shows the group in the wilderness during the summer. They have built a community and can hunt for food again. Natalie has been leading the group since Lottie decided she should be in charge at the end of season two. 

Coach Scott has been hiding under a tree and has been eating bats to stay alive. Eventually, the group finds him. They believe he was the one who burned down their cabin and they have a trial to try to determine if he is guilty. The group finds him guilty even though he has not admitted to it. 

While the show will most likely take a dark turn soon, it is interesting to see the group being happier, aside from the Shauna. The wilderness timeline is much more lighthearted than it has been in the previous two seasons. However, viewers will be anxious to find out what is going to happen to Coach Scott, who is a well-loved character. 

As of episode four, there are still a lot of unanswered questions from the last season. What happened to Crystal? Who burned down the cabin? Who or what is the eyeless man? 

During the first four episodes, there has already been another death of another survivor during the present day timeline. Episode four ended with Lottie’s dead body being a crime scene. This was a perfect cliffhanger to keep viewers highly anticipating the release of episode five. 

This show is dark, twisty and will always keep you on the edge of your seat. This show builds suspense like no other show or movie has managed to do. You are always on edge thinking something bad is going to happen whether it happens or not. The acting is absolutely phenomenal. The adult actors do a fantastic job of portraying the teens as adults. They show even the small mannerisms of the teen characters. The audience does not even need to be told who the adult characters are supposed to be. You will be able to tell immediately. 

Some of the actors have been seen in other horror projects. Jasmin Savoy Brown, who portrays teen Taissa, has been seen in “Scream (2022)”, “Scream VI” and will be in the upcoming “Scream 7” movie. Sophie Thatcher, who portrays teen Natalie, has been seen in “Heretic”, “Companion” and “MaXXXine”. Christina Ricci, who portrays adult Misty, has been seen in “The Addams Family”, “Wednesday” and “Casper”. Elijah Wood, who joined the show during the second season, has been seen in “The Faculty” and “The Monkey”. 

“Yellowjackets” is a roller coaster of a show, but it is very dark. Only watch it if you can handle dark content such as cannibalism. So far, season three is definitely worth the watch.