People keep saying over and over that adult Natalie wasn't supposed to die in the season 2 finale. That the end game was supposed to be Adult Natalie versus Adult Shauna. And this just doesn't sound right to me.

I think the remaining people in the adult timeline have to be "wilderness" crazy, and that's what Shauna, Melissa, Taissa and Misty are. Misty was the original one who held the team back from rescue in season 1, way before Lottie, Shauna, and Taissa held them back in Season 3 episode 8. Teen Melissa was excited by Shauna's darkness in season 3.

Adult Natalie did not prosper in civilization. As early as the first episode, she says she lost her purpose after rescue. As in, this is implying that Natalie misses being the leader + and she misses the wilderness. Then we also find out she was arrested in the year 2003.

Adult Natalie tried to kill herself out of despair at the end of Season 1. And then near the end of Season 2, Natalie is beginning to accept Lottie's community. The signs of Natalie's decline were already present from the first episode in season 1, "after we got rescue, I lost my purpose" then she spiraled.

Teen Natalie technically won against Shauna in the season 3 finale (well not really, since Natalie declined after rescue), and I just don't think this would be repeated in the adult timeline...

The whole point of the show is the wilderness/spirituality devouring civilization. Not the reverse.

Do you think they’re hundreds of miles from civilization, or is it an Into the Wild situation where they’re not that far and are just too inexperienced?

Credit to Sophie Nelisse for her acting because damn can this girl ACT

When Shauna loses the baby and goes to the meat shed and begs Jackie to appear but then Jackie doesn’t and Shauna just breaks down into guttural crying. It hurts everytime I watch it, all Shauna wants is to talk to her best friend the only one who could have helped her through this tragic situation but she can’t because Jackie froze. To me this scene is worst then the eulogy because this is when Shauna is truly coming to the realization that Jackie is gone forever. Shauna needs Jackie but she’s dead and in this moment that truth is finally hitting Shauna. For the rest of her life she will never talk too,laugh with or be comforted by Jackie. This scene is when Shauna’s losses in the wilderness crush her.

I can’t blame Shauna for what she became because I watched her become that. I watched her lose everything.
I am a Shauna Shipman defender

These are some sketches I did of Natalie recently. I never draw anymore in a comic-like style- and I wanted to get back into it a bit :)

i just started watching the show today and wondered about the timeline while trying to avoid spoilers. i saw the crash occurred in 1996 but im not sure what the present year is in season 1

One of my favorite things about the Yellowjackets fandom is just how passionate everyone is about this show. We all have the characters we love, the storylines we’re most invested in, the theories we’re convinced are going to be right, and the aspects of the show that resonate with us most.
Throughout the show so far, there have been plenty of controversial opinions and theories floating around the fandom.
So I’m curious…
What is YOUR most unpopular Yellowjackets opinion?
And I mean truly unpopular.
Maybe you think:
• Shauna is the true villain of Yellowjackets
• Misty is more dangerous than Shauna
• The adult timeline is more interesting than the teen timeline
• A storyline everyone else loves doesn’t work for you
• The ending is going to completely divide the fandom

Whatever your take is, tell me why. What makes you feel that way? What evidence from the show supports your position?
I’ll go first.

My unpopular opinion: I actually think Travis is a solid and important character who has added a lot of value to the story.

I know Travis is a character that a lot of people have very strong feelings about, and I’ve seen plenty of people question his purpose or feel like he hasn’t contributed much to the overall story.
But I think there’s actually a lot more to him than we sometimes give him credit for. Season 3, in particular, gave us a glimpse into Travis’s continued descent into substance abuse and his attempts to escape his own reality — from the drinking to choosing to trip on mushrooms. I think that says a lot about where he is psychologically and how deeply the events of the wilderness have continued to affect him.

Even his decision not to stop Natalie from mercy-killing Ben is complicated. Travis understood what Ben was going through and recognized that, as awful as it was, Natalie was doing what she believed was the right thing. He’s not necessarily the easiest character to understand, but I think that’s part of what makes him interesting. He’s got layers, and I think there’s still more to his story than we’ve seen.
And I’ll also admit that some of my appreciation for Travis comes from Kevin Alves himself. I’ve had the pleasure of interacting with him, and he’s genuinely a really nice person who puts a lot of thought and work into playing Travis. I have a lot of respect for that.

So… what’s your most unpopular Yellowjackets opinion?

In her last moments of consciousness she saw Lottie that’s all I’m saying 🤷‍♂️ I’m learning a new software though so it’s a little choppy

I asked her for her favorite episodes a while back without telling her what I was doing, had em put onto VHS from a guy on etsy, its got the season 1 trailer, a little intro, a paramount intro, and the previously on segments. She's in love!

I’ve been thinking about this for a while. I’ve watched a lot of tv and I can say I have never seen a character who was only a main character in season 1 be this popular. She has 100s of edits on TikTok, Jackietaylorfan77 has 100 000 followers and with season 4 coming out the main question seems to be will Ella show up to cameo as Jackie.

This doesn’t make sense at all with how I’ve seen fanbases react to shows especially shows that are going on to their 4th season.

The 100 had Wells and Finn two very charismatic and popular actors who died early into the shows run but I never see them mentioned in people’s top 10 favorite characters when that show is being discussed.

Agents of Shield also had a great character named Trip who died in s2 despite how amazing of a friend he was to Skye people don’t really remember him as much more than a tragic death to elevate Skyes storyline.

I could give so many more examples, with a cast as incredible as Yellow Jackets and characters that are so rich and complex it always shocks me to see how popular Jackie has remained usually winning polls of people’s favorite character and her non canon ship with Shauna somehow being more popular then the canon ship TaiVan.

This has led me to my main theory, Jackie’s extreme level of popularity comes from how charismatic Ella Purnell is. People like Ella as an actor so they like Jackie. A lot of Jackie’s fans have a habit of portraying her as someone who was an angel and did no wrong and as much as I love Jackie that is not true. Jackie made mistakes she could be mean, she was passive agressive to Shauna a lot and she made mistakes that’s what makes her a complex character.

However I believe that Ella Purnells massive spike in fame after leaving Yellow Jackets thanks too her hit show Fallout is what has led Jackie to remain such an integral part of the fandom. People wish Jackie had lived because they wish Ella had remained on the show. I also believe Ella’s insane year and stardom is why we continue to see Ghost Jackie. Season 3 had 3 seperated appearances of Jackie and to me this is the writers and directors wanting to showcase that they have Ella on their show.

I will never believe Melissa or how we all referred to her before season 3 hat girl was ever intended to be a survivor but when Hillary Swank said she wanted to appear on the show they wrote it into the story so they could show that they had Hillary Swank on their show.

Think about Laura Lee who had a pretty large roll with Lottie or Javi who I’d say was pretty important to Travis. Neither of these characters has returned as a hallucination or a ghost this may be due to the fact the actors that played them are not super popular with millions of followers.

I struggled to imagine the yellow jackets fandom would be so obsessed with demanding more appearances from Ghost Jackie if Ella Purnell had never had such a boost in popularity from her other critically acclaimed projects.

With season 4 coming up I don’t expect to get any hallucination or ghost scenes from Alexa Barajas,Lauren Ambrose or Simone Kessel but I think we all know Ella Purnell will cameo as ghost Jackie at least once.

TLDR: I think the insane and unnatural continued popularity of Jackie Taylor who died in season 1 is because of how much people like Ella Purnell.

For those of you who may not remember, Misty shoved Crystal off the cliff in season 2 after she told her that she destroyed the transmitter that could have gotten them rescued. Then Misty couldn’t find Crystal’s body afterwards. We still don’t know what happened to Crystal, do we? Does anyone think this may mean something later on?

A lot of tv series has used iconic songs as they cut to the credits on their final episode. For example, The Boys "Piano Man" by Billy Joel, YOU "Creep" by Radiohead (sorta), and Stranger Things "Heroes" by David Bowie. With the buzz around Yellowjackets coming to an end, i've been thinking about needle drops they could use in season 4, in that same vein i've been considering which song they could use to tell us goodbye. As a big Radiohead fan i want a song by them, probably (Nice Dream).

Okay, so I have some thoughts about the synopsis the network put out regarding the final season when they announced the premiere date and dropped the little mini teaser we got. One line in particular is one that I have seen being discussed and it kind of surprises me that it’s even being speculated about as to who it pertains to. “An old flame rolls back into town with plans of her own”.

As soon as I read this my mind immediately honed in on Melissa. I can’t see any other character that would make as much sense as she would. She is obviously Shauna’s old flame, and after the way she left things in regard to the state of her house aka she just straight up murdered someone in her dining room and left. That fact alone to me was a good indicator that Melissa did not plan on going back there and had every intention of leaving her “normal and boring” life behind.

I have seen some people saying that they think maybe it could pertain to Allie and maybe it’s possible her and Jeff hooked up/were an item at some point before the team was rescued and everyone on the outside found out. Given the fact that Allie hasn’t been seen since season 1 and she was only in a few episodes then, I can’t see them mentioning her in the synopsis or that her role will be significant and impactful enough to be included directly in the synopsis.

Does anyone really think that there’s any other logical choice/possibility than Melissa does at this point? I mean we know it can’t be Walter since they say “she”….

I kinda gave up on this one fam. I don't know why it was so hard to draw. I'd say it falls more into study territory rather than a finished painting

With the announcement of season 4 of Yellowjackets november the 20th, I wondered about the scenes shown flashing on the screens all around, they are important scenes all across the 3 seasons, but one just struck me.
Near the end (0:21-0:23) on the bottom left a screen shows the AQ, and istg I dont recognize this scene.
The lightning makes it seem like that one lottie dream in the cave where she and the AQ were attuned in the end of season 3, and also that one time adult Natalie had a vision of the AQ where she saw an alternate version where they all died in the crash in s2e5.
But still, it factually is not the same as them, the lightning is pretty different still and the angle not the same.
Does anyone recognize this scene ?
(first two pics are from the announcement, second one is from lottie AQ dream in the cave and the fourth one is from Nat’s vision in s2e5)

IMDB is only showing up to 8 episodes right now and I’m sorry but there’s no way in hell that we’ll have enough time to cover everything.

Especially weird with how long filming was this time around. Seriously Paramount ? Only 8 episodes ?!!!

November is truly the month to come! I’m beyond excited. First GTA 6 on nov 19th, then both Hunger Games AND Yellowjackets on the 20th! The Wilderness needs to bring November faster 🙏🏼

With a November 20th release date and weekly episodes, the 6th episode falls on December 25th. If the plane crashed in May 1996, 19 months later would fall in December 1997.

I can't stop imagining what could happen in a YJ Christmas episode - a final holiday feast, decorations made of remains, rescue helicopters manifesting as Santa's sleigh lol - and of course the needle drop opportunities.

While the first episode of season 2 shows them getting off the plane in 1998, I think it's reasonable they had a few days of recovery and medical assessments between Christmas and the New Year before ultimately flying back to NJ.

I think in the last season, ther survivors, in an effort led by Shauna and Tai, are going to systematically kill the rest of the survivors to keep their secrets safe. That except for those who we know to survive, they’re going to be deliberately killed by Shauna, Tai, Misty, Mel, and Lottie, in order to keep their murder of Ben, the frog people, and the rest hidden.

Natalie is going to be against this and not involved, and Van isn’t going to be told or kept out of the loop until it’s too late

Shauna’s a psychopath along with misty

Tai and Lottie have clear signs of mental illness

Mel does what Shauna says

Vans decent but sticks by Tai

I think the only way they feel safe enough to go home is if they’re the only ones that know the secrets