Yellowjackets has a variety of characters from Misty to Lottie. However, they all seem to be crazy for whatever reason. It doesn't feel unique when every character is hallucinating or psychotic. It seems every episode has a different character going through some sort of psychotic breakdown, and if there not crazy then they just change personality and just follow everyone else in the group like sheep. TheProbably one of the only characters that felt the most grounded was Natalie. Her abusive childhood cemented her gloomy personality throughout the show even as an adult. Juliette Lewis does a wonderful job as portraying the broken Natalie, trying to find peace in Lotties cult. However, they just killed her off in the most stupid way. Will not be watching anymore. The pace of the show really slowed down and dragged on. All the characters just got really irritating.
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I probably gave too many stars
sendbriceemail27 May 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The first season was near perfect. The second season, while still containing moments of greatness, just seemed to continually fall flat, despite flawless acting by everyone in the cast. It's like the writers didn't have a plan for the season beyond where it would go, so the execution just seemed shoddy.
Examples: How many of us thought Lottie's explanation for how Travis died was so ridiculous that she must be lying? And then, when Natalie suddenly fell into Lottie's cult, how many assumed it was an act because she saw through the lie and was out for revenge? Nope! Just bad writing led us to imagine a better story was taking place. And even though it took nearly two seasons to see the hunting ritual begin, it seemed so haphazardly done. "We can't eat Lottie, so we'll very quickly decide to let the woods decide in the form of a deck of cards!" And then to see just how bloodthirsty and crazy they all became for a friend of theirs just didn't ring true, even if we know they're hungry. Also, what's up with the dripping sound? Never really explained. Don't get me started on how Taissa's wife and kid appear to be forgotten altogether.
In this season finale (which I gave seven stars because I'm still a fan of the show & the fire at the end signals new possibilities for the '90s timeline with Coach Ben, although I have no idea where the current timeline is headed other than Misty dealing with the horror of killing who she falsely believed was her best friend) was subpar at best with more unbelievable things happening. So, they're going to have Lottie committed. Wait, no, they're not, but only Van and Taissa know this! And after drawing cards, they just fall back to old habits and plan to kill one of their own, when they had literally decided to have Lottie locked up for suggesting just this in the first place? And then for Nat to die in such a dumb, clumsy fashion? I guess the writers basically killed the character to put her out of her misery after what they'd done to her this season.
Highlights of the episode almost nearly all come thanks to Jeff and Walter. Is Walter a serial killer?? (Still curious, if Walter lured the cops there, why did we have to see them follow Jeff's car to the campground? And the way the rookie cop was so quickly convinced to sell out his dead partner was a little too hokey as well.) I don't know if the writers care to read fan reviews, but if one is, I will use this opportunity to plead with them to do better for S3. Please. You have an AMAZING cast, a great story and started telling it wonderfully. Consider S2 a stumble and please start giving your talented cast better quality to perform.
Examples: How many of us thought Lottie's explanation for how Travis died was so ridiculous that she must be lying? And then, when Natalie suddenly fell into Lottie's cult, how many assumed it was an act because she saw through the lie and was out for revenge? Nope! Just bad writing led us to imagine a better story was taking place. And even though it took nearly two seasons to see the hunting ritual begin, it seemed so haphazardly done. "We can't eat Lottie, so we'll very quickly decide to let the woods decide in the form of a deck of cards!" And then to see just how bloodthirsty and crazy they all became for a friend of theirs just didn't ring true, even if we know they're hungry. Also, what's up with the dripping sound? Never really explained. Don't get me started on how Taissa's wife and kid appear to be forgotten altogether.
In this season finale (which I gave seven stars because I'm still a fan of the show & the fire at the end signals new possibilities for the '90s timeline with Coach Ben, although I have no idea where the current timeline is headed other than Misty dealing with the horror of killing who she falsely believed was her best friend) was subpar at best with more unbelievable things happening. So, they're going to have Lottie committed. Wait, no, they're not, but only Van and Taissa know this! And after drawing cards, they just fall back to old habits and plan to kill one of their own, when they had literally decided to have Lottie locked up for suggesting just this in the first place? And then for Nat to die in such a dumb, clumsy fashion? I guess the writers basically killed the character to put her out of her misery after what they'd done to her this season.
Highlights of the episode almost nearly all come thanks to Jeff and Walter. Is Walter a serial killer?? (Still curious, if Walter lured the cops there, why did we have to see them follow Jeff's car to the campground? And the way the rookie cop was so quickly convinced to sell out his dead partner was a little too hokey as well.) I don't know if the writers care to read fan reviews, but if one is, I will use this opportunity to plead with them to do better for S3. Please. You have an AMAZING cast, a great story and started telling it wonderfully. Consider S2 a stumble and please start giving your talented cast better quality to perform.
Decent episode
tvyqynmtr27 May 2023
It tied up some loose ends and overall was a solid episode. The actresses in this show did amazing as usual. This season overall didn't progress the in the woods story enough imo. It's like they are setting it up for 6-7 seasons which this show won't get. Was hoping this episode being the finale would really reveal a lot more that have alluded to but haven't. Would like to see them step the pacing up. I would compare it to why Lucifer got cancelled. They keep so much in their pocket the show doesn't move fast enough and loses viewership. Overall a decent episode and hope the writers strike ends so we can get a season 3. Thanks to the cast and crew for an overall good season/finale.
A terrible end to a mostly terrible season
joeravioli28 May 2023
Warning: Spoilers
If Yellowjackets' first season was like watching the preparation and decoration of an intricate, many-layered birthday cake, this season was like watching someone pour gasoline all over it and light it on fire. As the spectacle subsides and it burns to an inedible, boring crisp, you concede that if nothing else, the candles were lit.
Season one was made by the strength of its characters. Yellowjackets began with a promise (cannibalism) and by the end of the first season, didn't fulfill it. What made that acceptable was how well the characters were written. We're given complete portraits of each of these women at two different points in their lives, and a big part of the fun beyond the blood and guts is wondering how the hell they went from relatively innocent to bloodthirsty cannibals to disturbed adults. When the season ended without any cannibalism, it was okay, because the characters weren't there yet. The writers had too strong a grasp of who these people were to betray them.
Season two begins with a contrivance, and doesn't stop. Nothing makes sense anymore. Everyone is unrecognizable, doing things so out of character that it's obvious that the writers are struggling to balance the expectations of a ravenous audience with the first season's slow, methodical approach. It cranks up humour at the cost of sincerity, cranks up insanity at the cost of sense, and sacrifices the show's greatest strength, its characters, to speed up a plot that isn't even good. In the end, the show's initial promise is fulfilled-people eat other people. All it took was the torching of an entire season's worth of birthday cake.
The conclusion of the adult storyline is unbelievably bad. Throughout the preceding eight episodes, it's been mostly setup-everything works towards bringing all the major characters together for some big climactic scene. That big climactic scene is an unbelievably stilted chase scene where half the people involved are treating it like a joke, and a poorly-executed twist that comes out of nowhere, accomplishes nothing, and is an atrocious conclusion to the arc of one of the show's most interesting characters.
I don't even want to talk about the Shauna vs. The cops subplot. What an absolute waste of time.
The kids storyline is better, though not good enough to pull the story out of the gutter. In the first season, we had a refreshing diversity of character dynamics and motivations. Here, there's less variety, but it's forgivable. The girls are starving. That they're all a bit crazy makes sense.
What doesn't make sense is just how inconsistent their craziness is. Their craziness and the symptoms of their starvation come and go, seemingly at random. Characters have prolonged hallucinations and are fine by the next scene. The tone is haphazard, the progression is sloppy. As well, much of the suspense is gone. We're told at the outset that eight of them survive, and in the adult plotline, seven of those eight have been revealed. If almost all of the main characters are invincible, then what's the point?
What makes Yellowjackets' decline so frustrating is that it inherits some of what made the first season so good. The young actresses are excellent across the board, the music is pretty good when it's not spamming needle drops, and every so often, there's a well-written interaction or unsettling scene. Young Lottie's personal growth is nuanced and mostly affecting. The birth scene and its aftermath are an emotional hurricane. Even in this episode, there's a skin-crawling interaction between Travis and Van. But the show's failings are so bad, so frequent, and so inextricable from the direction the writers have chosen, that even when it's good, it's hard to be impressed when the prevailing experience this season offers is disappointment.
Season one was made by the strength of its characters. Yellowjackets began with a promise (cannibalism) and by the end of the first season, didn't fulfill it. What made that acceptable was how well the characters were written. We're given complete portraits of each of these women at two different points in their lives, and a big part of the fun beyond the blood and guts is wondering how the hell they went from relatively innocent to bloodthirsty cannibals to disturbed adults. When the season ended without any cannibalism, it was okay, because the characters weren't there yet. The writers had too strong a grasp of who these people were to betray them.
Season two begins with a contrivance, and doesn't stop. Nothing makes sense anymore. Everyone is unrecognizable, doing things so out of character that it's obvious that the writers are struggling to balance the expectations of a ravenous audience with the first season's slow, methodical approach. It cranks up humour at the cost of sincerity, cranks up insanity at the cost of sense, and sacrifices the show's greatest strength, its characters, to speed up a plot that isn't even good. In the end, the show's initial promise is fulfilled-people eat other people. All it took was the torching of an entire season's worth of birthday cake.
The conclusion of the adult storyline is unbelievably bad. Throughout the preceding eight episodes, it's been mostly setup-everything works towards bringing all the major characters together for some big climactic scene. That big climactic scene is an unbelievably stilted chase scene where half the people involved are treating it like a joke, and a poorly-executed twist that comes out of nowhere, accomplishes nothing, and is an atrocious conclusion to the arc of one of the show's most interesting characters.
I don't even want to talk about the Shauna vs. The cops subplot. What an absolute waste of time.
The kids storyline is better, though not good enough to pull the story out of the gutter. In the first season, we had a refreshing diversity of character dynamics and motivations. Here, there's less variety, but it's forgivable. The girls are starving. That they're all a bit crazy makes sense.
What doesn't make sense is just how inconsistent their craziness is. Their craziness and the symptoms of their starvation come and go, seemingly at random. Characters have prolonged hallucinations and are fine by the next scene. The tone is haphazard, the progression is sloppy. As well, much of the suspense is gone. We're told at the outset that eight of them survive, and in the adult plotline, seven of those eight have been revealed. If almost all of the main characters are invincible, then what's the point?
What makes Yellowjackets' decline so frustrating is that it inherits some of what made the first season so good. The young actresses are excellent across the board, the music is pretty good when it's not spamming needle drops, and every so often, there's a well-written interaction or unsettling scene. Young Lottie's personal growth is nuanced and mostly affecting. The birth scene and its aftermath are an emotional hurricane. Even in this episode, there's a skin-crawling interaction between Travis and Van. But the show's failings are so bad, so frequent, and so inextricable from the direction the writers have chosen, that even when it's good, it's hard to be impressed when the prevailing experience this season offers is disappointment.
Slam-bang end to season 2.
bmc515128 May 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Sorry folks, because I know there's a lot of haters out there, but I thought this was a terrific finale, and almost every YJ fan I've talked to in my personal life agrees with me. Now, was S2 as good as S1? Obviously not. S1 was a ten out of ten, while this was about an 8. Part of that, however, is because of the uniqueness of the show and its premise. S1 obviously had that, as it was unlike any show we'd ever seen. No way for S2 to replicate that.
Let's talk about the past first.
One of my fav things about this show is the awesome needle-drops of great 90's songs. I didn't think they could top "Lightning Crashes" accompanying Shauna's beatdown of Lottie, but playing The Cranberries' classic "Zombie" while they carried Javi's body was jaw-dropping. I will admit to being surprised at Lottie abdicating her throne to, unexpectedly, Natalie (Nat is actually the perfect choice, since she is basically the only sane one left.). The juxtaposition of Nat becoming the leader in the past with the scene of her meeting her fate in the present was very powerful. I also thought it was kinda funny that, when Lottie announced that there should be a new leader, Misty stood up with this expectant look on her face, thinking it might be her. Please, girl.
Okay if we're going to talk about the past scenes, we have to talk about Coach. The scene of him coming out of the woods to see Shauna casually and methodically butchering Javi's body was harrowing. Think of that from his perspective. He doesn't know what happened with the chase and probably believes they just decided to kill Javi and eat him. I'm not excusing what he did later on, mind you, but it's definitely worth thinking about. Also, I think when he saw them through the window bowing down to Nat, he thought she'd lost it too, so he figured "That's it. Enough with these lunatics." Plus, anyone else notice that not only did he set the cabin on fire but he did something to the door so it wouldn't open? That's cold (hot, really, but you see my point).
As far as the fire, I've been saying for a while now that I thought the cabin would eventually burn down, but I thought it would happen at the end of S3, not this soon.
As far as the present, this was a rare episode in which that storyline was better than the past. Walter, as is becoming the norm, completely stole this episode ("Where are my manners? Hot cocoa?"😂). Some have said that they believe his taking care of Adam's murder was a little too tidy, and I think there is some truth to that. However, the alternative would be that Shauna and maybe some of the others get arrested, turning much of the adult portion of S3 into a legal drama, which is not what YJ is.
I thought the idea of the ladies replicating the chase was brilliant. It mirrored last week, since Nat drew the card but we knew she would survive, as she is alive in the present. This time, Shauna drew the card but we knew they wouldn't kill her off. Personally I wanted that b***h Van to die but that would have been too easy, so it had to be Nat. How about Callie saving the day and finally sticking up for her mom? Apparently, the apple didn't fall far with those two. That was great. Alas, we bid a fond farewell to the terrific Juliette Lewis, who will be missed. Maybe she'll pop up now and again in future seasons, talking to Misty occasionally, Jackie-style. Lottie's little speech before being hauled off to the loony bin was heartbreaking.
Couldn't help but notice that both seasons ended with one of the main characters inadvertently killing her best friend. Maybe Taissa will off Van next season. One can always hope...
So what happens now? In the past, they will obviously have to find shelter. I don't think they'll find the cave right away, so they might go to the wreckage of the plane. Remember, Coach didn't tell Nat about the cave specifically. He just told her there's a place they could go. Also, winter is almost over, so there's that. Natalie's reign as new boss, with Misty and/or Shauna doing her dirty work, should be fun to watch. I still don't think she'll be the Antler Queen in the Pit Girl scene, though, as AQ looks to be too tall to be Nat.
This big question, of course, is what they do about Coach. The girls will figure out he set the fire. Personally, I believe Nat's first order as Queen will be to tell Shauna that Coach is next on the menu. Who knows what kind of meal he'll provide, though, since he's starving and can't have much meat on him.
As far as the present, it's anyone's guess where the story goes next. I've got a few ideas, though. Walter is obviously not who he says he is. He told Misty he lives on that boat but he also has a really nice house. It's definitely weird that went to all those lengths to help a woman he barely knows and her friends, who he's never met (except Nat, briefly). As I've said before, I think he has some sort of connection with one of the YJ's who did not survive the wilderness (my guess is Misty's nemesis Mari), and - for some reason - is investigating what really happened out there. He doesn't want the YJ's in jail where he can't get to them. All I know is he's a great character, brilliantly played by Elijah Wood, and they better bring him back.
Another idea is that there 's something going on with creepy Van. I don't believe for a second she's dying of cancer. She's definitely got something up her sleeve, which could be a present-day plot point in S3.
Another thing I'm curious about, pertaining to both plot lines, is when Shauna says "There was no 'IT.' It was just us." Is that true, or just how she and some of the others remember it? Maybe there was/will be something to the "Wilderness" and they've just blocked it out of their memories. Just food for thought.
My last thought about present-day S3 is the possibility of an eighth survivor emerging. As we all know, there were eight of them dining on Pit Girl in S1E1. Maybe this eighth person survived and is out there plotting something.
All in all, a very-good-but-slightly-flawed S2. A strong start, highlighted by the Jackie buffet and Shauna's speech about skinning a body, and somewhat slower middle episodes. They really brought it home strong, though, starting with the Shauna-Lottie showdown at the end of E7. Yeah I know there are haters out there. I don't care. If you don't like YJ, then don't watch it. Lots of TV shows out there to watch.
One more observation and I'm out. Isn't it kinda funny how the two biggest shows on TV right now - YJ and Succession - both feature few, if any, actually likable characters? Like the kind of people you would want to associate with if you knew them in the real world?
Till next season (a long ways away 😥)...
Let's talk about the past first.
One of my fav things about this show is the awesome needle-drops of great 90's songs. I didn't think they could top "Lightning Crashes" accompanying Shauna's beatdown of Lottie, but playing The Cranberries' classic "Zombie" while they carried Javi's body was jaw-dropping. I will admit to being surprised at Lottie abdicating her throne to, unexpectedly, Natalie (Nat is actually the perfect choice, since she is basically the only sane one left.). The juxtaposition of Nat becoming the leader in the past with the scene of her meeting her fate in the present was very powerful. I also thought it was kinda funny that, when Lottie announced that there should be a new leader, Misty stood up with this expectant look on her face, thinking it might be her. Please, girl.
Okay if we're going to talk about the past scenes, we have to talk about Coach. The scene of him coming out of the woods to see Shauna casually and methodically butchering Javi's body was harrowing. Think of that from his perspective. He doesn't know what happened with the chase and probably believes they just decided to kill Javi and eat him. I'm not excusing what he did later on, mind you, but it's definitely worth thinking about. Also, I think when he saw them through the window bowing down to Nat, he thought she'd lost it too, so he figured "That's it. Enough with these lunatics." Plus, anyone else notice that not only did he set the cabin on fire but he did something to the door so it wouldn't open? That's cold (hot, really, but you see my point).
As far as the fire, I've been saying for a while now that I thought the cabin would eventually burn down, but I thought it would happen at the end of S3, not this soon.
As far as the present, this was a rare episode in which that storyline was better than the past. Walter, as is becoming the norm, completely stole this episode ("Where are my manners? Hot cocoa?"😂). Some have said that they believe his taking care of Adam's murder was a little too tidy, and I think there is some truth to that. However, the alternative would be that Shauna and maybe some of the others get arrested, turning much of the adult portion of S3 into a legal drama, which is not what YJ is.
I thought the idea of the ladies replicating the chase was brilliant. It mirrored last week, since Nat drew the card but we knew she would survive, as she is alive in the present. This time, Shauna drew the card but we knew they wouldn't kill her off. Personally I wanted that b***h Van to die but that would have been too easy, so it had to be Nat. How about Callie saving the day and finally sticking up for her mom? Apparently, the apple didn't fall far with those two. That was great. Alas, we bid a fond farewell to the terrific Juliette Lewis, who will be missed. Maybe she'll pop up now and again in future seasons, talking to Misty occasionally, Jackie-style. Lottie's little speech before being hauled off to the loony bin was heartbreaking.
Couldn't help but notice that both seasons ended with one of the main characters inadvertently killing her best friend. Maybe Taissa will off Van next season. One can always hope...
So what happens now? In the past, they will obviously have to find shelter. I don't think they'll find the cave right away, so they might go to the wreckage of the plane. Remember, Coach didn't tell Nat about the cave specifically. He just told her there's a place they could go. Also, winter is almost over, so there's that. Natalie's reign as new boss, with Misty and/or Shauna doing her dirty work, should be fun to watch. I still don't think she'll be the Antler Queen in the Pit Girl scene, though, as AQ looks to be too tall to be Nat.
This big question, of course, is what they do about Coach. The girls will figure out he set the fire. Personally, I believe Nat's first order as Queen will be to tell Shauna that Coach is next on the menu. Who knows what kind of meal he'll provide, though, since he's starving and can't have much meat on him.
As far as the present, it's anyone's guess where the story goes next. I've got a few ideas, though. Walter is obviously not who he says he is. He told Misty he lives on that boat but he also has a really nice house. It's definitely weird that went to all those lengths to help a woman he barely knows and her friends, who he's never met (except Nat, briefly). As I've said before, I think he has some sort of connection with one of the YJ's who did not survive the wilderness (my guess is Misty's nemesis Mari), and - for some reason - is investigating what really happened out there. He doesn't want the YJ's in jail where he can't get to them. All I know is he's a great character, brilliantly played by Elijah Wood, and they better bring him back.
Another idea is that there 's something going on with creepy Van. I don't believe for a second she's dying of cancer. She's definitely got something up her sleeve, which could be a present-day plot point in S3.
Another thing I'm curious about, pertaining to both plot lines, is when Shauna says "There was no 'IT.' It was just us." Is that true, or just how she and some of the others remember it? Maybe there was/will be something to the "Wilderness" and they've just blocked it out of their memories. Just food for thought.
My last thought about present-day S3 is the possibility of an eighth survivor emerging. As we all know, there were eight of them dining on Pit Girl in S1E1. Maybe this eighth person survived and is out there plotting something.
All in all, a very-good-but-slightly-flawed S2. A strong start, highlighted by the Jackie buffet and Shauna's speech about skinning a body, and somewhat slower middle episodes. They really brought it home strong, though, starting with the Shauna-Lottie showdown at the end of E7. Yeah I know there are haters out there. I don't care. If you don't like YJ, then don't watch it. Lots of TV shows out there to watch.
One more observation and I'm out. Isn't it kinda funny how the two biggest shows on TV right now - YJ and Succession - both feature few, if any, actually likable characters? Like the kind of people you would want to associate with if you knew them in the real world?
Till next season (a long ways away 😥)...
Episode 209
bobcobb30119 June 2023
Warning: Spoilers
It seemed weird to focus on all this stuff in the season finale and accentuate the weird present day storylines. If Wally and Misty could easily create fake bank records to get the police off Shauna's back why didn't they just do that from day one? It seems like that would have been a better plan than this.
I think this season wasn't quite as bad as some had said, but there were definitely not the kind of developments that we needed. I also feel like Ben could have just hid in his spot without setting the cabin on fire. That seems like a leap that he would not be pushed to make at least this early.
I think this season wasn't quite as bad as some had said, but there were definitely not the kind of developments that we needed. I also feel like Ben could have just hid in his spot without setting the cabin on fire. That seems like a leap that he would not be pushed to make at least this early.
Did you enjoy the ride?
WordsworthStone26 May 2023
Episodes like this make me nostalgic for bygone times, when a tv season was a minimum of 13 episodes to 24 episodes.
Some of the story progress caught me off guard, with a couple 'NO WAY!' moment. Some of it was expected. Have to put it out there, they had so much interaction between Natalie and Lisa, it needed to pan-out before the season ended. Chekov would've rolled in his grave if it didn't.
Why would Natalie need a redemption arc, right? All the survivors felt equally vested into trauma. But as the story rolled on, the wilderness girls' decisions and acceptance from then on felt like a gut punch, 'oh snaps' moment.
Coach Ben, I liked you better in "The Originals." You had your pity arc, but then ....if he survives the wilderness, I would....burn down something beautiful.
Some of the story progress caught me off guard, with a couple 'NO WAY!' moment. Some of it was expected. Have to put it out there, they had so much interaction between Natalie and Lisa, it needed to pan-out before the season ended. Chekov would've rolled in his grave if it didn't.
Why would Natalie need a redemption arc, right? All the survivors felt equally vested into trauma. But as the story rolled on, the wilderness girls' decisions and acceptance from then on felt like a gut punch, 'oh snaps' moment.
Coach Ben, I liked you better in "The Originals." You had your pity arc, but then ....if he survives the wilderness, I would....burn down something beautiful.
Not what I was expecting, in a bad way.
denisbmm27 May 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I remember when Yellowjackets premiered back in 2021. It was an exceptional show, especially since we are living in an era of television where we don't get to see innovation (hello to all the reboots out there), the writing was so good it would make you count the days left until the next episode. This second season picked right up on the level of awesomeness of its first one, but suddenly everything became so boring that it was like watching the same episode over and over throughout the weeks, and unfortunately, this season finale was no different. The viewers were expecting at least some answers and some outcomes, instead we got more questions in what the writers might have thought it was some sort of cliffhanger, but personally... it just left me with a feeling that I could describe as "not so excited about Yellowjackets anymore".
I mean... really? Shauna was clearly so close to get arrested that at some point I was thinking that we would actually see her in jail (or a trial) during season 3, but Walter (hmm excuse me?) came to save the day killing Detective Kevyn and after that, following his partner Matt to Kevyn's car, pulling out his own gun (!?) and then telling him that he could call it a day on Shauna's case if he denounces (now dead) Kevyn as a corrupted cop OR he was going to get the blame for Kevyn's death - which Matt gladly agrees because this will make him look like a badass hero. Really, people? Was I the only one who thought that this was insanely lazy writing?
And let's not forget about the main body count: Natalie. During the same episode that we discovered that the Antler Queen is not at all Lottie, but Natalie, she gets killed off at the present day in such an embarrassing scene that I just couldn't believe what I was watching. Misty goes straight to Lisa's neck but Natalie screams, saving Lisa and getting herself accidentally killed? What a waste of a good character, honestly. Zero sense.
Well, I have to say that I am still going to watch Yellowjackets because I am fond of these characters, but I am not at all excited for all that it is to come.
I mean... really? Shauna was clearly so close to get arrested that at some point I was thinking that we would actually see her in jail (or a trial) during season 3, but Walter (hmm excuse me?) came to save the day killing Detective Kevyn and after that, following his partner Matt to Kevyn's car, pulling out his own gun (!?) and then telling him that he could call it a day on Shauna's case if he denounces (now dead) Kevyn as a corrupted cop OR he was going to get the blame for Kevyn's death - which Matt gladly agrees because this will make him look like a badass hero. Really, people? Was I the only one who thought that this was insanely lazy writing?
And let's not forget about the main body count: Natalie. During the same episode that we discovered that the Antler Queen is not at all Lottie, but Natalie, she gets killed off at the present day in such an embarrassing scene that I just couldn't believe what I was watching. Misty goes straight to Lisa's neck but Natalie screams, saving Lisa and getting herself accidentally killed? What a waste of a good character, honestly. Zero sense.
Well, I have to say that I am still going to watch Yellowjackets because I am fond of these characters, but I am not at all excited for all that it is to come.
Huh? That's the season finale?
markwha28 May 2023
So, I'll start out with the good. The acting and soundtrack in this episode were amazing, even more so than usual. We got some interesting scenes and the camera work was on point. Walter's character development was also quite satisfying and this was a long time coming, Elijah Wood is really good in this role.
But that's about all I can say that was good about the episode. Season 1 was a a really good snow burn, cross genre and season 2 has seemingly devolved into more of just a slow, mediocre show that has its moments. So many things just seemed rushed and out of place in this finale - given that it was only 9 episodes as opposed to 10 makes me wonder if two episodes got smooshed into one for some reason?
I'll still be looking forward to season 3 but I honestly hope that's where they end it. After 2 seasons of being mostly interested in the plane crash story line I don't want to endure through another 16-20 episodes of droplets of story progression. While we got a handful of answers we also wound up with even more questions. Even though season 2 had some great high points it also had some pretty low, low points and I'd rather finish the series quick and strong.
But that's about all I can say that was good about the episode. Season 1 was a a really good snow burn, cross genre and season 2 has seemingly devolved into more of just a slow, mediocre show that has its moments. So many things just seemed rushed and out of place in this finale - given that it was only 9 episodes as opposed to 10 makes me wonder if two episodes got smooshed into one for some reason?
I'll still be looking forward to season 3 but I honestly hope that's where they end it. After 2 seasons of being mostly interested in the plane crash story line I don't want to endure through another 16-20 episodes of droplets of story progression. While we got a handful of answers we also wound up with even more questions. Even though season 2 had some great high points it also had some pretty low, low points and I'd rather finish the series quick and strong.
What a mess
chebosky29 May 2023
This is one of the most disappointing seasons of TV I have ever watched. It's not the worst I've seen by a long stretch, but it went from one of the best I've seen in a while with season 1 to a complete mess of a season 2. The writers have completely lost the plot and don't seem to have a handle on who their characters are. Did they change the writer's room between seasons?
They can't seem to decide if they want to have some kind of quirky offbeat comedy drama or a serious psychological horror/survival thriller, and the shifts in tone are jarring. In addition, the characters don't act consistent with who they were in season 1, and the younger versions no longer resemble their adult selves. The worst offender is Nat who had a personality transplant this season. I kept waiting for some reveal that she was playing a long game all season, but no she just became a totally different person with no explanation.
The plot is all over the place. They introduce several meandering side plots that go nowhere and others that get wrapped up way too quickly with a couple lines of dialogue. I feel like they must have intended a 10th episode that was canned so they had to throw too much in this one, but with the downgrade of writing this season I don't think that's it. I think it's a consequence of wanting to drag this show out for years so they need to stuff the season with meaningless filler. This is not a show that needs 5+ seasons.
The ending of this finale should have made me feel all sorts of things, but I was largely un moved by most of it. It all just sort of randomly goes through the motions and I found myself just wanting to get it over with rather than the emotional impact the first season had
The only positive I can see is the acting that is consistently great. The younger cast is excellent all the way around. Just some phenomenal performances in spite of the writing they're dealing with. Christina Ricci, one of my first Hollywood crushes, continues to steal the show. Unfortunately, Lauren Ambrose who I love in almost everything she does was flat and didn't have enough to work with. I will give season 3 a shot because I love these characters, but I won't stick around for long if they don't raise the bar.
They can't seem to decide if they want to have some kind of quirky offbeat comedy drama or a serious psychological horror/survival thriller, and the shifts in tone are jarring. In addition, the characters don't act consistent with who they were in season 1, and the younger versions no longer resemble their adult selves. The worst offender is Nat who had a personality transplant this season. I kept waiting for some reveal that she was playing a long game all season, but no she just became a totally different person with no explanation.
The plot is all over the place. They introduce several meandering side plots that go nowhere and others that get wrapped up way too quickly with a couple lines of dialogue. I feel like they must have intended a 10th episode that was canned so they had to throw too much in this one, but with the downgrade of writing this season I don't think that's it. I think it's a consequence of wanting to drag this show out for years so they need to stuff the season with meaningless filler. This is not a show that needs 5+ seasons.
The ending of this finale should have made me feel all sorts of things, but I was largely un moved by most of it. It all just sort of randomly goes through the motions and I found myself just wanting to get it over with rather than the emotional impact the first season had
The only positive I can see is the acting that is consistently great. The younger cast is excellent all the way around. Just some phenomenal performances in spite of the writing they're dealing with. Christina Ricci, one of my first Hollywood crushes, continues to steal the show. Unfortunately, Lauren Ambrose who I love in almost everything she does was flat and didn't have enough to work with. I will give season 3 a shot because I love these characters, but I won't stick around for long if they don't raise the bar.
It was not Good.
foxydaemoon30 May 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The thing with Yellowjackets is that it is not a spectacular show by any means, it has so many downs and ups. But this season and its finale... was really not good.
I don't even mind Nat dying. I get where the other people are coming from and how Nat's death was bad from a writing point of view, and I understand that. But I would not even have a problem with her dying if it was executed well. It just was not written good i am sorry.
All of the other characters seemed very underwhelming, i truly do not know what was the point.
Now S3's writing has to be really thight in terms of character writing and plot/story writing. S3 cannot do the same mistakes that it did for S2. Especially the adult timeline really needs an actual recovery and consisent writing.
I don't even mind Nat dying. I get where the other people are coming from and how Nat's death was bad from a writing point of view, and I understand that. But I would not even have a problem with her dying if it was executed well. It just was not written good i am sorry.
All of the other characters seemed very underwhelming, i truly do not know what was the point.
Now S3's writing has to be really thight in terms of character writing and plot/story writing. S3 cannot do the same mistakes that it did for S2. Especially the adult timeline really needs an actual recovery and consisent writing.
Like the beginning song... no return
mpboylanjr-5403830 May 2023
Ok, so this season we can all agree was not nearly as good as season 1. I have a theory about these shows that become popular but we're not intended to be so welcomed series's much like the show From for example. They never really thought out a solid season 2 to this show so what you get is kind of a messy bag for season 2. Almost forced together and outrageous shoddy plots that have holes everywhere. This whole season has been building up to something it doesn't deliver. We just get scenes in the wild that are for shock value but not much else. Then the group as they are now running around trying to cover up a murder and dealing with their own problems they "brought back" from the wilderness with them. The Finsle was not very good at all but much like the entire season it did not deliver. Still more questions that I don't even think the writers of the show know how to answer well. Sad to say this show really struggled this season and I don't know if they can recover , but there will be another season so who knows. I think they were not prepared and threw this season together on the fly. Just to many things going on that have t really gone anywhere.
What a laughable embarrassment this show has become.
Top_Dawg_Critic26 June 2023
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This entire second season felt like a really bad daytime soap-opera written by a bunch of 5th graders, but this season finale is even worse, and feels like it was written by a bunch of five year olds. There were more holes in this episode's writing than they said the word "It" throughout this entire season. This is the most useless and worst season I've ever seen in any series, and this season finale is by far the most underwhelming convoluted nonsense riddled with infantile writing. It goes to show you how Showtime has now become Nopetime. I feel so bad for all the actors that will have this mess on their acting resume. Juliette Lewis is the luckiest one of them all to finally rid herself from this show, unless by some dumb miraculous reason, "It" brings her back into season three, of which I can't see happening, and if it does, it will be the epitome of infantile writing. I'm all out for good from this show, and regret investing even in season one, of which I had given it a "looks interesting" 7/10. This season is a generous "big as if" 2/10, out of pity for the actors having to suffer through the worst writing I have ever seen. Please, put us all out of our misery and end this insufferable show.
And I had such high hopes
Beavr0928 May 2023
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The season as a whole has been an utter disappointment. I can't help but feel that this show has succumbed to the one-season-hit-wonder syndrome we see so often. They creators may have a 5 season arc but many of us won't stick around to see it if the writing continues to be this shambolic.
This episode is just a mess. The writing, direction, and especially the editing is mediocre at best. It's obvious that the finale was supposed to be episode 10 that was poorly combined into episode 9. The deaths made little no sense and the resolve made even less. The actors were as good as they could be. The number of plot holes is just embarrassing. Did the writers actually read their script? They sure as hell didn't map it out, that much is painfully obvious.
Just to throw one out there, how is Coach still alive? He hasn't eaten anything other than belt soup in over a month yet he is out hiking in the dark back and forth to the tree without a problem.
Please, please don't fall into the trap of posing 5 new questions/conflicts/dilemmas every time 1 is resolved. That is the hallmark of poor writing. And for the love of God, do not bring back the Adam Martin thread. You had your chance to delve deeper into the mystery behind his infatuation with Shauna and you blew it. Let it die and focus on your strengths, the 1996 timeline.
I won't give up on this show just yet. Every show can have a bad season, IMO Breaking Bad had 2. That being said, if we see a smoke monster.... I'm out.
This episode is just a mess. The writing, direction, and especially the editing is mediocre at best. It's obvious that the finale was supposed to be episode 10 that was poorly combined into episode 9. The deaths made little no sense and the resolve made even less. The actors were as good as they could be. The number of plot holes is just embarrassing. Did the writers actually read their script? They sure as hell didn't map it out, that much is painfully obvious.
Just to throw one out there, how is Coach still alive? He hasn't eaten anything other than belt soup in over a month yet he is out hiking in the dark back and forth to the tree without a problem.
Please, please don't fall into the trap of posing 5 new questions/conflicts/dilemmas every time 1 is resolved. That is the hallmark of poor writing. And for the love of God, do not bring back the Adam Martin thread. You had your chance to delve deeper into the mystery behind his infatuation with Shauna and you blew it. Let it die and focus on your strengths, the 1996 timeline.
I won't give up on this show just yet. Every show can have a bad season, IMO Breaking Bad had 2. That being said, if we see a smoke monster.... I'm out.
Jumped the shark in Season 2
hnt_dnl27 May 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Season 2 of Yellowjackets is mercifully over with the finale titled "Storytelling" and it should have been called BAD storytelling! I had a bad feeling about this season after the underwhelming S2 premiere. This finale mimicked the premiere with the long running time, short scenes with quick transitions, and a lot of back-and-forth between the past and the present. This season never took the time to breathe between timelines the way that Season 1 did so well. Virtually every aspect that was well done in the first season was significantly worse in Season 2. The acting was the only thing that remotely held up and even in some cases there were cracks in that armor, mostly because the dialogue was just plain awful and unintelligible. The actors did the best they could with an atrocious script. This episode starts with the now cannibalistic soccer girls slo-mo carrying Javi's dead body back to the cabin, replete with loud, obnoxious music playing over the scene to drown out any dramatic power. I noticed that a lot of intro scenes this season had these unnecessary musical cues played over the scene. The way the writers downplayed Travis' reaction was really troubling because the writers downplayed how it affected him in favor of the girls' reactions. Quick mini-second scenes of Travis sandwiched around extended scenes of the girls. Then we get a weird later scene of just Travis and Van staring at each other and him calling her out for being evil, yet what about all of the other girls' culpability? Why wasn't there a scene of Travis going off on the entire group, including Nat? Why did he just so easily accept his younger brother's death and go along with the cannibalism? Travis' arc is a perfect example of how the writers have just rushed the cannibalism plot and have had the character behavior irrationally serving the plot rather than them having natural reaction and actions to progress the plot.
The worst subplot of this season was the cop subplot and the writers just magically wrapped that up in this finale with Walter, who just appeared back in the story after having been MIA for several episodes. The whole plot was bad, but this conclusion makes little sense. First, why would a supposedly smart, experienced cop like Kevyn just casually accept that cocoa from Walter, someone he thought was part of a crazy cult, especially since he got an anonymous tip to show up at the compound? Somehow, the authorities are supposed to buy that it is feasible for Kevyn to have been a dirty cop criminal mastermind who was responsible for the blackmail of the YJs, the murders of Adam and the Reporter Lady, and the subsequent cover-up and attempted framing of Shauna. But what about Kevyn's fellow cops who can vouch for his impeccable record over the years? What about alibis that he would surely have for at least one if not both of the deaths? Also, Walter had no way of knowing that Nat was going to die and since she and Kevyn were good friends and she actually has morals AND she met his son, there was no way she would have allowed Kevyn's reputation to be dragged through the mud after his death, much less let Walter and Misty get away with it. The writers really didn't think any of this through at all. They basically knew Nat was going to die and since she was the only YJ who was close to Kevyn, pinning it all on him wouldn't have an affect on the rest of the group. Also, the entire logistics of those external scenes with the 2 cops, Jeff, and Callie didn't make sense. Kevyn said he and Copstache followed Jeff and Callie to the compound, but I thought Walter was the one who lured the 2 cops there. So how and why were Jeff and Callie even there? Jeff had no idea about Walter's plan (and vice versa) and there's no way that Walter would know what either Jeff or Callie were up to. Jeff just randomly happened upon Walter and Kevyn in the kitchen and was conveniently there to help him with the body, and Callie was just roaming around the woods with the gun that Shauna stole from the carjacker and could have easily shot Copstache, thereby ruining Walter's plan to blackmail him. It doesn't compute. It was literally just the cliche of the entire cast converging in the finale, but none of it felt believable.
Also, this episode is the one that finally confirmed the show's dedication to the supernatural aspect, which is for the worse, in my opinion. For this entire second season, characters were speaking in riddles and theorizing about "it came back with us" and "the wilderness choosing" and it completely detracted away from the originally tight, focused, palpable survival tale that the writers set up in the first season. And the show introduced plot threads that went absolutely nowhere and ended abruptly due to key character deaths. What was the deal with Crystal's dead body disappearing? Who was the lady that Javi was referring to who told him to stay in the mystery tree? Why did all of those filler Ben sideways flashbacks even exist? It would have been much better to show Ben interact with the team during the season and show his increasing disgust with them becoming cannibals instead of hokey and boring glitching effect flashbacks. Is that convoluted story that Lottie fed to Nat early this season really the truth and end to the "mystery" of Travis' death? The show built up Travis' death in the present timeline as this huge deal and it seemed like Season 2 would have a major focus, but instead the writers chalked it all up to the wilderness choosing. And if the wilderness chose Travis, then why did the ladies need to do yet another group game and sacrificial card draw and hunt for one of them to get killed?
The past timeline has now become absurd, too, with the writers simultaneously moving too fast and too slow. The group goes full cannibal early in the season only to back off of it for the bulk of the season and re-visit it late because the plot needed it to happen. In between there was a bunch of random storytelling like Ben's boring flashbacks, Misty and Crystal's forced friendship, cringe meta comical dialogue from the background characters, hunting contests, and sporadic visions and hallucinations. I think a good half of the scenes this season have just been characters hallucinating. In this finale, everyone just has the hive mind of becoming cannibalistic while Lottie anoints Nat the Antler Queen because the wilderness chose. Where was the actual scenes of characters scavenging for food and struggling this season? They were just hanging out in the cabin all season. Where was the desperation like more people going out to hunt looking for anything in the woods for sustenance? They just waited for divine intervention and Lottie to guide them. The supernatural belief should have been a last resort option, not the main one.
This leads to the biggest disappointment for the episode which was the death of Nat, one of the most popular and important characters of the series and also my personal favorite character (both versions combined). In my opinion, Nat is the one who easily had the most intriguing present timeline subplots with Travis' murder mystery and the cult compound, yet the writers completely botched these two subplots. Nat was easily the most likable and had the most humanity and accountability for her actions. Also, one of the very few bright spots in this season to me was the developing relationship between Nat and Lisa and while I get that Nat saving Lisa's life was a symbolic redemption for her part in Javi's death, I was interested to see where the Nat-Lisa dynamic went in future seasons which included my theory that Lisa was actually Nat and Travis' child, but now with Nat dead, that hope is all but gone.
I was already contemplating giving up on the show with all of Season 2's bad writing anyway, but now that they've basically killed the adult version of my favorite character coupled with the atrocious storytelling in Season 2, I don't even see a reason to continue with this show anymore. Nat was far and away the heart of the series, in my opinion. Misty is easily the best adult character remaining, but her character is more of a scene-stealer than a centered main character. Shauna has degenerated into one of the most unlikable protagonists I've ever seen on a show, constantly doing awful things and getting little pushback or taking accountability, and I find her whole vibe to come across as too silly like she belongs on a comedy series, which this show has unintentionally become. Van is a glorified minor character that fans over-adore and all she does is follow Tai around. I've seen this act before where the writers force fan favorites into main parts but they amount to getting filler dialogue and scenes. Tai has had a thankless story all season of her alternate personality just popping up randomly in a mirror and she just abandoned her wife and son and what about her political office?
With the death of Jackie in Season 1 and now Nat in Season 2, the show really has a habit of eliminating it's most interesting characters who actually drove the story and plots and have actual personalities other than being sick, twisted killers. So I don't even know where they go from here or how they redeem the other ladies. All we're left with is a bunch of immoral, twisted, unlikable characters as well as suspect minor characters who will probably have expanded roles in future seasons only to become expendable because we already know which characters actually survive the wilderness. So where's the suspense in the past timeline anymore? If the wilderness is going to always choose, then there's no more pragmatic survival story, which was a huge reason that the first season worked. Personally, I don't see how this series can survive (no pun intended) 5 seasons. And to me, after a show loses it's plot like it did in Season 2, it's impossible to get it back. So I think it's safe to say that YJ jumped the shark in it's sophomore season.
The worst subplot of this season was the cop subplot and the writers just magically wrapped that up in this finale with Walter, who just appeared back in the story after having been MIA for several episodes. The whole plot was bad, but this conclusion makes little sense. First, why would a supposedly smart, experienced cop like Kevyn just casually accept that cocoa from Walter, someone he thought was part of a crazy cult, especially since he got an anonymous tip to show up at the compound? Somehow, the authorities are supposed to buy that it is feasible for Kevyn to have been a dirty cop criminal mastermind who was responsible for the blackmail of the YJs, the murders of Adam and the Reporter Lady, and the subsequent cover-up and attempted framing of Shauna. But what about Kevyn's fellow cops who can vouch for his impeccable record over the years? What about alibis that he would surely have for at least one if not both of the deaths? Also, Walter had no way of knowing that Nat was going to die and since she and Kevyn were good friends and she actually has morals AND she met his son, there was no way she would have allowed Kevyn's reputation to be dragged through the mud after his death, much less let Walter and Misty get away with it. The writers really didn't think any of this through at all. They basically knew Nat was going to die and since she was the only YJ who was close to Kevyn, pinning it all on him wouldn't have an affect on the rest of the group. Also, the entire logistics of those external scenes with the 2 cops, Jeff, and Callie didn't make sense. Kevyn said he and Copstache followed Jeff and Callie to the compound, but I thought Walter was the one who lured the 2 cops there. So how and why were Jeff and Callie even there? Jeff had no idea about Walter's plan (and vice versa) and there's no way that Walter would know what either Jeff or Callie were up to. Jeff just randomly happened upon Walter and Kevyn in the kitchen and was conveniently there to help him with the body, and Callie was just roaming around the woods with the gun that Shauna stole from the carjacker and could have easily shot Copstache, thereby ruining Walter's plan to blackmail him. It doesn't compute. It was literally just the cliche of the entire cast converging in the finale, but none of it felt believable.
Also, this episode is the one that finally confirmed the show's dedication to the supernatural aspect, which is for the worse, in my opinion. For this entire second season, characters were speaking in riddles and theorizing about "it came back with us" and "the wilderness choosing" and it completely detracted away from the originally tight, focused, palpable survival tale that the writers set up in the first season. And the show introduced plot threads that went absolutely nowhere and ended abruptly due to key character deaths. What was the deal with Crystal's dead body disappearing? Who was the lady that Javi was referring to who told him to stay in the mystery tree? Why did all of those filler Ben sideways flashbacks even exist? It would have been much better to show Ben interact with the team during the season and show his increasing disgust with them becoming cannibals instead of hokey and boring glitching effect flashbacks. Is that convoluted story that Lottie fed to Nat early this season really the truth and end to the "mystery" of Travis' death? The show built up Travis' death in the present timeline as this huge deal and it seemed like Season 2 would have a major focus, but instead the writers chalked it all up to the wilderness choosing. And if the wilderness chose Travis, then why did the ladies need to do yet another group game and sacrificial card draw and hunt for one of them to get killed?
The past timeline has now become absurd, too, with the writers simultaneously moving too fast and too slow. The group goes full cannibal early in the season only to back off of it for the bulk of the season and re-visit it late because the plot needed it to happen. In between there was a bunch of random storytelling like Ben's boring flashbacks, Misty and Crystal's forced friendship, cringe meta comical dialogue from the background characters, hunting contests, and sporadic visions and hallucinations. I think a good half of the scenes this season have just been characters hallucinating. In this finale, everyone just has the hive mind of becoming cannibalistic while Lottie anoints Nat the Antler Queen because the wilderness chose. Where was the actual scenes of characters scavenging for food and struggling this season? They were just hanging out in the cabin all season. Where was the desperation like more people going out to hunt looking for anything in the woods for sustenance? They just waited for divine intervention and Lottie to guide them. The supernatural belief should have been a last resort option, not the main one.
This leads to the biggest disappointment for the episode which was the death of Nat, one of the most popular and important characters of the series and also my personal favorite character (both versions combined). In my opinion, Nat is the one who easily had the most intriguing present timeline subplots with Travis' murder mystery and the cult compound, yet the writers completely botched these two subplots. Nat was easily the most likable and had the most humanity and accountability for her actions. Also, one of the very few bright spots in this season to me was the developing relationship between Nat and Lisa and while I get that Nat saving Lisa's life was a symbolic redemption for her part in Javi's death, I was interested to see where the Nat-Lisa dynamic went in future seasons which included my theory that Lisa was actually Nat and Travis' child, but now with Nat dead, that hope is all but gone.
I was already contemplating giving up on the show with all of Season 2's bad writing anyway, but now that they've basically killed the adult version of my favorite character coupled with the atrocious storytelling in Season 2, I don't even see a reason to continue with this show anymore. Nat was far and away the heart of the series, in my opinion. Misty is easily the best adult character remaining, but her character is more of a scene-stealer than a centered main character. Shauna has degenerated into one of the most unlikable protagonists I've ever seen on a show, constantly doing awful things and getting little pushback or taking accountability, and I find her whole vibe to come across as too silly like she belongs on a comedy series, which this show has unintentionally become. Van is a glorified minor character that fans over-adore and all she does is follow Tai around. I've seen this act before where the writers force fan favorites into main parts but they amount to getting filler dialogue and scenes. Tai has had a thankless story all season of her alternate personality just popping up randomly in a mirror and she just abandoned her wife and son and what about her political office?
With the death of Jackie in Season 1 and now Nat in Season 2, the show really has a habit of eliminating it's most interesting characters who actually drove the story and plots and have actual personalities other than being sick, twisted killers. So I don't even know where they go from here or how they redeem the other ladies. All we're left with is a bunch of immoral, twisted, unlikable characters as well as suspect minor characters who will probably have expanded roles in future seasons only to become expendable because we already know which characters actually survive the wilderness. So where's the suspense in the past timeline anymore? If the wilderness is going to always choose, then there's no more pragmatic survival story, which was a huge reason that the first season worked. Personally, I don't see how this series can survive (no pun intended) 5 seasons. And to me, after a show loses it's plot like it did in Season 2, it's impossible to get it back. So I think it's safe to say that YJ jumped the shark in it's sophomore season.
Dull episode, didn't even realise its a season finale
daniel-658363 June 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Season 2 is like the Yellowjackets' plane, malfunctioning and in decline. The focus has shifted to the adults, which honestly, was alot more boring. When there were forest bits, the girls were out of character, one moment being so against wicca and the next moment howling like an animal. Its puzzling as a viewer to watch what is going on.
And I have to get this out, but half of the adults look nothing like their younger selves. Obviously there's practical issues finding similar actresses but it breaks alot of immersion, and I can't ignore it.
I have no idea what the deal is with Javi. You bring him back then randomly kill him off. We get no answers to how he survived for so long, and looks like we arn't getting them at all. Except he left a cave behind. Oh and Coach just randomly burns the house and locks the girls inside after seeing them bring back Javi's dead body. Like.. What the actual F? Another out of character moment. And he runs off still on crutches into the snow like he knows he has plot armor to survive.
This season was REALLY bad.
And I have to get this out, but half of the adults look nothing like their younger selves. Obviously there's practical issues finding similar actresses but it breaks alot of immersion, and I can't ignore it.
I have no idea what the deal is with Javi. You bring him back then randomly kill him off. We get no answers to how he survived for so long, and looks like we arn't getting them at all. Except he left a cave behind. Oh and Coach just randomly burns the house and locks the girls inside after seeing them bring back Javi's dead body. Like.. What the actual F? Another out of character moment. And he runs off still on crutches into the snow like he knows he has plot armor to survive.
This season was REALLY bad.
Such a waste of time
gyratrix27 May 2023
Whole two seasons would have made a decent 90 minutes movie. Still, makers drag it out to nobody knows how many seasons just to cash some checks.
All the episodes in season 2, especially the last one make no sense when trying to mix present and the past together. It is hard to watch when you have a bit of a common sense.
Cut to the chase, do not waste your time waiting for season 3. I will not for sure and hope it will not get produced.
The soundtrack, besids the painful opening track which I need to skip over every time it even starts, is the only thing I gave it 2 instead of 1.
Honestly, the performers of the great songs ab(used) in this so called tv series are either dead and turning in their gaves (RIP) or ashamed for their great art being used in this. Again, such a waste of time.
All the episodes in season 2, especially the last one make no sense when trying to mix present and the past together. It is hard to watch when you have a bit of a common sense.
Cut to the chase, do not waste your time waiting for season 3. I will not for sure and hope it will not get produced.
The soundtrack, besids the painful opening track which I need to skip over every time it even starts, is the only thing I gave it 2 instead of 1.
Honestly, the performers of the great songs ab(used) in this so called tv series are either dead and turning in their gaves (RIP) or ashamed for their great art being used in this. Again, such a waste of time.
Good suspense, but nope didn't like it...
mdb-0653029 May 2023
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Not sure if it was intentional or not, but the teen girls are clearly just like the adult women and we should not be surprised I guess. What I mean by that is, the teens are backstabbing, double-crossing and can't be trusted. Now we see how the adults are that way too. (Hence the psych-team not showing up), having they been doing that to each other all season long? We had to sit through a Godfather, kissing of the ring moment, for Natalie to become Leader, but as we all know that role will eventually go to Misty. We also know that the "Core 6" now down to 5, will make it out of the wilderness, so I guess the only thing is to wait and watch how the "second-season teens" get picked off one by one from the hunt or through some other way.....and eventually get eaten. Was not necessary to kill cop Kevin, but we all knew he was gonna buy the farm when he took that drink from Walter. I guess Callie gets away with shooting Lottie? Protecting her mom? I was all for adult Vann, minding her business and getting dragged into this mess, but now she too is corrupted, none of the adults have redeeming qualities now. Is Misty officially a serial killer now? Not because of what she did as a teen, but she now has killed two people as an adult. The Coach has also turned to dark side with trying to torch them all in the cabin. Speaking of the cabin, does it really matter that it's gone now, again, we know who will come out of the wilderness as adults. Also, I now find myself rooting for the "goose" I hope he finds way to bust all of them. So not much as I didn't like it maybe as I just didn't agree with the direction it's taking. Big questions still remain, like who is taking care of Misty's Bird and who is taking of Tai's son this whole time while his other mom is the hospital? Oh yeah and some other stuff too...
What a disappointment
selvanvn4 July 2023
Season 1 was great. If you are expecting the show to carry that amount of quality in season 2 get ready to be disappointed. Not only did it disappoint in so many ways, the way how it ended the FBI story line was crazy. Poorly written and very poorly executed. I had high hopes for this show will skip season 3. Show deviates more towards cannibalism and very less towards the actual mystery in the forest. I felt like the show has lost its piece of realism which it had in season 1. A lot of unbelievable scenes. Did not feel the fear in the forest storyline at all. Overall just skip this season and the show. I can't see how this show will recover next season.
Hmmm
oliviaburgin1728 May 2023
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There are too many men in this show, and I'm struggling to care about any of them. When it's just the team and then their older counterparts it's brilliant, but it's become too dependent on these rather dull subplots with these underdeveloped boring men and I just want them to leave so I can watch the Yellowjackets interact again. I also am not thrilled with the ending of this one, and I feel like I'm not alone. It was shocking but on reflection perhaps underdeveloped. I appreciate the narrative with Misty, but I don't think they should have killed Nat. It felt rushed, unjustified and overly cynical.
Why?
CeeBeeGeeBee27 January 2024
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Just finished belatedly watching season 2. I agree with the general sentiment of the reviews here, that the acting (particular by the "teen" cast) remained outstanding. Also, I'd watch Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci and Juliette Lewis read out the dictionary. The writing was a different story. It not just the "difficult second album" factor, it was going to be a challenge to match season 1. It was confused and lazy and could not be fully rescued by the talent of the cast.
Many examples of this, but the stand-out for me was the ex-machina resolution of the police pursuit of Shauna (an arc that extended back to season 1) with a few lines dialog from Walter that had more holes that gillnet.
I'm genuinely curious as to how this could happen. Presumably, the season was well funded and, with the success of the first season, the show had sufficient creative license. Why resort to such cheap tricks? Is it hidden presume that comes from the first season success and a wider audience that puts pressure on the writers to become more mainstream. So, the show becomes more like a generic teen drama/soap opera (with a dash of horror)?
I'll check out season 3, mainly due to the actors, but not with any great anticipation. I don't think they can pull it back from here. I hope I'm wrong.
Many examples of this, but the stand-out for me was the ex-machina resolution of the police pursuit of Shauna (an arc that extended back to season 1) with a few lines dialog from Walter that had more holes that gillnet.
I'm genuinely curious as to how this could happen. Presumably, the season was well funded and, with the success of the first season, the show had sufficient creative license. Why resort to such cheap tricks? Is it hidden presume that comes from the first season success and a wider audience that puts pressure on the writers to become more mainstream. So, the show becomes more like a generic teen drama/soap opera (with a dash of horror)?
I'll check out season 3, mainly due to the actors, but not with any great anticipation. I don't think they can pull it back from here. I hope I'm wrong.
Description of bees is grossly inaccurate, the queen does not consume her female hatchling
justchillz23 June 2023
The writer of this episode should have done their homework on bees until writing something as disturbing and inaccurate as mother bees consume their hatched female bees. Bee hives have female working bees, virgin queen bees and one mother queen. The queen depends on her female working bees to do all the labour, while she spends four + years just laying eggs. She only copulates once in her lifetime with as many male drones as possible over 2 days (who are ripped in half and die after successfully mating with her) and spends the remainder of her life laying eggs. When the mother queen starts aging, after 4 years, on average, the working bees (her babies) begin planning her murder/replacement. The working bees feed a special diet to a few female eggs to form "virgin queen bees." These bees can sting without dying and lay female eggs, something the female working bees are incapable of doing.
The virgin queens kill each other, by stinging each other to death, not their female working bee siblings -- a colony can only have one queen. If the queen dies and their are no virgin queens to replace her, it signals the end of the bee colony as female working bees can only lay male eggs. Males cannot sting, so their only purpose is for mating, which kills them.
The mother queen does not consume her hatched female babies. When the virgin queen (after killing her virgin queen siblings) is ready to replace her, if she does not leave the hive willingly, the working bees swarm her until she overheats and dies. Did a high school student write this episode? Every beekeeper knows this. Some clip the mother queen's legs after four years on purpose to signal to the working bees to start nursing virgin queens. The working bees select which female eggs to give the special diet to. I gather this is too complex for the person who wrote this episode.
The virgin queens kill each other, by stinging each other to death, not their female working bee siblings -- a colony can only have one queen. If the queen dies and their are no virgin queens to replace her, it signals the end of the bee colony as female working bees can only lay male eggs. Males cannot sting, so their only purpose is for mating, which kills them.
The mother queen does not consume her hatched female babies. When the virgin queen (after killing her virgin queen siblings) is ready to replace her, if she does not leave the hive willingly, the working bees swarm her until she overheats and dies. Did a high school student write this episode? Every beekeeper knows this. Some clip the mother queen's legs after four years on purpose to signal to the working bees to start nursing virgin queens. The working bees select which female eggs to give the special diet to. I gather this is too complex for the person who wrote this episode.
[5.3] The wilderness chose Yellowjackets!
cjonesas18 June 2023
Warning: Spoilers
An awful second season, way worse than the first that somehow managed to get a semi-commendable "7". The acting of adults (besides the disgustingly crazy and mischievous Misty and to some degree the Shauna - Natalie pair) is atrocious, the music and score way way too much and constantly on nerves, the flow, vibe, editing and logic sections just making you ReaLLy go bananas and one of the worst feel of it and all is that it gets a probably more debilitating third season and more.
The above is so terrible that eating each other seemed like a walk in the park.
The above is so terrible that eating each other seemed like a walk in the park.
- Screenplay/story: 7
- Development: 8
- Realism: 7
- Entertainment: 3
- Acting: 7
- Filming/photography/cinematography: 8
- Visual/special effects: 8.5
- Music/score/sound: 5.5
- Depth: 6.5
- Logic: 3.5
- Flow: 2
- Editing: 1
- Ending: 3.5.
Poor
RebelPanda28 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers
The writing takes a sharp decline in this episode.
It is apparent from the start that we are in for quite a ride.
Walter suddenly killing Detective Kevin, not being shown, was thrown out of left field and an embarrassing way to kill off a character. But not as embarrassing as Natalie's accidental death. Misty killing Natalie with a random needle, which was not shown up until now, came off as a contrivance to kill off a main character. This was a shabby attempt to meet the climax of last season.
Lastly, the cabin spontaneously combusting was the most obviously contrived twist. No set-up, just a canned ending to hint at story's future progression. We can assume this was the original planned ending for the season because the cabin was becoming a tiresome setting.
Committing Lottie to a mental institution was in the best interest of everyone but a little frustrating no one tried to do it sooner.
Hopefully there will be explanations for the mysterious tree symbols, Javi's two-month hiding spot, and Taissa's alter ego in the third season.
Special mention to Taissa's wife who was entirely forgotten after adult Van's introduction. Wishing her a swift recovery.
It is apparent from the start that we are in for quite a ride.
Walter suddenly killing Detective Kevin, not being shown, was thrown out of left field and an embarrassing way to kill off a character. But not as embarrassing as Natalie's accidental death. Misty killing Natalie with a random needle, which was not shown up until now, came off as a contrivance to kill off a main character. This was a shabby attempt to meet the climax of last season.
Lastly, the cabin spontaneously combusting was the most obviously contrived twist. No set-up, just a canned ending to hint at story's future progression. We can assume this was the original planned ending for the season because the cabin was becoming a tiresome setting.
Committing Lottie to a mental institution was in the best interest of everyone but a little frustrating no one tried to do it sooner.
Hopefully there will be explanations for the mysterious tree symbols, Javi's two-month hiding spot, and Taissa's alter ego in the third season.
Special mention to Taissa's wife who was entirely forgotten after adult Van's introduction. Wishing her a swift recovery.
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