The smash Showtime series Yellowjackets is cranking up the tension for its upcoming season 3, with a newly released image teasing the survivor’s increasingly disturbing descent into ritualistic behavior. The show is known for its mix of psychological drama and survival horror, following the aftermath of a high school girl’s soccer team that becomes stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash, and navigating their descent into chaos. Yellowjackets season 3 will continue to alternate between the dual timelines of their past in the wild and their present adult lives, exploring the psychological toll of the trauma they endured.
The teaser image, unveiled by TVLine, finds the group of survivors in the flashback storyline as they perform some sort of nighttime ritual in the wilderness. The girls, and Travis, can be seen wearing makeshift robes adorned with foliage, with who seems to be Lottie at the center of the ritual circle. They are looking up at lanterns, although their origin is unknown. While the teaser image does not give much context, it is safe to say that season 3 will delve deeper into the dark, ritualistic practices that have been shown in the past seasons. Check it out below:
What This Means For Yellowjackets Season 3
A Haunting Look Into The New Season
The chilling new image hints that season 3 will go deeper into the group’s psychological unraveling, teasing that the rituals will become an even more intricate part. Yellowjackets’ season 2 ending left off the past storyline with Lottie being nearly beaten to death, and after her recovery, declaring that the spirits had chosen Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) to be their new leader. Not long after, the survivor’s cabin starts to burn down, forcing the group to leave. The present storyline closed with Natalie’s (Juliette Lewis) tragic death, leaving viewers in suspense as Natalie faces the consequences of her traumatic past.
The new season will likely continue to explore the blurred lines between their survival-driven necessity and the psychological aspects of ritualistic and spiritual psychosis, suggesting that the show is only getting bolder every year.
Season 3 will most likely continue to focus on what truly happened out in the wilderness, and how these rituals affected the group dynamics and individual psyches. As the survivor’s bond slowly fractures and power struggles grow larger, the series could continue to blur the line between reality and delusion, perhaps encasing the audience into what the survivors experienced before their rescue. The rituals also raise the possibility of more shocking revelations about the adults’ lives in the present timeline, providing an explanation as to what it is that continues to haunt them, and what they are running away from.
Our Take On Yellowjackets Season 3
The Evolution of Ritual & Power
In Yellowjackets, rituals are more than just acts of survival; they are also symbols of power, unity, and control. As the survivors grow more desperate in the wilderness, these ceremonies serve as a means to reveal how their humanity is slowly being stripped away, being replaced by a darker, almost supernatural, much-needed sense of purpose. Their downward spiral into insanity can also be explained as a means of coping with their actions, following the deaths of many members of the group, and the acts needed for survival, such as cannibalism.
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After leaving off with such a massive cliffhanger in the season 2 finale, Yellowjackets season 3 has many questions to answer and secrets to reveal.
This theme is consistent with Yellowjackets’ overall narrative of trauma and how extreme circumstances can completely transform people. The new season will likely continue to explore the blurred lines between their survival-driven necessity and the psychological aspects of ritualistic and spiritual psychosis, suggesting that the show is only getting bolder every year. Viewers can expect season 3 to deliver more shocking twists as it investigates the limits the survivors are willing to cross as a means of survival when it returns in February 2025.
Source: TVLine
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Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets is a thriller and drama television series created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. The series stars Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, and Ella Purnell. The plot sees a high-school Soccer team from New Jersey returning home from a National Tournament in Seattle. As they make their way back by plane, there is an unfortunate crash that sees them stranded in the Canadian wilderness.
- Cast
- Juliette Lewis , Sophie Thatcher , Warren Kole , Jasmin Savoy Brown , Tawny Cypress , Steven Krueger , Christina Ricci , Ella Purnell , Sammi Hanratty , Sophie Nélisse , Melanie Lynskey
- Release Date
- November 14, 2021
- Seasons
- 2
- Streaming Service(s)
- Paramount+ with Showtime
- Writers
- Ashley Lyle , Bart Nickerson
- Showrunner
- Ashley Lyle , Bart Nickerson , Jonathan Lisco
