Season 2 of Showtime’s Emmy-nominated drama takes the characters deeper into the literal and emotional wilderness.
Be it the past or the present, everyone onYellowjacketsis still lost.
When we rejoin the erstwhile soccer stars, things are not going well in the woods.
Nuha Jes Izman, Samantha Hanratty, Alexa Barajas, Sophie Nélisse, Courtney Eaton, Nia Sondaya, Sophie Thatcher, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Steven Krueger, and Liv Hewson in ‘Yellowjackets’.Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME
The situation is equally bleak for their future selves.
“It was shaking because of how badly I wanted to do this.”
At times, the strain of maintaining two concurrent mysteries is evident in the writing.
Christina Ricci and Melanie Lynskey in ‘Yellowjackets’.Kimberley French/SHOWTIME
Some plot developments are telegraphed and/or too convenient, primarily in the present-day investigation into Adam’s disappearance.
“There’s no such thing as false hope,” young Lottie tells Nat.
“There’s justhope.”
