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Yellowjackets Season 3 premieres February 14 on Paramount+ with Showtime plan. The Yellowjackets continue to fight for survival after a brutal winter in The Wilderness. In the present day, still reeling from Natalie’s death, the survivors are forced to uncover secrets they thought were buried for good. Subscribe to tvpromosdb on Youtube for more Yellowjackets season 3 promos in HD!
The hit cannibal drama “Yellowjackets” is returning to our lives for Valentine’s Day, with “Yellowjackets” Season 3 headed to Paramount+ with SHOWTIME on Friday, February 14.

The highly anticipated season will debut two episodes on Valentine’s Day on streaming and on demand for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan before its on-air debut on Sunday, February 16. Watch the “Yellowjackets” Season 3 trailer below!

Internationally, “Yellowjackets” Season 3 will launch exclusively on Paramount+ in the UK, Australia, Latin America, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

The season will also be available on Paramount+ France later in the year.

Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, “Yellowjackets” is the saga of a team of high school soccer players who become the survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later.

In season three, as summer arrives, the Yellowjackets face a fragile victory—the brutal winter that nearly claimed them is finally behind them, but distrust in leadership and tension within the team jeopardize their chances of being rescued. In the present, long-buried secrets from their pasts begin to surface.

As the women fight to keep their lives from unraveling, they must confront a chilling question: who are they really, and what dark truths are they hiding from each other and themselves?

“Yellowjackets” Season 3 stars Emmy nominee Melanie Lynskey (Castle Rock), Emmy nominee Christina Ricci (Z: The Beginning of Everything), Tawny Cypress (Unforgettable), Emmy nominee Lauren Ambrose (Servant), Sophie Nélisse (The Book Thief), Jasmin Savoy Brown (The Leftovers), Sophie Thatcher (Heretic), Samantha Hanratty (Shameless), Courtney Eaton (Mad Max: Fury Road), Liv Hewson (Santa Clarita Diet), Steven Krueger (The Originals), Warren Kole (Shades of Blue), Kevin Alves (Locke & Key), Sarah Desjardins (The Night Agent) and Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi), with Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) returning in a recurring role.

Two-time Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) guest stars this season and joins the all-star cast, along with Joel McHale (Community).

“Yellowjackets” is executive produced by Lyle, Nickerson and Jonathan Lisco.
“The only way to truly be safe is to be the only one left,” says Melanie Lynskey in Yellowjackets season three.

The warning comes in the new, official trailer (below) for the return of the survival-horror-coming of age drama that follows Lynskey and her fellow survivors of a plane crash that left them stranded in the remote wilderness for 19 months when they were teenagers, leading them to resort to cannibalism in order to survive.

The full trailer follows up on a previous, terrifying teaser that had revealed this season would be about both a haunting and a hunting, as the hit Showtime series continues to follow the survivors in dual timelines: present-day in 2021 with Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose and Simone Kessell; and in the 1996 crash timeline with their younger counterparts and additional survivors played by Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Kevin Alves, Steven Krueger (The Originals) and more.

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Warren Kole, Sarah Desjardins, Elijah Wood and newcomers Hilary Swank and Joel McHale also fill out the present-day cast.

The new trailer, set to Drowning Pool’s “Bodies,” puts the survivors’ collective mania on display. Highlights include a visit from departed series star Ella Purnell (whose Jackie was the first feast of the group); a possible reckoning for Coach (Krueger), who may or may not have burned down their shelter in the finale; tons of violence; a terrified Swank (her character details have yet to be shared); and horrors from the wilderness coming back to haunt (like Tai’s alter ego).

Season three begins streaming with two episodes on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14 (and on demand for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with Showtime plan) before its linear premiere on Feb. 16 at 8 p.m.

After suffering the loss of one of their core survivors in the season two finale — leading to the exit of star Juliette Lewis from the series — and the naming of her younger counterpart (Thatcher) as their official leader in the past timeline, the third season picks up with the wilderness survivors of the Yellowjackets soccer team making it through the winter.

The logline reads: “In season three, as summer arrives, the Yellowjackets face a fragile victory — the brutal winter that nearly claimed them is finally behind them, but distrust in leadership and tension within the team jeopardize their chances of being rescued. In the present, long-buried secrets from their pasts begin to surface. As the women fight to keep their lives from unraveling, they must confront a chilling question: who are they really, and what dark truths are they hiding from each other and themselves?”

As the present-day cast continues to attempt to piece back their trauma 25 years after the crash, the series proves that the past is never really past, and what began out in the wilderness is far from over.

Yellowjackets is executive produced by co-creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson and fellow showrunner Jonathan Lisco. Drew Comins of Creative Engine is executive producer along with Jeff W. Byrd, Sarah L. Thompson, Ameni Rozsa and Brad Van Arragon. The series is produced for Showtime by Lionsgate Television and is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

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Showtime has premiered the trailer for season three of drama Yellowjackets. Debuting on November 14, 2021, Yellowjackets follows a group of high school girl soccer players involved in a 1996 plane crash in the remote wilderness, and the consequences of the event in their adult lives in the year 2021.

In the upcoming third season, which debuts on Friday, February 14 on Paramount+ with Showtime (and Sunday, February 16 on Showtime), the Yellowjackets face a fragile victory. Per the logline, “the brutal winter that nearly claimed them is finally behind them, but distrust in leadership and tension within the team jeopardize their chances of being rescued. In the present, long-buried secrets from their pasts begin to surface. As the women fight to keep their lives from unraveling, they must confront a chilling question: who are they really, and what dark truths are they hiding from each other and themselves?”

Yellowjackets stars Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Live Hewson, and Courtney Eaton as the group of teenagers. The adult version of the characters are played by Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci, Lauren Ambrose.

Accolades for Yellowjackets include seven Emmy Award nominations (including Outstanding Drama Series and acting nominations for Melanie Lynskey and Christina Ricci.
Paramount Plus just dropped the trailer for "Yellowjackets" season 3. And, as you might expect from the trailer for one of the gnarliest shows on TV right now, it looks just as wild as ever.

Set — fittingly — to Drowning Pool's "Bodies," this new trailer teases that our present-day cast will be doing everything they can to keep what went down after the crash a secret. And, given what we've already seen from this killer mystery thriller, it should be no surprise that the warning that opens the clip is as ruthless as it is: "The only way to be safe is to be the only one left."

Cue scenes of frantic chaos in the past, as divisions really seem to be springing up, while in the present day, our grown-up survivors are battling with a fresh conspiracy — one that they're desperate to get ahead of.

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Oh, and if you were at all concerned that this might be a tamer season than the last two, the repeated focus on bloodied knives, screaming faces, and mounting violence say otherwise. There's reason to believe this just might be the show's most brutal season yet; why else would our survivors go so far to keep their secrets buried?

Excited? You don't have long to wait; "Yellowjackets" season 3 premieres on Paramount Plus with Showtime on February 14, with a two-episode premiere. Prefer to watch live? "Yellowjackets" season 3's on-air Showtime debut is slated for Sunday, February 16 a 8 p.m. ET. If you need to plan some anti-Valentine's Day programming, this is it.

What else do we know about 'Yellowjackets' season 3?
Adult Misty (Christina Ricci) burns a photograph in "Yellowjackets" season 3

(Image credit: Colin Bentley/Paramount+ with SHOWTIME.)
If you want to know as much as possible about the new season, Paramount Plus with Showtime has teased what's in store for season 3.

Per a synopsis, we know that "Yellowjackets" season 3 sees the plane crash survivors facing somewhat of a victory; they've managed to make it through a brutal winter, but tensions are growing within the group, tensions that could threaten their survival.

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Meanwhile, long-dormant secrets threaten to come to light about our grown-up survivors, and as they fight to keep their lives together, they've got to wrestle with a dark question: who are they really, and what are they hiding from one another?

As for cast news, "Yellowjackets" season 3 features two notable additions that we know about right now: Hilary Swank and Joel McHale have both boarded the season as guest stars.

Can't wait for "Yellowjackets" to return? Be sure to check out our guide to the best shows like "Yellowjackets" and the best shows and movies on Paramount Plus for help finding something new to stream between now and February 14.
Yellowjackets has become one of Paramount+ with SHOWTIME’s biggest successes in recent years, offering a TV experience like no other. This gripping thriller follows a group of high school soccer players as they struggle to survive in the brutal winter of the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash, while also exploring the lasting impact of the traumatic event in their adulthood.

Packed with suspense, cults, teenage drama, a hint of the supernatural, and of course, some cannibalism, Yellowjackets is a series that’s impossible to stop watching once you start.

With its third season set to premiere this February, the show’s fanbase is larger than ever, thanks in part to the first season landing on Netflix in October 2024. Whether you’re a newcomer or have been hooked since its 2021 debut, we’ve got all the details you need to prepare for Yellowjackets season three.
Secrets will be spilled. Yellowjackets Season 3 is streaming February 14 with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan.

About Season 3: The Yellowjackets continue to fight for survival after a brutal winter in The Wilderness. In the present day, still reeling from Natalie’s death, the survivors are forced to uncover secrets they thought were buried for good.
Paramount+ today dropped the trailer for the third season of Yellowjackets that’ll have its global premiere on February 14, 2025. The Showtime series shared the teaser during Saturday’s Paramount+ panel at CCXP in Brazil featuring cast members Sophie Nélisse (Shauna), Sophie Thatcher (Natalie) Jasmin Savoy Brown (Taissa), Courtney Eaton (Lottie) and Kevin Alves (Travis).

The trailer suggests a life-altering hunt is about to begin in the forest where the soccer team’s plane crash landed. There’s lots of talk about “how this place will follow us for the rest of our lives” and how time was, ahem, wasted over not eating certain girls sooner. Listen for lots of howling, too.

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As previously announced, Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) will join the cast this season, along with Joel McHale (Community). The rest of the ensemble includes Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose, Nélisse, Brown, Eaton, Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Liv Hewson, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Alves, Sarah Desjardins and Simone Kessell, with Elijah Wood returning in a recurring role.

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Yellowjackets is executive produced by Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson and fellow showrunner Jonathan Lisco. Drew Comins of Creative Engine also serves as executive producer along with Jeff W. Byrd, Sarah L. Thompson, Ameni Rozsa and Brad Van Arragon. The series is produced for Showtime by Lionsgate Television and is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution outside of Paramount+ markets.
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Yellowjackets

Genre
Psychological drama
Horror[1]
Mystery[2]
Thriller[2]
Survival
Created by
Ashley Lyle
Bart Nickerson
Starring
Melanie Lynskey
Tawny Cypress
Ella Purnell
Sophie Nélisse
Jasmin Savoy Brown
Sophie Thatcher
Samantha Hanratty
Steven Krueger
Warren Kole
Christina Ricci
Juliette Lewis
Courtney Eaton
Liv Hewson
Kevin Alves
Simone Kessell
Lauren Ambrose
Sarah Desjardins
Music by
Theodore Shapiro
Craig Wedren
Anna Waronker
Opening theme "No Return" by Craig Wedren and Anna Waronker[a]
Country of origin United States
Original language English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 19
Production
Executive producers
Drew Comins
Karyn Kusama
Jonathan Lisco
Ashley Lyle
Bart Nickerson
Production locations
Vancouver
Burnaby
Cinematography
François Dagenais
Trevor Forrest
Julie Kirkwood
C. Kim Miles
Shasta Spahn
Editors
Jeff Israel
Kindra Marra
Kevin D. Ross
Damien Smith
Plummy Tucker
Running time 51–61 minutes
Production companies
Lionsgate Television[b]
Beer Christmas, Ltd.
Lockjaw
Showtime Networks
Original release
Network Showtime
Release November 14, 2021 –
present
Yellowjackets is an American thriller drama television series created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. The story follows a group of teenagers involved in a 1996 plane crash, and follows the consequences of the event in their adult lives in the year 2021. It stars an ensemble cast led by Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Liv Hewson, and Courtney Eaton as a group of teenagers. The adult version of the characters are performed by Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci, Lauren Ambrose, and Simone Kessell. Ella Purnell, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Kevin Alves and Sarah Desjardins also star.

The series premiered on Showtime on November 14, 2021. It has received critical acclaim, particularly for its story and the performances of the cast. Its accolades include seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and acting nominations for Lynskey and Ricci. In December 2021, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on March 26, 2023.[4] In December 2022, the series was renewed for a third season[5] which is set to premiere on February 14, 2025, on Paramount+ with Showtime and broadcast two days later on Showtime.[6]

Premise
In 1996, a New Jersey high school girls' soccer team travels to Seattle for a national tournament. While flying over Canada, their plane crashes deep in the wilderness, and the surviving team members are left stranded for nineteen months. The series chronicles their attempts to stay alive as some of the team members are driven to cannibalism. It also focuses on the lives of the survivors 25 years later in 2021, as the events of their ordeal continue to affect them many years after their rescue.

Cast and characters
Main

From left to right: Adult Misty, Ben Scott, teenage Misty, adult and teenage Taissa, adult and teenage Natalie, adult and teenage Shauna, Jackie, and adult Jeff
Melanie Lynskey and Sophie Nélisse as the adult and teenage Shauna Shipman. In high school, Shauna is Jackie's best friend but is having an affair with Jackie's boyfriend, Jeff. She was accepted into Brown University prior to the plane crash. After the crash, she immediately adapts to life in the wilderness and grows closer to Taissa. She later discovers she became pregnant with Jeff's child, forcing her to keep it a secret from Jackie. As an adult, she is married to Jeff but is unhappy with her life as a housewife and has a strained relationship with her daughter, Callie. She initiates an affair with Adam after they have an auto collision.
Tawny Cypress and Jasmin Savoy Brown as the adult and teenage Taissa Turner. In high school, Taissa is determined to win the national championship by any means necessary. She injures teammate Allie during soccer practice, believing she is not good enough to play in the tournament. She is secretly dating Vanessa prior to the plane crash and their relationship continues during their time in the wilderness. After the plane crash, she begins sleepwalking which later develops into psychogenic fugue, causing her to wander around the woods in the middle of the night. As an adult, she is married to Simone and owns a pet dog named Biscuit. In the midst of her election campaign for the New Jersey Senate, she begins having problems with her son, Sammy, and the resurgence of her fugue states jeopardizes her marriage.
Ella Purnell as Jackie Taylor (season 1; recurring season 2). In high school, Jackie is the captain of the Yellowjackets soccer team, Shauna's best friend and Jeff's girlfriend. She is accepted into Rutgers University prior to the plane crash. After the plane crash, she has the most difficulty adapting to life in the wilderness and adjusting to life without a high school social structure. Her relationship with her teammates steadily deteriorates and she begins to doubt her friendship with Shauna. After a confrontation with the team she chooses to sleep outside in the freezing cold and dies of hypothermia. She sporadically reappears as a vision to her teammates, particularly Shauna. When they attempt to give her a Viking funeral the fire ends up cooking her flesh which the starving team eats in an act of desperation.
Steven Krueger as Ben Scott, often called Coach or Coach Ben, the assistant coach of the Yellowjackets soccer team. After the plane crash, his right leg is mangled in the wreckage and Misty amputates it to save his life. While being nursed back to health by Misty, he has to simultaneously deal with his injury and the fact that he is the only adult who survived the crash. He is put off by Misty's affections, both because she is underage and he is secretly gay.
Warren Kole as adult Jeff Sadecki. In high school, Jeff is Jackie's boyfriend but is cheating on her with her best friend, Shauna. As an adult, he is married to Shauna, the father of Callie, and owns a furniture store.
Jack DePew and Owen Gates portrayed teenage versions of Jeff as guests in seasons 1 and 2 respectively.
Christina Ricci and Samantha Hanratty as the adult and teenage Misty Quigley. In high school, Misty is the equipment manager of the Yellowjackets soccer team. She is frequently bullied and shunned by her teammates, who question her mental stability. After the plane crash, she demonstrates knowledge and skills useful for surviving in the wilderness and pursues her crush on Coach Ben. She later forms a friendship with Crystal over their shared love of musical theatre. As an adult, she works at a nursing home and continues to display manipulative and sadistic tendencies towards her patients. She owns a pet parrot named Caligula and is a member of an online crime solving club called the Citizen Detectives.
Juliette Lewis (seasons 1–2) and Sophie Thatcher as the adult and teenage Natalie "Nat" Scatorccio. In high school, Natalie is frequently judged and harassed by her teammates due to her drug and alcohol abuse. She is best friends with Kevyn prior to the plane crash. After the plane crash, Natalie and Travis prove to be the most proficient with the hunting rifle and the two begin dating. As an adult, she maintains a destructive on-and-off-again relationship with Travis but later breaks up with him. She returns to New Jersey after finishing a rehab program paid for by Taissa, but struggles to maintain sobriety and begins contemplating suicide after Travis's death.
Simone Kessell (season 2–present) and Courtney Eaton (season 2–present; recurring season 1) as the adult and teenage Charlotte "Lottie" Matthews, a member of the Yellowjackets soccer team who has schizophrenia. Her wealthy parents are responsible for providing the private plane that ultimately crashes. After the plane crash, she runs out of medication and begins experiencing disturbing visions, prompting her to seek spiritual guidance from Laura Lee. Her superstitions are gradually adopted by the survivors during their time in the wilderness. After the survivors are rescued, she is involuntarily committed to a mental hospital in Switzerland. As an adult, she becomes a healer and runs a wellness commune called Camp Green Pine. Although she seems to have been cured, her visions unexpectedly return for the first time in decades.
Lauren Ambrose (season 2–present) and Liv Hewson (season 2–present; recurring season 1) as the adult and teenage Vanessa "Van" Palmer. In high school, Vanessa is the goalkeeper of the Yellowjackets soccer team. She is secretly dating Taissa prior to the plane crash and their relationship continues during their time in the wilderness. After the plane crash, she is nearly burned alive in the wreckage but manages to escape. During an expedition, she is mauled by wolves which leaves permanent scarring on the left side of her face. Her belief in Lottie's superstitions strains her relationship with the skeptical Taissa. As an adult, she owns a video store and has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Kevin Alves (season 2–present; recurring season 1) as the teenage Travis Martinez, Coach Martinez's eldest son and Javi's brother. After the plane crash, Travis and Natalie prove to be the most proficient with the hunting rifle and the two begin dating. He maintains a destructive on-and-off-again relationship with Natalie after the rescue, but when Natalie and Misty find him dead from an apparent suicide, Natalie suspects that he was actually murdered. Prior to his death, he was in contact with Lottie.
Andres Soto portrays an adult Travis as a recurring guest in seasons 1 and 2 as a dead body and in flashbacks.
Sarah Desjardins as Callie Sadecki (season 3; recurring seasons 1–2), Jeff and Shauna's daughter.[7]
Recurring
Peter Gadiot at the ATX Television Festival presentation of the TV show "Queen of the South".
Peter Gadiot has a recurring role in the first season as Adam Martin.

Elijah Wood joined the recurring cast as Walter Tattersall beginning in season 2.
Alexa Barajas as Mari, a sarcastic member of the Yellowjackets soccer team. After the plane crash, she becomes deeply devoted to Lottie and her superstitions despite her initial skepticism.
Keeya King (season 1) and Nia Sondaya (season 2-present)[8] as Akilah, a member of the Yellowjackets soccer team who is knowledgeable about edible plants. She adopts a mouse she names Nugget that she keeps in her pocket.
Jane Widdop as Laura Lee (season 1; guest season 2), a deeply Christian member of the Yellowjackets soccer team. After the plane crash, she keeps morale high with the survivors through prayers, and later performs a submersion baptism on Lottie. She finds and repairs an abandoned plane in the woods and takes off to find help only for the plane to explode mid-air. She reappears as a ghost in the visions of several other team members.
Luciano Leroux as Javi Martinez (seasons 1–2), Coach Martinez's youngest son and Travis's brother who struggles to come to terms with the death of his father. He slips through ice and drowns because the girls feel he was "chosen" to die by the wilderness. He is the second person they cannibalize.
Mya Lowe (season 1-2) and Vanessa Prasad (season 3) as Gen, a member of the Yellowjackets soccer team.
Jenna Burgess as Melissa (season 2–present), a member of the Yellowjackets soccer team
Rukiya Bernard as Simone Abara, Taissa's wife
Aiden Stoxx as Sammy Abara-Turner, Taissa and Simone's son
Rekha Sharma as Jessica Roberts (season 1), a reporter hired by Taissa to investigate the survivors of the plane crash
Peter Gadiot as Adam Martin (season 1), an artist who has an affair with Shauna after having an auto collision with her. Shauna murders him after a confrontation and Misty helps her cover it up.
Alex Wyndham (seasons 1–2) and Charlie Wright (guest season 1) and Sean Martin Savoy (guest season 1) as the adult and teenage versions of Kevyn Tan. In high school, he is best friends with Natalie prior to the plane crash. As an adult, he works as a police officer and has a son who plays soccer.
Nicole Maines as Lisa (season 2), a follower of Lottie's who is recovering from trauma[9]
Elijah Wood as Walter Tattersall (season 2–present), a citizen detective who tries to help Misty[8]
Nuha Jes Izman as Crystal (season 2), a member of the Yellowjackets soccer team who forms a friendship with Misty. She loves musical theatre and admits to Misty that her real name is Kristen. After Misty admits to her sabotage of the radio to call for help Crystal becomes angry with her leading to a confrontation where Misty inadvertently backs her off the edge of the cliff, causing her to fall to her death.
François Arnaud as Paul (season 2), a New York writer and Coach Scott's secret boyfriend
John Reynolds as Matt Saracusa (season 2), an undercover detective working with Kevyn on Adam's disappearance
Hilary Swank as TBA (season 3)[10]
Anisa Harris as Robin (season 3), a member of the Yellowjackets soccer team.
Silvana Estifanos as Britt (season 3), a member of the Yellowjackets soccer team.
Guest
Gabrielle Rose as Mrs. Taylor, Jackie's mother
Carlos Sanz as Coach Bill Martinez, the head coach of the Yellowjackets soccer team and Travis and Javi's father. He is killed in the plane crash and the remaining survivors discover his body impaled by a tree branch.
Tonya Cornelisse and Pearl Amanda Dickson as the adult and teenage versions of Allie Stevens. In high school, Allie is the only freshman on the Yellowjackets soccer team. Her leg is broken by Taissa during soccer practice, leaving her unable to participate in the tournament.
John Cameron Mitchell as Caligula, the human personification of Misty's pet parrot
Joel McHale as TBA (season 3)[11]
Episodes
Series overview
Season Episodes Originally released
First released Last released
1
10 November 14, 2021 January 16, 2022
2
9 March 26, 2023 May 28, 2023
3
10[12] February 16, 2025[12] April 13, 2025[12]
Season 1 (2021–22)
No.
overall No. in
season Title Directed by Written by Original release date U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 1 "Pilot" Karyn Kusama Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson November 14, 2021[c] 0.246[14]
A young woman, dressed only in a nightgown, runs sobbing through a snow-covered forest. She falls into a trap, and is dragged away by people wearing Yellowjackets t-shirts, animal furs, and masks. She is then slaughtered.

In 1996, a New Jersey girls' high-school soccer team, known as the Yellowjackets, achieves a place in a national tournament. During practice, Taissa tackles Allie, a freshman player she considers a liability, breaking Allie's leg and ruling her out of the tournament. At a party, Shauna tries to start a fight with Taissa, but team captain Jackie, Shauna's best friend, intervenes. Shauna secretly has sex with Jackie's boyfriend Jeff. On the day of the trip, the team boards a private plane that is routed over Canada due to a storm. The plane crashes, leaving the survivors stranded in the wilderness.

In 2021, Shauna and Jeff are married with a teenage daughter. Jessica Roberts, a fake journalist, offers Shauna a seven-figure book deal if she will reveal the details of what happened in the wilderness. Taissa poses with her wife and son for photographs as she launches her campaign for state senator. Misty is employed as a geriatric nurse. Natalie has completed rehab and decided to "reconnect with some old friends".
2 2 "F Sharp" Jamie Travis Jonathan Lisco & Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson November 21, 2021 0.168[15]
Misty uses her advanced knowledge of first aid to care for the injured after the plane crash. She saves the life of Ben Scott, the assistant coach, by amputating and cauterizing his mangled leg. Travis discovers his father's dead body impaled on a tree branch. Reveling in the attention and praise her survival skills bring her, Misty destroys the plane's emergency locator beacon after discovering it by chance.

In 2021, Shauna and Jeff's marriage therapist advises them to rekindle their relationship by exploring sexual fantasies. Shauna meets an intriguing stranger named Adam after she rear-ends his car. After Shauna and Jeff have sex, she sees a text message on his phone from a woman who is arranging to meet him the following day. Natalie holds Misty at gunpoint in an attempt to find out who sent her a postcard with an ominous symbol from their past. When it becomes clear that all the survivors have received the card, Misty and Natalie embark on a road trip to find Travis. Taissa is concerned about her son Sammy's disturbing drawings.
3 3 "The Dollhouse" Eva Sørhaug Sarah L. Thompson November 28, 2021 0.210[16]
Three days following the plane crash, the survivors bury the deceased crash victims. Taissa convinces the group to hike towards a nearby lake. As tensions grow between them, the group discovers an abandoned cabin and finds a dead body in the attic which they later bury.

In 2021, Taissa's political opponent Phil Bathurst airs a campaign ad insinuating that she is a cannibal. Taissa's concerns for Sammy grow after he purposely hurts a child at a playground. Shauna follows her husband to a hotel, where she runs into Adam and spots Jeff with another woman. Shauna and Adam go to a hotel room together. Meanwhile, Misty and Natalie go to Travis's home but are arrested for breaking and entering. Later, they find his dead body at the ranch where he worked. His death appears to be a suicide but they believe someone has murdered him.
4 4 "Bear Down" Deepa Mehta Liz Phang December 5, 2021 0.161[17]
The group find a rifle with a plentiful supply of ammunition inside the cabin. Natalie and Travis prove to be best suited to handle the firearm. They bond as they hunt a deer and recover a keepsake ring from the buried body of Travis' father. In a flashback, it is revealed that Natalie's abusive father died in a gun discharge accident during an argument about Kevyn spending time in her bedroom. The rest of the group finds a functional propeller aircraft. Shauna bonds with Travis's younger brother Javi.

In 2021, Natalie meets Kevyn, now a police officer, and uses his affection for her to entice him to dig into Travis's murder. Taissa rejects an endorsement from a powerful potential donor when she tries to probe into her past. Shauna and Adam begin an intimate affair, enacting Shauna's missed teen fantasies, while Adam is shown to probe for personal information on her. Misty has an encounter with Jessica while shadowing Nat and Kevyn. Misty calls Shauna to tell her that Travis is dead.
5 5 "Blood Hive" Eva Sørhaug Ameni Rozsa December 12, 2021 0.295[18]
Lottie has run out of Loxapine, the medication she takes to manage the symptoms of schizophrenia. Relationships form between Taissa and Van as well as Natalie and Travis. The group holds a seance in the attic where Lottie appears to become possessed. Ben is poisoned by Misty but does not die. In order to get her to leave him alone, Ben deceives Misty by saying he has feelings for her. Shauna confirms Taissa's suspicion that she is pregnant.

In 2021, Taissa finds the word "spill" painted on the front door of her home. She confronts Sammy after discovering a container of paint in his room. Sammy denies doing so and blames "the lady in the tree". Later, with her political opponent attacks increasing, Taissa contemplates dropping out of the Senate race but decides not to. Shauna attends a Halloween party where her daughter Callie learns about Adam. The following day, Callie is unsuccessful in blackmailing Shauna. Natalie and Misty gain access to Kevyn's files, and they learn that a ritual was held where Travis was murdered. Natalie calls Taissa to her motel room, telling her what she has learned. They call Shauna to tell her but learn that Misty already informed her. Meanwhile, Misty watches them through a hidden camera.
6 6 "Saints" Bille Woodruff Chantelle M. Wells December 19, 2021 0.289[19]
In a flashback, Lottie distracts her parents seconds before the car traveling in front of them is involved in a fatal accident. Shauna tells Taissa that the baby is Jeff's, Jackie's then-boyfriend. With Taissa's assistance, Shauna tries to perform a self-induced abortion but is unable to go through with it. Lottie begins having hallucinations of a deer. She tells the religious Laura Lee that she is having visions and agrees to be baptized. Later, Natalie and Travis kill a maggot-infested deer. Laura concludes that Lottie is having premonitions.

In 2021, Natalie and Taissa tell Shauna what happened to Travis. Taissa's wife, Simone, makes an appointment with a child psychologist who says Sammy is under significant stress. Natalie and Kevyn develop feelings for one another and have sex. Misty kidnaps Jessica. Late at night, Taissa is revealed to be "the lady in the tree".
7 7 "No Compass" Eva Sørhaug Katherine Kearns December 26, 2021 0.327[20]
Taissa, Van, Misty, Akilah, and Mari agree to go on an expedition to find a way out of the wilderness. As they depart, Lottie tells Van that they will encounter a "river of blood" and "red smoke". While walking, the group finds a red-colored river. Later, they are attacked by a pack of wolves. Taissa defends the group using a flare gun, but Van is severely wounded. Meanwhile, Shauna tells Jackie that she is pregnant but lies about who the father is. At night, Jackie reads Shauna's diary.

In 2021, Natalie, Shauna, and Taissa agree to pay $50,000 to a blackmailer. After spotting the blackmailer, the group chases them. The blackmailer falls into a box of glitter during the pursuit before getting away. Misty questions Jessica, believing her to be the blackmailer. Jessica reveals she was hired by Taissa to learn about the rest of the group. Back home, Shauna has sex with Adam. In the morning, they are almost caught by Jeff. Kevyn learns that Natalie used his gun but she does not tell him about the blackmailer.
8 8 "Flight of the Bumblebee" Ariel Kleiman Cameron Brent Johnson & Liz Phang January 2, 2022 0.311[21]
After Van regains consciousness, the group returns to the cabin. Natalie and Travis cut off their relationship when he backs out during sex. Natalie talks to Ben, who offers relationship advice and reveals he is gay. Laura announces her desire to fly the abandoned plane out of the wilderness. Upon ascent, however, it explodes.

In 2021, Misty stops Natalie from relapsing and reveals the hidden camera in the process. Misty tells Natalie that someone withdrew all the money from Travis's bank account after he died. The next day, Natalie tries to get information out of Suzie, an acquaintance who works in a bank. After Suzie refuses to cooperate, Natalie resorts to blackmail. Taissa tells Simone about her condition in which she becomes an entirely different person at night. Fearing she will hurt Sammy, she begs Simone to leave her alone in the house for a while. Shauna discovers that someone took all of her journals and she finds glitter in her closet. After learning that Adam is not who he says he is, Shauna goes to his apartment to question him.
9 9 "Doomcoming" Daisy von Scherler Mayer Ameni Rozsa & Sarah L. Thompson January 9, 2022 0.419[22]
The group organizes a homecoming party, dubbed "Doomcoming". Everyone except Jackie unknowingly consumes hallucinogenic mushrooms. Jackie and Travis have sex despite Travis saying he still has feelings for Natalie. Ben and Natalie leave the party to talk alone; Misty follows them. After Natalie leaves to find Travis, Ben tells Misty that he is gay. The rest of the group, on a bad trip, decide to confront Jackie at the cabin leaving Javi alone in the woods. When the group finds Jackie and Travis, they lock Jackie in a closet and try to rape Travis. When he flees, the group chases while howling like wolves. After catching him, Lottie orders Shauna to slit his throat. Natalie arrives and stops her.

In 2021, Shauna kills Adam after confirming that he is digging in her past. She remembers back home that Jeff has access to the safe where she keeps her journals. She questions him, and Jeff reveals he blackmailed the group because his furniture store was going out of business. The woman at the hotel was, in fact, a loan shark, and Jeff was not having an affair. Shauna tells Jeff that she killed Adam and they discuss their options. Shauna convinces Natalie and Taissa that Adam was the blackmailer. Natalie asks Misty to dispose of the body.
10 10 "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi"[d] Eduardo Sánchez Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson January 16, 2022 0.333[23]
Van begins to believe Lottie has supernatural abilities. Lottie kills a bear that calmly walks in front of her. Travis and Natalie look for Javi, who disappeared after the "Doomcoming" party. Everyone eats while Jackie refuses. She angrily confronts the group for hurting Travis and reveals that she knows Jeff was cheating on her with Shauna, leading to a fight between the two. Jackie is ordered to sleep outside. The next day, to Shauna's horror, they see that it has snowed and Jackie has frozen to death. Lottie, Misty, and Van offer the bear's heart as a tribute to the wilderness.

In 2021, Shauna, Taissa, Natalie, and Misty clean up the murder scene. The group attends a 25-year high school reunion. Shauna confronts Jeff's friend Randy, who knows about the blackmail, and threatens to kill him if he tells anyone else. Callie learns of Adam's disappearance in the news. Simone finds the severed head of her dog, Sammy's doll, and what appears to be a human heart in a hidden room in the basement. Misty poisons Jessica, Taissa wins the Senate race, and a mysterious group kidnaps Natalie. Suzie tells Natalie in a voicemail that Lottie is responsible for emptying Travis' bank account.
Season 2 (2023)
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11 1 "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" Daisy von Scherler Mayer Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson March 26, 2023 0.226[24]
Two months after Jackie's death, the group of survivors are struggling to make it through winter. Lottie has taken on a spiritual leader role. Natalie and Travis are unsuccessful in hunting food and locating a missing Javi. Meanwhile, a pregnant Shauna spends her time talking to Jackie's frozen corpse. During one visit, Jackie's ear rips off and Shauna later secretly eats it. Van ties her wrist to Taissa's at night to prevent her from sleepwalking. Misty, still ostracized after the mushroom incident, bonds with Crystal, a member of the JV girls team. Lottie talks Travis down from a panic attack with strange visions.

In the present day, Shauna and Jeff cover their involvement in Adam's murder by destroying his personal art studio and burning his identification, along with Shauna's journals. Callie uncovers the remains of Adam's charred ID. Simone warns Taissa to stay away from Sammy; Taissa later finds the altar she unknowingly constructed in the basement. Misty begins searching for Natalie's whereabouts and notices she was likely taken by force. She attempts to ward off a fellow Citizen Detective investigating Adam's disappearance. Natalie finds herself held hostage in a wellness commune run by Lottie and manages to confront her.
12 2 "Edible Complex" Ben Semanoff Jonathan Lisco April 2, 2023 N/A
Shauna continues to talk to Jackie's corpse, even to the point of dressing it up with makeup; Jackie's ghost taunts her about how hungry she is. Taissa insists that it is time to cremate Jackie and move on. Van saves Taissa from sleepwalking off a cliff; she recommends they talk to Lottie, but Taissa refuses. Natalie fakes Javi's death to Travis by smearing a pair of his shorts with her own blood. Jackie's body is burned on a pyre, but a deluge of snow slows the flame and cooks the body. Succumbing to their hunger, the team eats her corpse, while Coach Ben watches in horror.

In the present, Shauna is questioned by Kevyn about Adam's disappearance. Callie flirts with a man named Matt who, unbeknownst to her, is a detective working with Kevyn. The anonymous Citizen Detective locates Misty at her job and invites her to join him on Adam's case. Sammy visits Taissa unprompted, but when Simone arrives to pick him up, they cannot find him. Taissa and Simone are involved in a car accident after it is revealed Taissa had hallucinated Sammy's visit. Lottie tells Natalie about Travis's death, but Natalie suspects she is hiding the truth.
13 3 "Digestif" Jeffrey W. Byrd Sarah L. Thompson & Ameni Rozsa April 9, 2023 0.210[25]
Taissa has no memory of eating Jackie and is horrified to learn she participated while in her fugue state. Natalie disposes of Jackie's remains at the crash site; she encounters a white moose, but it disappears as she tries to shoot it. A sleepwalking Taissa tells Van about "The One With No Eyes". Misty strengthens her bond with Crystal. A delirious Ben imagines life if he had stayed behind with his boyfriend Paul. The team throws Shauna a baby shower, but birds begin to fall from the sky when her nose bleeds on the symbol stitched into her blanket. Lottie suggests they are blessings from the woods.

In the present, Shauna and Jeff are carjacked, but Shauna disarms the perpetrator before he drives off. She tracks down the car at a scrapyard and intimidates the owner at gunpoint. Jeff attempts but fails to get Kevyn to back off from Shauna. With Simone in the hospital, Taissa is left to confront her fugue alter ego. Misty meets Walter, the Citizen Detective; the two interrogate Randy Walsh about Natalie's disappearance. Lottie introduces Natalie to her support group, but her hallucinations begin to return.
14 4 "Old Wounds" Scott Winant Julia Bicknell & Liz Phang April 16, 2023 0.226[26]
When part of the team begins to favor Lottie's mysticism over Natalie's hunting skills, the two girls compete by going on separate hunts. Lottie quickly becomes hypothermic and has a vision of Laura Lee and the team. Natalie finds the white moose encased under a frozen lake; she and the team try to pull it out, but it sinks. She and Lottie tentatively make amends. Meanwhile, Van makes a map of all of the strange symbols Taissa has found and estimates where the last one could be; they instead find a disoriented Javi and bring him back to camp.

In the present, Shauna, pressed by Callie, confesses the truth to her about Adam's death. Natalie bonds with Lisa, a cult member she had attacked earlier. Misty and Walter camp out at a bed and breakfast near Lottie's compound. Lottie's psychiatrist suggests she pay attention to her hallucinations. Taissa follows her fugue self's intuition and hitchhikes to a small town in Ohio, where she sees Van for the first time in years.
15 5 "Two Truths and a Lie" Ben Semanoff Katherine Kearns & Sarah L. Thompson April 23, 2023 0.163[27]
Lottie hosts meditation sessions for the team; they help Taissa with her sleepwalking, but Shauna fears she is losing Tai's support. Javi refuses to speak to the team, but tells Ben that his "friend" did not want him to return. Misty admits to Crystal that she destroyed the plane's emergency transmitter; when Crystal reacts coldly, Misty threatens her and accidentally backs her off the edge of a cliff. Shauna and Tai get caught in a snowstorm and use Lottie's meditation techniques to return to camp. Once inside, Shauna goes into labor.

In the present, Callie, realizing Matt is a policeman, tells him that Shauna was sleeping with Randy. Shauna stages a tryst in a motel room, but Kevyn and Matt uncover the ruse. Taissa tells Van her sleepwalking has returned, and Van offers her support. Misty and Walter find Natalie, who rebuffs them. Walter tells Misty his theories about Adam's case; she sends him away and goes back to Lottie's compound. Lottie helps Natalie recall the last time she saw Travis.
16 6 "Qui" Liz Garbus Karen Joseph Adcock & Ameni Rozsa May 7, 2023 0.158[28]
The Yellowjackets volunteer Misty to deliver Shauna's baby. Travis and Lottie create an altar and place offerings upon it. Shauna blacks out and gives birth to a baby boy. She has trouble breastfeeding due to her own starvation, but ultimately succeeds. Later that night, she hears chanting from downstairs and finds the team eating her baby. She then comes to, revealing that she had dreamed the previous events and her baby did not survive. Shauna holds her stillborn and grieves, insisting that she can still hear him crying.

In the present, Taissa notices Van's past due notices in the trashcan, but Van brushes it off. Misty calls Tai from Lottie's compound. Natalie and Lisa talk about forgiveness. Shauna and Callie are called to the police station for questioning; Shauna admits to her affair with Adam, while Callie falsely claims that Matt took her virginity. Jeff pushes Shauna to follow Tai and Van to Lottie. Shauna, Taissa, Van, Natalie, Misty, and Lottie all reunite at the compound.
17 7 "Burial" Anya Adams Rich Monahan & Liz Phang May 14, 2023 0.165[29]
Shauna buries her stillborn child and grieves for him and Jackie. The team sets out on a half-hearted mission to find Crystal, unaware of what happened to her earlier. Van admits to Taissa her doubts about survival. Misty goes to the spot where Crystal died, only to find that her body is now missing. She then talks Ben out of committing suicide. After Shauna punches Misty and accuses everyone of eating her baby, Lottie encourages Shauna to let out her pain on her; Shauna beats Lottie unconscious while the team looks on in shock.

In the present, everyone is assigned a form of therapy at Lottie's compound. Misty uses an isolation tank and talks to a human version of her bird Caligula; she later calls Walter and confirms his theories about Adam's disappearance. Taissa and Van share a kiss, but Van reveals that she has terminal cancer, and will be dead within months. Lottie realizes her psychiatrist is merely another hallucination. The women discuss what they might have repressed from their time in the wilderness and dance around a campfire. Jeff calls Shauna and reveals that the authorities have found Adam's body.
18 8 "It Chooses" Daisy von Scherler Mayer Sarah L. Thompson & Liz Phang May 21, 2023 0.143[30]
The Yellowjackets struggle with hallucinations and paranoia. Coach Ben discovers Javi survived by living in a cave hidden underneath a tree. Lottie, grievously injured from Shauna's attack, tells the team not to waste her body if she is to die. Taissa suggests they must find another way to survive, which culminates in the survivors drawing cards to determine who will be killed. Natalie draws the Queen of Hearts, but before Shauna can sacrifice her, Travis pushes Shauna out of the way; Natalie escapes the cabin and is chased through the woods. Javi, trying to help her, falls through the frozen lake; the Yellowjackets let him drown, leaving Natalie spared.

In the present, the police obtain a search warrant for the Sadeckis' house, and Kevyn and Matt question Jeff. Later, Jeff reveals the truth about Shauna's stillborn child to Callie. Walter emails the police, telling them he has information about Adam's disappearance, before leaving for Lottie's compound. In Lottie's "Sharing Shack," Shauna admits that Jeff was the blackmailer instead of Adam, Taissa reveals she hired Jessica Roberts to investigate the survivors, and Misty reveals the truth of the reporter's death. Lottie insists the wilderness is demanding a sacrifice and presents a choice of six cups, one containing phenobarbital, to the women.
19 9 "Storytelling" Karyn Kusama Ameni Rozsa May 28, 2023 0.134[31]
The girls return Javi's body to the cabin, where they dismember and begin to cook him. Lottie is alarmed by the team's decision to hunt each other, but Misty tells the team that Lottie approves. Coach Ben informs Natalie of Javi's hiding spot, but she tells him that he no longer belongs among them as he is a good person. Lottie tells the group that the wilderness no longer needs her as their leader because they can all communicate with it now and declares Natalie to be the new leader. While the Yellowjackets are sleeping, the cabin is lit on fire, forcing them to evacuate and leaving them stranded with no shelter.

In the present, the women agree to proceed with Lottie's ritual but secretly plan to botch the ritual and have Lottie committed. Walter lethally poisons Kevyn at the compound and works with Jeff to frame him for a conspiracy, ending the investigation surrounding Adam Martin. Shauna draws the Queen of Hearts during the ritual and is chased by the others. Callie shoots Lottie in the shoulder to protect her mother, and Taissa and Van reveal that they called off the crisis team they contacted for Lottie. When Lisa arrives with a gun, Misty charges towards her with a phenobarbital injection, but Natalie jumps in the way and takes the injection, dying in Misty's arms. Lottie is taken away by EMTs, but tells the women that the wilderness is pleased with their sacrifice and will reward them.
Season 3
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20 1 TBA Bart Nickerson Jonathan Lisco & Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson February 16, 2025 TBD
21 2 TBA TBA Rich Monahan & Ameni Rozsa February 16, 2025 TBD
22 3 TBA Jonathan Lisco Jonathan Lisco & Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson February 23, 2025 TBD
23 4 TBA TBA Julia Bicknell & Terry Wesley March 2, 2025 TBD
24 5 TBA TBA Sarah L. Thompson & Elise Brown March 9, 2025 TBD
25 6 TBA Pete Chatmon[34] Libby Hill & Emily St. James March 16, 2025 TBD
26 7 TBA TBA Alisha Brophy & Ameni Rozsa March 23, 2025 TBD
27 8 TBA TBA Julia Bicknell March 30, 2025 TBD
28 9 TBA TBA Sarah L. Thompson April 6, 2025 TBD
29 10 TBA TBA Ameni Rozsa April 13, 2025 TBD
Jennifer Morrison and Bille Woodruff directed episodes.[35][36]

Production
Development
The idea for the series was largely influenced by the Donner Party (1846–1847) and the Andes flight disaster (1972), both true stories about people who resorted to cannibalism to survive.[37] In August 2017, Warner Bros. Pictures announced an all-female film adaptation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies, a novel about a young group of boys stranded on an island.[38] Ashley Lyle read the announcement and found that a lot of people were skeptical that young girls could descend into the same barbarism as young boys. With that thought in mind, she conceived the idea for the series with her husband Bart Nickerson as a "metaphor for teenage hierarchy" and placed a large part of the series in New Jersey, the state they both grew up in. The title, Yellowjackets, came up on a Google search for sports team names; Lyle said it was a "perfect fit thematically" as yellowjackets are "very dependent on a queen and the dynamics of the hive are very specific".[39] Lyle and Nickerson are also credited as showrunners alongside Jonathan Lisco, who was brought to the series by executive producer Karyn Kusama.[37][40] Lyle added, "I just wanted to tell what felt like a very real story about teenage girls."[41]

Lyle and Nickerson pitched the series with a 35-minute presentation, which included talks about the first season's ending and a five-season storyline. The series was originally going to take place in the 1970s and the 1990s, but both time periods were moved two decades forward to make the setting more familiar to viewers.[42] Nickerson said the use of two timelines allowed for the studying of interpersonal dynamics and how trauma can affect one's life.[43] HBO was a contender to purchase the series but ultimately rejected it, in part due to its similarities with Euphoria, one of its own properties.[39] Lyle says the smartest question she heard during the pre-production phase was from HBO's Francesca Orsi and David Levine, who asked, "What are you trying to say with this show?" In his answer, Nickerson said the show was going to deconstruct the "organizing principles of a society". Yellowjackets was eventually sold to The Mark Gordon Company, a production company owned by Entertainment One. The project was then pitched to Gary Levine, president of entertainment for Showtime Networks, who was immediately on board.[42] On May 9, 2018, Showtime announced it had acquired the rights to the series.[44]

When we were formulating and developing the idea we always saw this as a multi-season story and our goal in the first season is to very much answer certain questions, because I personally get very irritated with shows that drag everything on forever and don't give you any answers. So, we wanted to answer some questions and ask some new ones, so that is hopefully what we accomplished over the course of this season. — Ashley Lyle[45]

On December 16, 2021, after the first five episodes aired, the series was renewed for a second season. Levine said they had "not heard the pitch for season 2, the writers' room has not even come together yet, they are going to come together in January. I'm sure Ashley, Bart, and Jonathan have some loose ideas but they hadn't fleshed out their ideas and they certainly haven't conveyed them to us."[46] On February 9, 2022, Levine said the creators had "always given us hints about things to come, but we haven't done a long-range plan. We wanted to make the first season count. We've all buried ourselves in that first season and worked hard to make it the success it was. They [last week] went into the writer's room and with Jonathan Lisco to start to unearth what can happen in season two. I love that they have some general idea of a five-year arc, but we take it one season at a time and get very granular about making it satisfying."[47] By May 2022, the writers were stated to be in the initial stage of writing the scripts.[48] On December 15, 2022, three months ahead of the second-season premiere, Showtime renewed the series for a third season.[5] Writing began on May 1, 2023, but halted the next day in accordance with the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.[49][50] In June 2023, series co-creator Ashley Lyle said that a bonus episode would air between the second and third seasons.[51] However, in December 2024, Lyle confirmed its delay: "The truth is that there is a bonus episode but we may need to wait a bit longer for it".[52]

Casting
Season 1
The pilot episode was not written with any actresses in mind, and auditions were held in Los Angeles. "We decided pretty early on we weren't going to get overly focused on a physical match," Lyle mentioned. As a result, some cast members had to dye their hair and wear contact lenses to match the physical characteristics of their counterparts.[43] Melanie Lynskey was the first person to join the cast. Lyle said the role of Shauna was "the trickiest to cast" because they "wanted to find an actress who could embody somebody who is really trying to figure out who they are, which is kind of a tricky internal thing to express through her acting". Lynskey questioned the showrunners and extracted as much information as she could about her character's past and the five-season storyline to improve her performance.[53][54][55] For the role of Natalie, Nickerson said they searched for "someone who was really free-spirited and unique who could play both a sort of wildness and a vulnerability". Though most of the auditions were held in-person, Sophie Thatcher submitted a self-recorded audition tape and was cast as Natalie before Juliette Lewis, who portrays the character's adult counterpart.[45] When asked if the group's survival would depend on their gender, Thatcher replied, "I think naturally, especially at such a young age, women are more emotionally intelligent. So to turn into that cannibalistic mindset ... it maybe took them longer just because I think women are smarter than men. But I think that's it. Besides that, there's no difference. They're going to go batshit crazy."[56]

Sammi Hanratty at an event in 2015
Christina Ricci in 2020
Sammi Hanratty and Christina Ricci star as the teenage and adult versions of Misty.
Nickerson said it was vital to find two actresses who could portray Misty with "a deep kind of humanity that could make it feel lived in and real"; the role was eventually given to Sammi Hanratty and Christina Ricci.[45] On joining the cast, Hanratty said she originally auditioned for the role of Natalie before being brought back four times to audition for the role of Misty: "I'm not gonna lie, I was so crushed [when I didn't get Natalie] because I loved the project. They said they would keep me in mind. Then, I think it was about a week later that I got the audition for Misty, which was so exciting. Because I was like, 'Oh, this girl is interesting as can be." To give her another chance, Lyle and Nickerson wrote a scene specifically for the casting process in which Misty confronts a teacher over cheating. After Hanratty was brought back, Lyle said "It was immediate. As soon as she read that scene for us, we said, 'OK, she is Misty.'"[57] Hanratty described the auditions as being "really intense". She did not meet any of her co-stars until the table read for the pilot. When asked if she was treated differently when in costume, she added, "I don't think we've talked about this, but I was seeing a therapist while I was in Canada, and that was something that we discussed. I was definitely treated differently ... I got more self-conscious, and my walk even changed a bit. I just felt like a bigger target, you know, as a person."[58]

According to Nickerson, Jasmin Savoy Brown and Tawny Cypress were cast as Taissa because they were both able to portray her with a "level of dynamic strength" as well as "vulnerability and fragility". Ella Purnell portrays Jackie, a character who proved difficult to cast. Lyle said the character was supposed to be a stereotypical popular girl with "little cracks of that façade". She explained, "I think that her insecurity, her vulnerabilities needed to be on display pretty early on or you'd end up hating her and that was sort of the opposite of what we wanted the audience to feel."[45] Lynskey, Cypress, and Brown were announced as series regulars in October 2019,[59][60] with Lewis, Ricci, Purnell, Hanratty, Thatcher, and Sophie Nélisse, joining the cast in November.[61][62] The f