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The point of co-writer/director Paul King’s musically oriented origin story Wonka isn’t to answer the question of how a budding candy maker became the mercurial, withdrawn weirdo we met in the pages of Roald Dahl’s book Charlie And The Chocolate Factory...
The point of co-writer/director Paul King’s musically oriented origin story Wonka isn’t to answer the question of how a budding candy maker became the mercurial, withdrawn weirdo we met in the pages of Roald Dahl’s book Charlie And The Chocolate Factory...
- 12/4/2023
- by Courtney Howard
- avclub.com
Yes, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) confirmed he’s had “a bit of both” on his self-titled Disney+ series, but besides the gender-fluid demi-god, the only canonically gay character in the MCU is Bryan Tyree Henry’s Phastos in “Eternals.” Marvel and DC may not have fully embraced queer characters: but a number of actors playing superheroes are absolutely part of the LGBTQ community.
Here’s some openly out thespians who’ve donned a cape — and looked fabulous doing it.
Angelina Jolie, Thena in “Eternals”
Jolie became part of the MCU in this 2021 all-star film as the nearly invincible Thena. She was previously married to Jonny Lee Miller, Billy Bob Thornton and Brad Pitt, but has always been open about dating women as well, as she told Barbara Walters in 2003.
Tessa Thompson, Valkyrie in “Thor: Ragnarok”
Thompson rocked her role of Valkyrie so hard in “Thor: Ragnarok” that the character ended up becoming the King of Asgard.
Here’s some openly out thespians who’ve donned a cape — and looked fabulous doing it.
Angelina Jolie, Thena in “Eternals”
Jolie became part of the MCU in this 2021 all-star film as the nearly invincible Thena. She was previously married to Jonny Lee Miller, Billy Bob Thornton and Brad Pitt, but has always been open about dating women as well, as she told Barbara Walters in 2003.
Tessa Thompson, Valkyrie in “Thor: Ragnarok”
Thompson rocked her role of Valkyrie so hard in “Thor: Ragnarok” that the character ended up becoming the King of Asgard.
- 6/22/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
This story about Ari Notartomaso, Nicole Maines, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Devery Jacobs, Cheyenne Jackson, Nicco Annan and Sherry Cola originally appeared in the Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
In a time when anti-lgbtq+ legislation is on a historic rise and discriminatory rhetoric is normalized by politicians and news media figures the world over, onscreen representation matters more than ever. In celebration of Pride month and in the lead-up to Emmys 2023, TheWrap saluted these seven performers who are fighting for LGBTQ+ equality through their work on the small screen.
Ari Notartomaso, “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies“ Ari Notartomaso (Credit: Irvin Rivera for TheWrap)
One of the many delights of Paramount+’s “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” is the breakout performance of Ari Notartomaso as Cynthia, the prequel series’ “little butch” [their words]. Depicting a closeted teen lesbian’s coming-of-age in the 1950s, Notartomaso, who identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns,...
In a time when anti-lgbtq+ legislation is on a historic rise and discriminatory rhetoric is normalized by politicians and news media figures the world over, onscreen representation matters more than ever. In celebration of Pride month and in the lead-up to Emmys 2023, TheWrap saluted these seven performers who are fighting for LGBTQ+ equality through their work on the small screen.
Ari Notartomaso, “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies“ Ari Notartomaso (Credit: Irvin Rivera for TheWrap)
One of the many delights of Paramount+’s “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” is the breakout performance of Ari Notartomaso as Cynthia, the prequel series’ “little butch” [their words]. Depicting a closeted teen lesbian’s coming-of-age in the 1950s, Notartomaso, who identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns,...
- 6/21/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay and Elijah Gil
- The Wrap
Editor’s note: Deadline’s It Starts on the Page features 10 standout drama series scripts in 2023 Emmy contention. It showcases the critical role writers’ work plays in a show’s success. All arrangements were made before the WGA strike began on May 2.
Do the adult Yellowjackets really feel like reminiscing about life in the wilderness?
In “Burial,” Episode 207 of Showtime’s popular drama, a reunion of the adult women finally occurs at Lottie’s Camp Green Pine, where Shauna (Melanie Lynsey) joins Taissa (Tawny Cypress), Misty (Christina Ricci), Natalie (Juliette Lewis) and Van (Lauren Ambrose) to take in a few, er, treatments before gathering for some adult refreshments by the fire. No one, however, is really interested in looking back at their time starving in the forest, especially when there are much heavier developments to wrestle with (like Van’s admission to Taissa that she has a fatal form of...
Do the adult Yellowjackets really feel like reminiscing about life in the wilderness?
In “Burial,” Episode 207 of Showtime’s popular drama, a reunion of the adult women finally occurs at Lottie’s Camp Green Pine, where Shauna (Melanie Lynsey) joins Taissa (Tawny Cypress), Misty (Christina Ricci), Natalie (Juliette Lewis) and Van (Lauren Ambrose) to take in a few, er, treatments before gathering for some adult refreshments by the fire. No one, however, is really interested in looking back at their time starving in the forest, especially when there are much heavier developments to wrestle with (like Van’s admission to Taissa that she has a fatal form of...
- 6/21/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” has officially submitted 18 actors for Emmys consideration, and as part of the show’s campaign, the network has released several FYC posters for each character.
Melanie Lynskey, who earned a nomination last year for playing Shauna, will be joined by Tawny Cypress (Taissa), Juliette Lewis (Natalie) and Sophie Nélisse, who plays the teen version of Shauna, in outstanding lead actress.
Christina Ricci (Misty), Samantha Hanratty (Teen Misty), Courtney Eaton (Teen Lottie), Jasmin Savoy Brown (Teen Taissa), Lauren Ambrose (Adult Van), Sophie Thatcher (Teen Nat) and Simone Kessell (Adult Lottie) are among those vying for outstanding supporting actress. Both Eaton and Kessell are among the Aapi contenders. Should Kessell be recognized for her portrayal of Adult Lottie, she would be the first Pacific Islander to receive a nod in that category. Meanwhile, Kevin Alves (Teen Travis), Steven Krueger (Coach Ben), Elijah Wood (Walter) and Warren Kole (Jeff) will...
Melanie Lynskey, who earned a nomination last year for playing Shauna, will be joined by Tawny Cypress (Taissa), Juliette Lewis (Natalie) and Sophie Nélisse, who plays the teen version of Shauna, in outstanding lead actress.
Christina Ricci (Misty), Samantha Hanratty (Teen Misty), Courtney Eaton (Teen Lottie), Jasmin Savoy Brown (Teen Taissa), Lauren Ambrose (Adult Van), Sophie Thatcher (Teen Nat) and Simone Kessell (Adult Lottie) are among those vying for outstanding supporting actress. Both Eaton and Kessell are among the Aapi contenders. Should Kessell be recognized for her portrayal of Adult Lottie, she would be the first Pacific Islander to receive a nod in that category. Meanwhile, Kevin Alves (Teen Travis), Steven Krueger (Coach Ben), Elijah Wood (Walter) and Warren Kole (Jeff) will...
- 6/20/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Joining in the second season of Yellowjackets, costume designer Amy Parris was tasked with creating the winter apparel for the stranded soccer team. After the death of the team captain at the end of last season, the team must prepare for a harsh winter. Parris found that the girls would most likely need salvage what they could to survive and repurpose the clothing from their suitcases. For Natalie, the hunter of the group, Parris added a layer of a ‘deer pelt’ to keep her warm on her hunts. In the present timeline, Parris also needed to design gender neutral clothing for Lottie’s purple cult-like community.
Deadline: Tell me about the shift in costumes as you entered in season two.
Amy Parris: I imagine that these girls would get bored and look through other people’s suitcases, especially if somebody wasn’t with them any longer. They’d pillage through other suitcases,...
Deadline: Tell me about the shift in costumes as you entered in season two.
Amy Parris: I imagine that these girls would get bored and look through other people’s suitcases, especially if somebody wasn’t with them any longer. They’d pillage through other suitcases,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
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Louis Tomlinson is going to be an uncle again! On June 19, the One Direction singer's 19-year-old sister Phoebe Tomlinson announced via Instagram that she's expecting her first child with her boyfriend Jack Varley.
Phoebe shared her news in a black and white video set to Ellie Goulding's "How Long Will I Love You." The model and influencer not only captured the moment her pregnancy test read positive, she also shared footage of herself telling Varley, her twin sister Daisy, and her father. She also included a video of her older sister Lottie and her nephew Lucky going to her ultrasound with her. She captioned the video, "Our little miracle, joining us this Winter."
While Louis has yet to comment on his little sister's post, several members of the Tomlinson family have left supportive messages. Lottie commented,...
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Louis Tomlinson is going to be an uncle again! On June 19, the One Direction singer's 19-year-old sister Phoebe Tomlinson announced via Instagram that she's expecting her first child with her boyfriend Jack Varley.
Phoebe shared her news in a black and white video set to Ellie Goulding's "How Long Will I Love You." The model and influencer not only captured the moment her pregnancy test read positive, she also shared footage of herself telling Varley, her twin sister Daisy, and her father. She also included a video of her older sister Lottie and her nephew Lucky going to her ultrasound with her. She captioned the video, "Our little miracle, joining us this Winter."
While Louis has yet to comment on his little sister's post, several members of the Tomlinson family have left supportive messages. Lottie commented,...
- 6/19/2023
- by Sabienna Bowman
- Popsugar.com
A version of this story about Juliette Lewis and “Yellowjackets” first ran in the Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Every time Juliette Lewis finishes a project, she is reminded of Dorothy waking up from her dream in “The Wizard of Oz” and trying to explain the profound experience she just went through. “You have this magical journey. I always think of, ‘And the Tin Man was there and Toto and the lion!’” Lewis said, paraphrasing Dorothy. Waking up from her “Yellowjackets” dream at the end of Season 2 was particularly emotional. “The crew, our A.D. department, that cast — you could be weeping about it,” she said. (Spoilers ahead!)
For two seasons on Showtime’s addictive thriller, Lewis’ Natalie Scatorccio wore her trauma on her sleeve, grappling with survivor’s guilt and memories of the horror she and her soccer teammates lived through as teenagers stranded in the wilderness.
Every time Juliette Lewis finishes a project, she is reminded of Dorothy waking up from her dream in “The Wizard of Oz” and trying to explain the profound experience she just went through. “You have this magical journey. I always think of, ‘And the Tin Man was there and Toto and the lion!’” Lewis said, paraphrasing Dorothy. Waking up from her “Yellowjackets” dream at the end of Season 2 was particularly emotional. “The crew, our A.D. department, that cast — you could be weeping about it,” she said. (Spoilers ahead!)
For two seasons on Showtime’s addictive thriller, Lewis’ Natalie Scatorccio wore her trauma on her sleeve, grappling with survivor’s guilt and memories of the horror she and her soccer teammates lived through as teenagers stranded in the wilderness.
- 6/16/2023
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
"Yellowjackets" was renewed for season three before the second season even premiered this spring, promising fans more chaos, cults, and cannibalism. Showtime confirmed season three in December 2022. The show's creators, Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, have planned for the story of the ill-fated New Jersey soccer champs to be told over the course of five seasons, so the next season will put the story over the halfway mark.
But when the third season will finally air is, unfortunately, a huge unknown thanks to the ongoing writers' strike. Back in March, Lyle and Nickerson told The Hollywood Reporter that they were trying to start writing the new season before the strike began. "The possibility of the strike is very real. All we can do is keep moving forward until we have to put our pencils down," Lyle said. She added that the writers' room would begin officially meeting in April.
On May 2, Lyle tweeted an update,...
But when the third season will finally air is, unfortunately, a huge unknown thanks to the ongoing writers' strike. Back in March, Lyle and Nickerson told The Hollywood Reporter that they were trying to start writing the new season before the strike began. "The possibility of the strike is very real. All we can do is keep moving forward until we have to put our pencils down," Lyle said. She added that the writers' room would begin officially meeting in April.
On May 2, Lyle tweeted an update,...
- 6/7/2023
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
“Yellowjackets” composers and songwriters Craig Wedren and Anna Waronker jumped at the chance to write the original music and lyrics contender “Sit Right Down” for Episode 7 of the Showtime series.
“We were deep into the blood, fragmentation, descent and sanity-shattering music,” Wedren says, referring to the events that the survivors have to endure this season. The producers asked them to write an “MGM, old school standard number meets Bob Fosse.”
The dream sequence happens as Simone Kessell’s Lottie asks the adult Yellowjackets to choose a therapy option treatment at her “wellness retreat.” Misty, played by Christina Ricci, finds herself in a sensory tank after picking “Guidance.” She needs it. In the teen timeline, Misty (played by Samantha Hanratty) makes a new bestie in Crystal, a fellow theater lover. Except, Misty’s openness with her Bff during a round of rapid-fire secrets comes to a sad end when Misty confesses...
“We were deep into the blood, fragmentation, descent and sanity-shattering music,” Wedren says, referring to the events that the survivors have to endure this season. The producers asked them to write an “MGM, old school standard number meets Bob Fosse.”
The dream sequence happens as Simone Kessell’s Lottie asks the adult Yellowjackets to choose a therapy option treatment at her “wellness retreat.” Misty, played by Christina Ricci, finds herself in a sensory tank after picking “Guidance.” She needs it. In the teen timeline, Misty (played by Samantha Hanratty) makes a new bestie in Crystal, a fellow theater lover. Except, Misty’s openness with her Bff during a round of rapid-fire secrets comes to a sad end when Misty confesses...
- 6/6/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The newly crowned Antler Queen’s reign may start sooner than we thought.
Showtime’s Yellowjackets will air a bonus episode between the just-wrapped Season 2 and the forthcoming Season 3, co-creator and executive producer Ashley Lyle tweeted Thursday.
More from TVLineFellow Travelers: Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey Make Love Across Four Decades in Sweeping Showtime Limited Series -- Watch First TrailerWith Paramount+'s Limited-Time $5.99/Month Showtime Bundle, Catch Up On Yellowjackets, Star Trek and MoreYellowjackets Season 2 Finale Recap: One of the Survivors Meets Her Death
Lyle’s confirmation of the extra hour came in a response to a fan who tweeted...
Showtime’s Yellowjackets will air a bonus episode between the just-wrapped Season 2 and the forthcoming Season 3, co-creator and executive producer Ashley Lyle tweeted Thursday.
More from TVLineFellow Travelers: Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey Make Love Across Four Decades in Sweeping Showtime Limited Series -- Watch First TrailerWith Paramount+'s Limited-Time $5.99/Month Showtime Bundle, Catch Up On Yellowjackets, Star Trek and MoreYellowjackets Season 2 Finale Recap: One of the Survivors Meets Her Death
Lyle’s confirmation of the extra hour came in a response to a fan who tweeted...
- 6/2/2023
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
The Yellowjackets are currently on strike, but they’re going to return with something for fans to buzz about. A bonus episode of Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” is expected to premiere before Season 3 officially premieres, showrunner Ashley Lyle has said on Twitter.
Lyle, who created the series with her husband Bart Nickerson and co-showruns with him and Jonathan Lisco, revealed the news when responding to a fan’s tweet claiming they stayed up late in the hope that a surprise bonus episode would premiere on the Showtime app.
“Noooo. Go to bed! Get some rest!” Lyle tweeted in response to the fan account. “There will be a bonus episode between seasons, but I love you guys and I don’t want y’all to lose sleep thinking it’s tonight.”
When contacted by IndieWire, Showtime declined to comment on Lyle’s announcement.
Season 2 of “Yellowjackets” premiered this March, and aired its...
Lyle, who created the series with her husband Bart Nickerson and co-showruns with him and Jonathan Lisco, revealed the news when responding to a fan’s tweet claiming they stayed up late in the hope that a surprise bonus episode would premiere on the Showtime app.
“Noooo. Go to bed! Get some rest!” Lyle tweeted in response to the fan account. “There will be a bonus episode between seasons, but I love you guys and I don’t want y’all to lose sleep thinking it’s tonight.”
When contacted by IndieWire, Showtime declined to comment on Lyle’s announcement.
Season 2 of “Yellowjackets” premiered this March, and aired its...
- 6/2/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
The show’s sophomore season may have been a snowcapped misery tour for its characters, but Showtime’s pitch-black drama about cannibalistic teen survivors — and their adult trauma — did not cease to shock and entertain over the course of its nine-episode run this spring.
“Yellowjackets” executive producer and director Karyn Kusama will join actress Christina Ricci and music supervisor Nora Felder at IndieWire’s annual Consider This event for a panel, this Saturday, June 3 in Los Angeles. The series clinched seven Emmy nominations in 2022, and some of the show’s biggest champions made an appearance at IndieWire’s 2022 Consider This brunch.
Set in the winter of 1996/1997, this season finds the stranded teens battling debilitating temperatures and food shortages — the latter of which drives them to eat their own, first by accident and later by conscious, collective, catastrophic choice. Starvation is a ticking time bomb (and “wreaks havoc” on the mind...
“Yellowjackets” executive producer and director Karyn Kusama will join actress Christina Ricci and music supervisor Nora Felder at IndieWire’s annual Consider This event for a panel, this Saturday, June 3 in Los Angeles. The series clinched seven Emmy nominations in 2022, and some of the show’s biggest champions made an appearance at IndieWire’s 2022 Consider This brunch.
Set in the winter of 1996/1997, this season finds the stranded teens battling debilitating temperatures and food shortages — the latter of which drives them to eat their own, first by accident and later by conscious, collective, catastrophic choice. Starvation is a ticking time bomb (and “wreaks havoc” on the mind...
- 6/2/2023
- by Alison Foreman and Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Princess Charlotte may remain, well, Princess Charlotte when she grows up. According to a commentator, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s daughter could refuse to take on more titles or even play down her formal moniker altogether.
Princess Charlotte may go by her first name and forgo additional titles when she grows up, commentator says Princess Charlotte | Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
Cher, Oprah, Sting, Adele … Charlotte? Commentator Jennie Bond told Ok! Magazine the Prince and Princess of Wales’ 8-year-old daughter may not use her royal titles as an adult. Not giving up titles but rather simply not using them.
“Perhaps Charlotte will not even use the Princess title by the time she’s grown up and definitely won’t want to be burdened with more titles,” she said.
“I also think that she might just feel she wants to remain as just Princess Charlotte,” the former BBC royal correspondent continued.
Princess Charlotte may go by her first name and forgo additional titles when she grows up, commentator says Princess Charlotte | Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
Cher, Oprah, Sting, Adele … Charlotte? Commentator Jennie Bond told Ok! Magazine the Prince and Princess of Wales’ 8-year-old daughter may not use her royal titles as an adult. Not giving up titles but rather simply not using them.
“Perhaps Charlotte will not even use the Princess title by the time she’s grown up and definitely won’t want to be burdened with more titles,” she said.
“I also think that she might just feel she wants to remain as just Princess Charlotte,” the former BBC royal correspondent continued.
- 6/2/2023
- by Mandi Kerr
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
This article contains spoilers for season 2 of Yellowjackets.
There are silly, insignificant "what if" games that one plays as a kid or even as an adult. I was not once asked what I would do if I were stranded in the wilderness or on an island. These "what if" questions become a harsh reality for the protagonists in Yellowjackets by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. As Yellowjackets returns for a second season, the fan-favorite group of survivors wraps themselves in an even larger cocoon of lies and risky scenarios before reuniting at Lottie's cult for the vicious and trailblazing doozy of a finale. At the same time, things get dire for the soccer team in the wild as the winter comes and there is no food. Season 2 has a lot in store for us, such as answers about Lottie's mental state and Shauna's pregnancy. At the same time,...
There are silly, insignificant "what if" games that one plays as a kid or even as an adult. I was not once asked what I would do if I were stranded in the wilderness or on an island. These "what if" questions become a harsh reality for the protagonists in Yellowjackets by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. As Yellowjackets returns for a second season, the fan-favorite group of survivors wraps themselves in an even larger cocoon of lies and risky scenarios before reuniting at Lottie's cult for the vicious and trailblazing doozy of a finale. At the same time, things get dire for the soccer team in the wild as the winter comes and there is no food. Season 2 has a lot in store for us, such as answers about Lottie's mental state and Shauna's pregnancy. At the same time,...
- 6/1/2023
- by Zofia Wijaszka
- DailyDead
This article contains spoilers for the season 2 finale of Yellowjackets
The identity of the Antler Queen first seen in the Yellowjackets pilot has been one of the most intriguing mysteries of the series so far. We first see her during what has become known as the “pit girl” scene that shows an unknown survivor being hunted through the wilderness until she falls into a pit and dies. She is then butchered and offered to another unknown survivor wearing a crown of antlers for approval before the others are allowed to partake. This Antler Queen has long been thought to be Lottie Matthews (Courtney Eaton), but the season 2 finale shows that might not be the case going into Yellowjackets season 3.
After learning of the hunt that took place while she was recovering from being nearly beaten to death by Shauna (Sophie Nélisse), Lottie decides to relinquish her role as leader. She...
The identity of the Antler Queen first seen in the Yellowjackets pilot has been one of the most intriguing mysteries of the series so far. We first see her during what has become known as the “pit girl” scene that shows an unknown survivor being hunted through the wilderness until she falls into a pit and dies. She is then butchered and offered to another unknown survivor wearing a crown of antlers for approval before the others are allowed to partake. This Antler Queen has long been thought to be Lottie Matthews (Courtney Eaton), but the season 2 finale shows that might not be the case going into Yellowjackets season 3.
After learning of the hunt that took place while she was recovering from being nearly beaten to death by Shauna (Sophie Nélisse), Lottie decides to relinquish her role as leader. She...
- 5/31/2023
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
Taissa Turner, one of the most talented players on the school football team, along with many others, survived the plane crash in Yellowjackets. As their stay in the cabin began in season one, it was easy to assume that Taissa’s mind was reacting to the trauma she had faced since the crash. She is one of the girls who is intrigued by the mysterious signs that keep appearing everywhere.
The first season ended with Vanessa and Taissa falling in love and Vanessa helping her with her sleepwalking. 25 years later, the adult Taissa becomes a state senator. To Taissa’s horror, she has been sleepwalking all over again, which her son probably witnessed. Their dog died due to it, and her wife, Simone, left her after giving her an ultimatum. Season two also has Taissa not paying any heed to her estranged wife’s concerns. Simone has made her stance clear multiple times,...
The first season ended with Vanessa and Taissa falling in love and Vanessa helping her with her sleepwalking. 25 years later, the adult Taissa becomes a state senator. To Taissa’s horror, she has been sleepwalking all over again, which her son probably witnessed. Their dog died due to it, and her wife, Simone, left her after giving her an ultimatum. Season two also has Taissa not paying any heed to her estranged wife’s concerns. Simone has made her stance clear multiple times,...
- 5/30/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
The season may have ended, but “Yellowjackets” isn’t done with winter. After devising their own methods for ritual sacrifice and eating their own to survive, the stranded teens just lost their home and are in for many more grueling months in the wilderness — to say nothing of the inner turmoil they’ll carry as adults. The adult Yellowjackets may have just escaped criminal charges, but they’re not out of the woods either, and down a Natalie (Juliette Lewis) moving forward.
Buckle in, “Yellowjackets” fans, because it’s going to be a while before these characters return. Until then, here are 10 burning questions after the “Yellowjackets” Season 2 finale that we hope to see answered in Season 3.
1. Who and what is the Antler Queen?
Looking back, the main reason anyone believed that Lottie (Courtney Eaton) was the Antler Queen was because the “Yellowjackets” audience expected Season 1 to answer that question.
Buckle in, “Yellowjackets” fans, because it’s going to be a while before these characters return. Until then, here are 10 burning questions after the “Yellowjackets” Season 2 finale that we hope to see answered in Season 3.
1. Who and what is the Antler Queen?
Looking back, the main reason anyone believed that Lottie (Courtney Eaton) was the Antler Queen was because the “Yellowjackets” audience expected Season 1 to answer that question.
- 5/30/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
The season 2 finale of "Yellowjackets" made a stunning turn when Lottie passed the baton to Nat as the new queen of their tribe (whether or not this is the ubiquitous Antler Queen is still up for discussion). She considered it an honor for Nat's contributions as a hunter, and for the wilderness "sparing her" and taking Javi instead. Afterward, we see Shauna writing in her journal: "How could it not have been me? After everything? When I was the only one willing to do what it took to keep us all fed. I used to think it was Jackie who made me feel invisible but —."
Like most teenagers, Shauna craves attention. She's tired of being sidelined for pretty and popular girls. Sophie Nélisse's perceptive performance captures Shauna's meekness.Shauna holds herself like a wilting flower — keeping quiet and observing others from an emotional distance. Her wounded expressions mask the...
Like most teenagers, Shauna craves attention. She's tired of being sidelined for pretty and popular girls. Sophie Nélisse's perceptive performance captures Shauna's meekness.Shauna holds herself like a wilting flower — keeping quiet and observing others from an emotional distance. Her wounded expressions mask the...
- 5/30/2023
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
[This story contains major spoilers from the season two finale of Yellowjackets, “Storytelling.”]
The second season of Yellowjackets brought with it a tragic ending for one of the core castmates of the Showtime survival series created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson.
In the season finale, which released May 25, Juliette Lewis’ character, adult Natalie, was accidentally killed by Misty (Christina Ricci) during a wilderness reunion gone very wrong between the adult survivors of the 1996 plane crash that stranded the Yellowjackets soccer team when they were teenagers for 19 months, pushing them to cannibalism and other violence in order to survive. The series, which flips back and forth from 1996 to present day (and briefly introduced a third timeline of when the team is rescued), has featured Lewis as a series regular from the start. She makes up the core foursome of Natalie (Lewis), Shauna (Melanie Lynskey), Taissa (Tawney Cypress) and Misty, with Lottie (Simone Kessell) and Van (Lauren Ambrose) having expanded the adult survivors in season two.
The second season of Yellowjackets brought with it a tragic ending for one of the core castmates of the Showtime survival series created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson.
In the season finale, which released May 25, Juliette Lewis’ character, adult Natalie, was accidentally killed by Misty (Christina Ricci) during a wilderness reunion gone very wrong between the adult survivors of the 1996 plane crash that stranded the Yellowjackets soccer team when they were teenagers for 19 months, pushing them to cannibalism and other violence in order to survive. The series, which flips back and forth from 1996 to present day (and briefly introduced a third timeline of when the team is rescued), has featured Lewis as a series regular from the start. She makes up the core foursome of Natalie (Lewis), Shauna (Melanie Lynskey), Taissa (Tawney Cypress) and Misty, with Lottie (Simone Kessell) and Van (Lauren Ambrose) having expanded the adult survivors in season two.
- 5/29/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Season two of Yellowjackets has concluded, and it ended with one more casualty from the original team. Natalie was the one who tried to kill herself at the end of season one when Lottie’s men and women decided to bring her to their commune as instructed by Lottie. But by the end of season two, Natalie is accidentally killed by Misty. While her death is tragic and Nat’s friends remain in shock, the season ended by not explaining certain subplots, leaving many open-ended questions. Hopefully, some of the questions asked below in this article will be answered in the third season; in the meantime, let us speculate.
Spoilers Ahead
Why Is Taissa Sleepwalking With Her Alter Ego?
Taissa’s sleepwalking began in the first season, coupled with an alter ego taking over her and Taissa indulging in eating mud off the ground. As her condition worsens, there are...
Spoilers Ahead
Why Is Taissa Sleepwalking With Her Alter Ego?
Taissa’s sleepwalking began in the first season, coupled with an alter ego taking over her and Taissa indulging in eating mud off the ground. As her condition worsens, there are...
- 5/28/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
Season 2 of Showtime's buzzy horror series "Yellowjackets" has delivered its share of surprises. We've witnessed heartbreaking deaths, teenage blackmail, musical dream sequences, and a devastating delivery. However, the most stunning development of all this season marks the survivors' long-awaited entry into the taboo world of cannibalism. The season begins with a starving Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) popping a severed ear into her mouth, followed by a moonlit feast of human flesh. Another gruesome act of cannibalism bookends the season in a thrilling finale featuring blood, fire, and a newly anointed Antler Queen.
After watching Javi (Luciano Leroux) die in the frozen lake, the girls bring his body back to camp and prepare for their next meal. Lottie (Courtney Eaton) descends from her sick bed and gives up control of the group, pointing to Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) as the next leader. The team signals their allegiance one by one, but her coronation joy is short-lived.
After watching Javi (Luciano Leroux) die in the frozen lake, the girls bring his body back to camp and prepare for their next meal. Lottie (Courtney Eaton) descends from her sick bed and gives up control of the group, pointing to Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) as the next leader. The team signals their allegiance one by one, but her coronation joy is short-lived.
- 5/28/2023
- by Jenn Adams
- Slash Film
Season one of Yellowjackets ended with Jackie’s death and Shauna’s being filled with the pain and guilt of losing her best friend. In season two, we get to watch Shauna deal with the trauma of Jackie’s death in her own way. The girls did not bury Jackie for a while, which explains Shauna’s hallucinations. She imagines Jackie and herself conversing about their uncomfortable truths. This was Shauna’s way to deal with the tragedy and get rid of the guilt. The entire group grappled with the onset of winter, and things would only get worse for them. With Javi nowhere to be found, Travis is worried about his missing brother. He can only hope Javi will come back and is not engulfed by the wilderness. Nat and Travis were assigned to hunt and bring back as much meat as possible. And the duo was doing their best in that winter,...
- 5/28/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
Episode eight of season two of Yellowjackets ended with Natalie being chased out of the hut, for she was the one chosen by the wilderness to be sacrificed for their food. Natalie was ready to be killed when Travis forced her to leave the cabin. Javi helps Nat get to the large tree where he was resting during the winter. In that pursuit, Javi falls into the icy cold water, and Nat is stopped by the rest of the girls from saving him. The boy dies, and they have the kill they were looking for. The adults, too, gather around at Lottie’s commune when Shauna finally reveals that it was her husband who was blackmailing them, and she had to involve her daughter as well. Lottie starts spiraling and talking about how an unknown power brought them together at that spot. Will any of the women fall for Lottie’s words,...
- 5/27/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
Spoilers for "Yellowjackets" follow.
My favorite "Yellowjackets" character is Natalie Scatorccio (Sophie Thatcher/Juliette Lewis), the most grounded, no-bs of the 1996 plane crash survivors and seemingly the group's conscience. I've written before that she is the series' heart and soul, but after the season 2 finale — "Storytelling" — I realized that I hadn't considered if Natalie herself would agree with that description.
In "Storytelling," Natalie says in both past and present that she doesn't see herself as a good person. We already knew that she accidentally caused her abusive father to shoot himself when she was younger. Season 2, episode 8 —"It Chooses" — reveals that she let Javi (Luciano Leroux) drown to save herself from ritual sacrifice, exacerbating her survivor's guilt.
Most "Yellowjackets" fans, myself included, thought this would be the last straw for Nat. Some theorized that the survivors were ultimately rescued because she left them in disgust, made it back to civilization,...
My favorite "Yellowjackets" character is Natalie Scatorccio (Sophie Thatcher/Juliette Lewis), the most grounded, no-bs of the 1996 plane crash survivors and seemingly the group's conscience. I've written before that she is the series' heart and soul, but after the season 2 finale — "Storytelling" — I realized that I hadn't considered if Natalie herself would agree with that description.
In "Storytelling," Natalie says in both past and present that she doesn't see herself as a good person. We already knew that she accidentally caused her abusive father to shoot himself when she was younger. Season 2, episode 8 —"It Chooses" — reveals that she let Javi (Luciano Leroux) drown to save herself from ritual sacrifice, exacerbating her survivor's guilt.
Most "Yellowjackets" fans, myself included, thought this would be the last straw for Nat. Some theorized that the survivors were ultimately rescued because she left them in disgust, made it back to civilization,...
- 5/27/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for the "Yellowjackets" season 2 finale.
"The wilderness chose." For the characters of "Yellowjackets," this simple phrase is a means of equivocating, the way a person might gloss over something bad by saying, "It is what it is." In the show's flashback scenes, that means girls' soccer players hunting and cannibalizing their teammates in the wilderness where their plane has crashed. Some of them, like the adult Lottie (Simone Kessell), believe the wilderness is a dark force that follows them back to civilization and demands appeasement even in a place where cannibalism is no longer necessary for survival. Others, like Shauna (Melanie Lynskey), believe Lottie is crazy, and they have only themselves to blame for the continuing murder and mayhem in their lives.
Christina Ricci, for one, sees the wilderness as a convenient out for her character, Misty, as she deals with the guilt of having killed her best friend,...
"The wilderness chose." For the characters of "Yellowjackets," this simple phrase is a means of equivocating, the way a person might gloss over something bad by saying, "It is what it is." In the show's flashback scenes, that means girls' soccer players hunting and cannibalizing their teammates in the wilderness where their plane has crashed. Some of them, like the adult Lottie (Simone Kessell), believe the wilderness is a dark force that follows them back to civilization and demands appeasement even in a place where cannibalism is no longer necessary for survival. Others, like Shauna (Melanie Lynskey), believe Lottie is crazy, and they have only themselves to blame for the continuing murder and mayhem in their lives.
Christina Ricci, for one, sees the wilderness as a convenient out for her character, Misty, as she deals with the guilt of having killed her best friend,...
- 5/27/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for the season 2 finale of "Yellowjackets."
One of my favorite things about the sophomore season of "Yellowjackets" is that this time around, the Showtime mystery series seemed to be as much in the business of answering questions as asking them. The survival horror series has always shared some storytelling DNA with "Lost," but while that series piled on mystery after mystery, "Yellowjackets" actually eased up on its more enigmatic elements for much of this season — and even went so far as to give us explicit solutions to a few major puzzles.
By the time the credits rolled on the second season finale, fans knew how Javi (Luciano Leroux) survived the winter, what the mysterious queen of hearts playing cards meant, what happened to Lottie (Simone Kessell) and Van (Lauren Ambrose) as adults, and exactly how the show's element of cannibalism came to be. Yet there's one...
One of my favorite things about the sophomore season of "Yellowjackets" is that this time around, the Showtime mystery series seemed to be as much in the business of answering questions as asking them. The survival horror series has always shared some storytelling DNA with "Lost," but while that series piled on mystery after mystery, "Yellowjackets" actually eased up on its more enigmatic elements for much of this season — and even went so far as to give us explicit solutions to a few major puzzles.
By the time the credits rolled on the second season finale, fans knew how Javi (Luciano Leroux) survived the winter, what the mysterious queen of hearts playing cards meant, what happened to Lottie (Simone Kessell) and Van (Lauren Ambrose) as adults, and exactly how the show's element of cannibalism came to be. Yet there's one...
- 5/27/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for the season 2 finale of "Yellowjackets."
When the starving, superstitious plane crash survivors who make up the core cast of "Yellowjackets" went tearing after Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) in last week's episode, determined to hunt her down after she drew the queen card that sealed her fate, I was still convinced this could have been a one-time thing. Sure, the very first scene of the "Yellowjackets" pilot shows teammates hunting a girl who falls into a pit, then gathering around to feast on her flesh. But in the world of "Yellowjackets," little is as it seems and the most surreal moments often turn out to be hallucinatory. Would the girls really turn this human hunt into a way of life?
Judging by this week's finale, the answer is yes. When the adult Yellowjackets gather at Lottie's (Simone Kessell) compound for a night that escalates to a bloodthirsty,...
When the starving, superstitious plane crash survivors who make up the core cast of "Yellowjackets" went tearing after Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) in last week's episode, determined to hunt her down after she drew the queen card that sealed her fate, I was still convinced this could have been a one-time thing. Sure, the very first scene of the "Yellowjackets" pilot shows teammates hunting a girl who falls into a pit, then gathering around to feast on her flesh. But in the world of "Yellowjackets," little is as it seems and the most surreal moments often turn out to be hallucinatory. Would the girls really turn this human hunt into a way of life?
Judging by this week's finale, the answer is yes. When the adult Yellowjackets gather at Lottie's (Simone Kessell) compound for a night that escalates to a bloodthirsty,...
- 5/27/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for the "Yellowjackets" season 2 finale.
Wouldn't it have been funny if this article was just me writing "Yes" and nothing else? Alas, I love, honor, and respect the "Yellowjackets" fandom hive too much than to write a joke post under such a provocative headline, and if you've followed me at all as a "Yj" recapper, you already know that I feel a kinship to Vanessa "Van" Palmer (Liv Hewson/Lauren Ambrose) in some eerily specific ways. Simply put, there was no way I wasn't going to meticulously dissect every last morsel left behind of the season 2 finale to try and get to the bottom of what the hell is going on with Van.
In the '90s timeline, Van has had a bit of a complicated journey. She was initially all-in on Lottie's woo-woo tree-worshipping magical thinking, but after Shauna's baby dies, she starts to approach things more realistically.
Wouldn't it have been funny if this article was just me writing "Yes" and nothing else? Alas, I love, honor, and respect the "Yellowjackets" fandom hive too much than to write a joke post under such a provocative headline, and if you've followed me at all as a "Yj" recapper, you already know that I feel a kinship to Vanessa "Van" Palmer (Liv Hewson/Lauren Ambrose) in some eerily specific ways. Simply put, there was no way I wasn't going to meticulously dissect every last morsel left behind of the season 2 finale to try and get to the bottom of what the hell is going on with Van.
In the '90s timeline, Van has had a bit of a complicated journey. She was initially all-in on Lottie's woo-woo tree-worshipping magical thinking, but after Shauna's baby dies, she starts to approach things more realistically.
- 5/27/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
[This story contains major spoilers from the season two finale of Yellowjackets, “Storytelling.”]
After hearing what Karyn Kusama has to say about the Yellowjackets season two finale, viewers are going to want to rewatch the pilot. The audience of the hit Showtime series could have never seen it at the time, but the tragic full-circle ending for one major character was right there in the first episode of the series.
“Something I know the showrunners had always thought about, and that [co-creators] Ashley [Lyle] and Bart [Nickerson] had always thought about from the pilot, was that mysterious moment when Natalie hallucinates Misty at the kegger in the woods,” Kusama tells The Hollywood Reporter about the first episode of the series, “Pilot,” in a chat after the shocking events of the season two finale. “That was always this time-defying flash-forward to the notion that Misty was always going to be kind of an angel of death for Natalie.”
Kusama, also an executive producer, directed the season two finale,...
After hearing what Karyn Kusama has to say about the Yellowjackets season two finale, viewers are going to want to rewatch the pilot. The audience of the hit Showtime series could have never seen it at the time, but the tragic full-circle ending for one major character was right there in the first episode of the series.
“Something I know the showrunners had always thought about, and that [co-creators] Ashley [Lyle] and Bart [Nickerson] had always thought about from the pilot, was that mysterious moment when Natalie hallucinates Misty at the kegger in the woods,” Kusama tells The Hollywood Reporter about the first episode of the series, “Pilot,” in a chat after the shocking events of the season two finale. “That was always this time-defying flash-forward to the notion that Misty was always going to be kind of an angel of death for Natalie.”
Kusama, also an executive producer, directed the season two finale,...
- 5/27/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Image Source: Paramount Pictures
The opening scene of Netflix's "Yellowjackets" begins with one of the most haunting TV sequences in recent memory. A dark-haired girl in a nightgown runs through a frozen forest, looking scared for her life - and for good reason. As she runs, a pit opens up beneath her feet, and she falls in. The next frames show her limbs nailed to the ground with sticks, and then she's getting hung up by her feet and flayed while a bunch of people clad in animal skins look on. Eventually, after the girl's remains are placed in front of an antler-clad figure, the group devours her.
The specter of that scene haunts all of "Yellowjackets," which tells the story of a girls' soccer team who crash-land in a forest and are forced to survive there for 19 months. Interspersing that story with scenes set 25 years later - when...
The opening scene of Netflix's "Yellowjackets" begins with one of the most haunting TV sequences in recent memory. A dark-haired girl in a nightgown runs through a frozen forest, looking scared for her life - and for good reason. As she runs, a pit opens up beneath her feet, and she falls in. The next frames show her limbs nailed to the ground with sticks, and then she's getting hung up by her feet and flayed while a bunch of people clad in animal skins look on. Eventually, after the girl's remains are placed in front of an antler-clad figure, the group devours her.
The specter of that scene haunts all of "Yellowjackets," which tells the story of a girls' soccer team who crash-land in a forest and are forced to survive there for 19 months. Interspersing that story with scenes set 25 years later - when...
- 5/27/2023
- by Eden Arielle Gordon
- Popsugar.com
This article references moments from "Yellowjackets" season 2 episode 8.
Dear Lord, I am offering up this prayer to you: thank you for keeping Courtney Eaton off the hamster wheel of diminishing returns that is mega-franchise fame. Hallelujah!
You may be aware that as of today, the hit Showtime series "Yellowjackets" has completed its second season. People died and people cried, and now we have to wait at least a year, though likely longer due to the refusal of the AMPTP to end the WGA writers' strike, for a third season. So be it: solidarity with the writers! And anyway, there are two silver linings. One, the cast may be able to get a modicum of rest after what anyone who watched this past season knows must have been an intensely grueling shoot. Two, for the fans, there's an Everest-sized mountain of interviews the extensive cast gave over the course of season...
Dear Lord, I am offering up this prayer to you: thank you for keeping Courtney Eaton off the hamster wheel of diminishing returns that is mega-franchise fame. Hallelujah!
You may be aware that as of today, the hit Showtime series "Yellowjackets" has completed its second season. People died and people cried, and now we have to wait at least a year, though likely longer due to the refusal of the AMPTP to end the WGA writers' strike, for a third season. So be it: solidarity with the writers! And anyway, there are two silver linings. One, the cast may be able to get a modicum of rest after what anyone who watched this past season knows must have been an intensely grueling shoot. Two, for the fans, there's an Everest-sized mountain of interviews the extensive cast gave over the course of season...
- 5/27/2023
- by Ryan Coleman
- Slash Film
Showtime's "Yellowjackets" is about a group of teen girls (and a few boys and men) whose plane crashes in the middle of nowhere while they're on their way to a national soccer tournament. Some members of the team perish in the crash, while others die in the 19 months between the crash and when they were rescued. The very first episode of the show teased that the survivors would eventually resort to cannibalism to survive - which also involves some scary-looking rituals.
Since the series occurs on two timelines - 1996 and the present day - we already know which of the Yellowjackets survived the woods and the few who didn't as season two continues. Some of the characters that people assumed died were revealed to be alive at the end of season one, while the fates of others remain a mystery.
Read ahead for a breakdown of who we know survives their time in the woods,...
Since the series occurs on two timelines - 1996 and the present day - we already know which of the Yellowjackets survived the woods and the few who didn't as season two continues. Some of the characters that people assumed died were revealed to be alive at the end of season one, while the fates of others remain a mystery.
Read ahead for a breakdown of who we know survives their time in the woods,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
This post contains spoilers for the season 2 finale of "Yellowjackets."
It was only a matter of time before someone from the present-day storyline in "Yellowjackets" died, but that inevitability doesn't make it any easier to deal with. Yes, Travis was the first adult survivor to truly kick the bucket, but he died before audiences ever got the chance to know him. Meanwhile, we've been following adult Natalie (Juliette Lewis) for two seasons now; we've come to understand so much about why she is the way she is, and we've even come to hope that things could get better for her. It's nice that she got to leave the series on a redemptive note — saving another person's life instead of letting them die like she did to Javi — but it's still sad to see her go.
It helps that "Yellowjackets" doesn't just show Natalie dying — it gives us a glimpse of her journey into the afterlife.
It was only a matter of time before someone from the present-day storyline in "Yellowjackets" died, but that inevitability doesn't make it any easier to deal with. Yes, Travis was the first adult survivor to truly kick the bucket, but he died before audiences ever got the chance to know him. Meanwhile, we've been following adult Natalie (Juliette Lewis) for two seasons now; we've come to understand so much about why she is the way she is, and we've even come to hope that things could get better for her. It's nice that she got to leave the series on a redemptive note — saving another person's life instead of letting them die like she did to Javi — but it's still sad to see her go.
It helps that "Yellowjackets" doesn't just show Natalie dying — it gives us a glimpse of her journey into the afterlife.
- 5/26/2023
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the Yellowjackets Season 2 finale “Storytelling.”] There’s a lot to dissect about the end of Yellowjackets Season 2. Don’t worry: We have you covered. Simone Kessell talks us through the tragic finale where her character, present-day Lottie, revived the ritual of the hunt, ultimately leading to the death of Natalie (Juliette Lewis). The group’s onetime leader was mistakenly killed by a horrified Misty (Christina Ricci) and died surrounded by the other wilderness survivors: Shauna (Melanie Lynskey), Taissa (Tawny Cypress), and Van (Lauren Ambrose). Kessell shares what it was like to shoot those final scenes, how she can’t listen to a certain Radiohead song anymore, and what she’s hoping for in Season 3. The heart of this episode was this resolution of Lottie and Natalie’s long and twisted relationship, and it really ends in tragedy for both. Natalie dies and Lottie is on her way to being institutionalized again.
- 5/26/2023
- TV Insider
This post contains spoilers for the season 2 finale of "Yellowjackets."
After a season of bloodshed, drama, and some excellent dark humor, the sophomore season of "Yellowjackets" drew to a close last night with an extremely bittersweet twist. In the present day, the crash survivors gathered on Lottie's (Simone Kessell) compound for a night that started as a quasi-intervention and quickly descended into ritualistic violence. In the end, Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) drew the queen card that marked her as the women's prey, but it was Natalie (Juliette Lewis) who died when she jumped in front of Lisa (Nicole Maines) to save her from Misty's (Christina Ricci) syringe.
Nat's fate is heartbreaking, compounded by the show's existentially frightening vision of an afterlife where she sits on a nearly-empty plane beside the boy she couldn't save and the girl she once was. At the same time, though, we learn that before Nat lost everything,...
After a season of bloodshed, drama, and some excellent dark humor, the sophomore season of "Yellowjackets" drew to a close last night with an extremely bittersweet twist. In the present day, the crash survivors gathered on Lottie's (Simone Kessell) compound for a night that started as a quasi-intervention and quickly descended into ritualistic violence. In the end, Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) drew the queen card that marked her as the women's prey, but it was Natalie (Juliette Lewis) who died when she jumped in front of Lisa (Nicole Maines) to save her from Misty's (Christina Ricci) syringe.
Nat's fate is heartbreaking, compounded by the show's existentially frightening vision of an afterlife where she sits on a nearly-empty plane beside the boy she couldn't save and the girl she once was. At the same time, though, we learn that before Nat lost everything,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
This is it. The season finale of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “Storytelling,” closes the loop on this chapter and overarching plot threads with fiery devastation. Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body, The Invitation) returns to direct for the first time since the premiere, bringing some of the show’s themes full circle. While “Storytelling” may not bring the intense thrills of the last episode’s wilderness hunt, the events of this finale instead wreak havoc emotionally and ensure nothing will be the same going forward.
Picking up from the last episode, Travis (Kevin Alves) is immediately relieved to see Nat (Sophie Thatcher) arrive safely back at the cabin. His relief is short-lived when he sees Nat’s tearful, guilt-stricken face before the rest of the teens carry in his baby brother’s frozen body. While the group attempts to handle this new sacrifice and glean its spiritual meaning, their present-day counterparts attempt to...
Picking up from the last episode, Travis (Kevin Alves) is immediately relieved to see Nat (Sophie Thatcher) arrive safely back at the cabin. His relief is short-lived when he sees Nat’s tearful, guilt-stricken face before the rest of the teens carry in his baby brother’s frozen body. While the group attempts to handle this new sacrifice and glean its spiritual meaning, their present-day counterparts attempt to...
- 5/26/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Season 2 finale of “Yellowjackets” left us with dropped jaws — and a lot of questions. We still don’t know who “pit girl” is, but we did see how things escalate to the point where the survivors began hunting each other to stay alive.
Although, as creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson told TheWrap before the Season 2 premiere, not every question will be answered. Said Nickerson, when asked if he minded the comparisons to the often frustrating “Lost”: “I don’t always want everything to be answered. Like, I do and I don’t, because so much of what made ‘Lost’ so engrossing was the mystery, not just the mystery of what happened, but the sort of reclamation of the spookiness of being alive. You can’t give all the answers and maintain that spookiness.”
With that in mind, here are some of the most pressing issues that still need to be answered.
Although, as creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson told TheWrap before the Season 2 premiere, not every question will be answered. Said Nickerson, when asked if he minded the comparisons to the often frustrating “Lost”: “I don’t always want everything to be answered. Like, I do and I don’t, because so much of what made ‘Lost’ so engrossing was the mystery, not just the mystery of what happened, but the sort of reclamation of the spookiness of being alive. You can’t give all the answers and maintain that spookiness.”
With that in mind, here are some of the most pressing issues that still need to be answered.
- 5/26/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
No lie. The tragic season finale of Yellowjackets made us cry by killing off tormented bad-ass Natalie (Juliette Lewis) who was finally starting to heal from her ’90s wilderness trauma. We also shed a tear for the bleak state of her grieving surviving friends: Misty (Christina Ricci), broken with guilt about accidentally killing Nat; Lottie (Simone Kessell), unhinged and about to be hospitalized; Tai (Tawny Cypress) and Van (Lauren Ambrose) whose suddenly rekindled passion has chilled just as quickly; and teary Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) who can’t deny that her daughter Callie (Sarah Desjardins) has inherited her mom’s capacity for violence. The one person who seemed the most stable at the episode’s end was Shauna’s husband Jeff (Warren Kole) – sweet, earnest, furniture salesman Jeff Sadecki! Sure, he watched his old high school friend Kevyn (Alex Wyndham) drop dead and then helped Misty’s murderer boyfriend Walter (Elijah Wood) move the body.
- 5/26/2023
- TV Insider
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Yellowjackets” Season 2 Episode 9, “Storytelling.”]
Long ago, in the quaint winter of 2022, Lottie (Courtney Eaton) killed a bear and offered its heart up as sacrifice to the wilderness on “Yellowjackets.” She told her friends to spill blood and said “let the darkness let us free.”
That is decidedly not what happened.
Despite Lottie’s best efforts in both past and present, “darkness” (also known as savagery and trauma) fully cloaks the stranded teens of the series, following them well into their tormented adult lives. In a season that has gone from bad to worse, “Storytelling” is the definitive destruction of hope, light, and sanctuary.
After languishing for most of the season — or at least moving conspicuously slower than the parallel ’90s flashback — the present-day timeline steers most of the action in “Storytelling,” written by Ameni Rozsa and directed by Karyn Kusama. Every character and storyline converges at Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) forest compound,...
Long ago, in the quaint winter of 2022, Lottie (Courtney Eaton) killed a bear and offered its heart up as sacrifice to the wilderness on “Yellowjackets.” She told her friends to spill blood and said “let the darkness let us free.”
That is decidedly not what happened.
Despite Lottie’s best efforts in both past and present, “darkness” (also known as savagery and trauma) fully cloaks the stranded teens of the series, following them well into their tormented adult lives. In a season that has gone from bad to worse, “Storytelling” is the definitive destruction of hope, light, and sanctuary.
After languishing for most of the season — or at least moving conspicuously slower than the parallel ’90s flashback — the present-day timeline steers most of the action in “Storytelling,” written by Ameni Rozsa and directed by Karyn Kusama. Every character and storyline converges at Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) forest compound,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Spoilers for "Yellowjackets" follow.
We've known since the "Yellowjackets" pilot that its leads, stranded in the Canadian wilderness during the late 1990s, would eventually resort to ritualistic hunting and cannibalism. The question is how? Season 1 consistently implied it would be the doing of Lottie Matthews (Courtney Eaton). Midway through the season, she began having visions and divining the will of the Wilderness itself.
The rest of the group increasingly turned to her for guidance. In "Doomcoming," Lottie wears a pair of antlers — foreshadowing the Antler Queen sitting at the head of the cannibals in the Pilot — and in the season finale, "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi," she kills a bear. The episode ends with her placing the bear's heart on an altar, with Van (Liv Hewson) and Misty (Samantha Hanratty) on either side as her disciples.
That finale is also when we learned Lottie was still alive in the present day...
We've known since the "Yellowjackets" pilot that its leads, stranded in the Canadian wilderness during the late 1990s, would eventually resort to ritualistic hunting and cannibalism. The question is how? Season 1 consistently implied it would be the doing of Lottie Matthews (Courtney Eaton). Midway through the season, she began having visions and divining the will of the Wilderness itself.
The rest of the group increasingly turned to her for guidance. In "Doomcoming," Lottie wears a pair of antlers — foreshadowing the Antler Queen sitting at the head of the cannibals in the Pilot — and in the season finale, "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi," she kills a bear. The episode ends with her placing the bear's heart on an altar, with Van (Liv Hewson) and Misty (Samantha Hanratty) on either side as her disciples.
That finale is also when we learned Lottie was still alive in the present day...
- 5/26/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
“The whole time, there was some darkness out there,” Juliette Lewis’ character Natalie says in the trailer for Yellowjackets Season Two, which wrapped on Showtime this month. Now, you can binge the complete Yellowjackets series (so far) and the latest chapter of shocking episodes online for free.
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Following its seven-time Emmy-nominated first season, the new episodes once again switched back and forth between the present and the past, complete with flashbacks from the soccer team’s time in the Canadian wilderness following a traumatic...
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Following its seven-time Emmy-nominated first season, the new episodes once again switched back and forth between the present and the past, complete with flashbacks from the soccer team’s time in the Canadian wilderness following a traumatic...
- 5/26/2023
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
This post contains spoilers for "Yellowjackets."
Season 2 of "Yellowjackets" is over and though it wasn't always paced to my liking, the last three episodes bowled me over. I think the season demonstrates how, for good or ill, character and structure are intertwined in storytelling. What made the 2021 storyline of "Yellowjackets" season 1 good was the characters. In the present day, there's less urgency and sustained mystery than in the 1996 wilderness storyline. So the characters' interactions, and all the intrigue and black comedy carried within them, were what sustained interest.
Watching the Yellowjackets plotting to find out who's blackmailing them or covering up the murder of Adam (Peter Gadiot) was just as exciting as seeing their teenage selves struggle to survive. The debut season's highlight was Misty following Natalie around like a poodle desperate for love — the manic Christina Ricci and dour Juliette Lewis was the salt-and-pepper, '90s screen queen pairing I never knew I needed.
Season 2 of "Yellowjackets" is over and though it wasn't always paced to my liking, the last three episodes bowled me over. I think the season demonstrates how, for good or ill, character and structure are intertwined in storytelling. What made the 2021 storyline of "Yellowjackets" season 1 good was the characters. In the present day, there's less urgency and sustained mystery than in the 1996 wilderness storyline. So the characters' interactions, and all the intrigue and black comedy carried within them, were what sustained interest.
Watching the Yellowjackets plotting to find out who's blackmailing them or covering up the murder of Adam (Peter Gadiot) was just as exciting as seeing their teenage selves struggle to survive. The debut season's highlight was Misty following Natalie around like a poodle desperate for love — the manic Christina Ricci and dour Juliette Lewis was the salt-and-pepper, '90s screen queen pairing I never knew I needed.
- 5/26/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
In The Yellowjackets Season 2 Finale, The Supernatural And The Tragically Ordinary Finally Collapsed
This piece contains major spoilers for the second season finale of "Yellowjackets."
Every character in "Yellowjackets" has been saying it since the show's first episode: there's something out there in those woods. But there have always been just enough seeds planted for doubt to spring forth, blocking the blinding rays of certainty and preventing viewers from fully enrolling in the Lottie Matthews school of "a spirit made me do it."
For every man with no eyes, dead bird rainstorm, and mystical vision, there are logical counter-explanations like stress, subterranean geothermal vents, and mercury poisoning. A common way "Yellowjackets" prevents simplistic supernatural explanations for the strange things which take place is by swerving the action from the supernaturally sinister into the tragically ordinary. The most devastating example of this signature maneuver came in season 2 episode 6, when Shauna's nightmarish discovery that her teammates were devouring her newborn turned out to be a dream,...
Every character in "Yellowjackets" has been saying it since the show's first episode: there's something out there in those woods. But there have always been just enough seeds planted for doubt to spring forth, blocking the blinding rays of certainty and preventing viewers from fully enrolling in the Lottie Matthews school of "a spirit made me do it."
For every man with no eyes, dead bird rainstorm, and mystical vision, there are logical counter-explanations like stress, subterranean geothermal vents, and mercury poisoning. A common way "Yellowjackets" prevents simplistic supernatural explanations for the strange things which take place is by swerving the action from the supernaturally sinister into the tragically ordinary. The most devastating example of this signature maneuver came in season 2 episode 6, when Shauna's nightmarish discovery that her teammates were devouring her newborn turned out to be a dream,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Ryan Coleman
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for "Yellowjackets" season 2 episode 9.
After a complex, fascinating, brutal two months, the "Yellowjackets" season finale is here. "Storytelling" is directed by the brilliant Karyn Kusama, so we should already be prepared for some horror and a whole lot of heartbreak. The episode opens with an always killer needle-drop, "Zombie" by The Cranberries. It underscores a nearly comatose teenage Nat walking through the wilderness and heading back to the cabin knowing she must tell Travis that Javi has drowned.
Travis is relieved to see her alive but immediately mortified when the rest of the girls come back with a half-frozen Javi hanging from a wooden bar. "The wilderness chose," she tells him, but Travis' grief is insurmountable. His little brother who finally returned after months of being missing in the woods is gone. Really, really gone.
In the present timeline, adult Shauna agrees with Lottie's plan...
After a complex, fascinating, brutal two months, the "Yellowjackets" season finale is here. "Storytelling" is directed by the brilliant Karyn Kusama, so we should already be prepared for some horror and a whole lot of heartbreak. The episode opens with an always killer needle-drop, "Zombie" by The Cranberries. It underscores a nearly comatose teenage Nat walking through the wilderness and heading back to the cabin knowing she must tell Travis that Javi has drowned.
Travis is relieved to see her alive but immediately mortified when the rest of the girls come back with a half-frozen Javi hanging from a wooden bar. "The wilderness chose," she tells him, but Travis' grief is insurmountable. His little brother who finally returned after months of being missing in the woods is gone. Really, really gone.
In the present timeline, adult Shauna agrees with Lottie's plan...
- 5/26/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers from “Storytelling,” the Season 2 finale of “Yellowjackets,” now streaming on Showtime.
The second season of “Yellowjackets” has come to a dark and twisted end. In the 1996 timeline, teen Lottie (Courtney Eaton) handed over the role of leader of the wilderness to Natalie (Sophie Thatcher), as all the young girls bowed to her, confirming she was, in fact, the Antler Queen. However, the celebration was cut short as a fire sparked in the middle of the night. While everyone escaped, the group was left standing outside in the snow, watching flames encapsulate their home.
In the present timeline, the group once again drew cards to see who the wilderness wanted — an idea suggested by Lottie (Simone Kessell). Before they performed this old ritual, Natalie (Juliette Lewis) warned the rest of the residents to leave, including Lisa (Nicole Maines), to whom she had grown close throughout...
The second season of “Yellowjackets” has come to a dark and twisted end. In the 1996 timeline, teen Lottie (Courtney Eaton) handed over the role of leader of the wilderness to Natalie (Sophie Thatcher), as all the young girls bowed to her, confirming she was, in fact, the Antler Queen. However, the celebration was cut short as a fire sparked in the middle of the night. While everyone escaped, the group was left standing outside in the snow, watching flames encapsulate their home.
In the present timeline, the group once again drew cards to see who the wilderness wanted — an idea suggested by Lottie (Simone Kessell). Before they performed this old ritual, Natalie (Juliette Lewis) warned the rest of the residents to leave, including Lisa (Nicole Maines), to whom she had grown close throughout...
- 5/26/2023
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
Warning: This post contains major spoilers for Yellowjackets‘ Season 2 finale. Proceed accordingly.
By the time the credits roll on Yellowjackets‘ Season 2 finale, one of the ill-fated soccer team’s adult survivors is dead. And even though it’s [Spoiler]’s fault, I’m blaming [Spoiler] and [Spoiler].
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Read on to find out who I’m talking about as we review the highlights of “Storytelling.
By the time the credits roll on Yellowjackets‘ Season 2 finale, one of the ill-fated soccer team’s adult survivors is dead. And even though it’s [Spoiler]’s fault, I’m blaming [Spoiler] and [Spoiler].
More from TVLineParamount+ Reveals Price Hike While Adding Showtime -- See When It StartsWeeds Sequel Series Eyed at Showtime as Co-Star Bemoans: They're 'Trying to Drag Its Tired Carcass Out'Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa'
Read on to find out who I’m talking about as we review the highlights of “Storytelling.
- 5/26/2023
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
[This story contains major spoilers to the season two finale of Yellowjackets, “Storytelling.”]
Sophie Thatcher is relieved that the season two finale of Yellowjackets has landed. It’s been buzzing around in her head for quite some time, and the double-whammy ending for the character of Natalie wasn’t an easy secret to keep. So, she told a couple of her friends.
“They made a big deal out of it but I was like, ‘You can’t tell anybody!'” she told The Hollywood Reporter, speaking shortly before the May 25 episode released. When asked which spoiler she shared — the one for teen or adult Nat — Thatcher says both: “It’s in a package to me.”
Thatcher plays Natalie Scatorccio, who is affectionately known as Nat, in the 1996 wilderness timeline of the hit Showtime series. In the penultimate episode, her character made the fateful decision to let Javi (Luciano Leroux) die in her place after she had pulled the Queen of Hearts; the young survivors,...
Sophie Thatcher is relieved that the season two finale of Yellowjackets has landed. It’s been buzzing around in her head for quite some time, and the double-whammy ending for the character of Natalie wasn’t an easy secret to keep. So, she told a couple of her friends.
“They made a big deal out of it but I was like, ‘You can’t tell anybody!'” she told The Hollywood Reporter, speaking shortly before the May 25 episode released. When asked which spoiler she shared — the one for teen or adult Nat — Thatcher says both: “It’s in a package to me.”
Thatcher plays Natalie Scatorccio, who is affectionately known as Nat, in the 1996 wilderness timeline of the hit Showtime series. In the penultimate episode, her character made the fateful decision to let Javi (Luciano Leroux) die in her place after she had pulled the Queen of Hearts; the young survivors,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Yellowjackets” has returned, and if you thought things couldn’t get any more wild on the Showtime drama series, prepare to be proven wrong. Season 2 continues the bifurcated storylines of the titular soccer team stranded after a plane crash in the 1990s, and the grown-up survivors dealing with their past trauma in present day.
New revelations, expanded mythology and new characters permeate the new season as the story barrels forward, with Shauna, Taissa, Misty, Natalie all returning.
Elijah Wood joins the cast as Walter, a citizen detective, while Lauren Ambrose appears in Season 2 as the adult version of Van (played in the 1990s timeline by Liv Hewson) and Simone Kessell plays the adult version of Lottie (played in the ‘90s by Courtney Eaton).
The new season picks up pretty immediately after Season 1 left off, with the survivors dealing with a harsh winter and dwindling food supply back in 1996 while the...
New revelations, expanded mythology and new characters permeate the new season as the story barrels forward, with Shauna, Taissa, Misty, Natalie all returning.
Elijah Wood joins the cast as Walter, a citizen detective, while Lauren Ambrose appears in Season 2 as the adult version of Van (played in the 1990s timeline by Liv Hewson) and Simone Kessell plays the adult version of Lottie (played in the ‘90s by Courtney Eaton).
The new season picks up pretty immediately after Season 1 left off, with the survivors dealing with a harsh winter and dwindling food supply back in 1996 while the...
- 5/24/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
This article contains spoilers through Yellowjackets season 2 episode 8.
The Yellowjackets pilot hinted at the ritualistic cannibalism that the titular girls soccer team was forced to adopt after being stranded in the wilderness for nineteen months, but we’ve yet to see the girls fully become the cult-like group we see in the series’ opening. The “Doomcoming” episode from season 1 showed the girls chasing Travis (Kevin Alves) through the woods while high on mushrooms and fermented berries, but they were stopped before things escalated any further.
After Jackie (Ella Purnell) was eaten at the beginning of season 2, however, it was only a matter of time before the teens were forced to resort to cannibalism once again to survive the harsh winter. To help Lottie (Courtney Eaton) heal from the life-threatening wounds inflicted on her by Shauna (Sofie Nélisse) in a post-partum fit of rage, the teens decide to sacrifice someone from...
The Yellowjackets pilot hinted at the ritualistic cannibalism that the titular girls soccer team was forced to adopt after being stranded in the wilderness for nineteen months, but we’ve yet to see the girls fully become the cult-like group we see in the series’ opening. The “Doomcoming” episode from season 1 showed the girls chasing Travis (Kevin Alves) through the woods while high on mushrooms and fermented berries, but they were stopped before things escalated any further.
After Jackie (Ella Purnell) was eaten at the beginning of season 2, however, it was only a matter of time before the teens were forced to resort to cannibalism once again to survive the harsh winter. To help Lottie (Courtney Eaton) heal from the life-threatening wounds inflicted on her by Shauna (Sofie Nélisse) in a post-partum fit of rage, the teens decide to sacrifice someone from...
- 5/23/2023
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
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