Everything We Know About 'Yellowjackets' Season 2 - Cosmopolitan

We must have done something to please the content gods, because they blessed us with Showtime’s wonderfully warped, genre-bending masterpiece Yellowjackets. If you haven’t seen the show, it’s a mystery/horror/survival thriller/drama/psychological mindf*ck of a story. The series focuses on members of a girls’ soccer team who survive a plane crash as teenagers, and the story plays out in dual timelines, jumping between the immediate aftermath of the crash in 1996 as the girls struggle to survive while stranded for 19 months and events that occur 25 years later as the women deal with the trauma and what they did to survive the horrific ordeal.

Yellowjackets is complex, thought-provoking, and super addictive (and a critical darling with a perfect 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes)—which is probably why Showtime wasted no time and officially renewed it for a second season halfway through season 1. Here’s everything we know (so far) about Yellowjackets season 2, which debutes today!!!

Yellowjackets season 2 premieres on March 24

Aka today! Showtime released a special teaser trailer a few weeks ago, and it not only features tons of clues about what will happen but also revealed the season 2 release date. Check it out:

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The official trailer hints at what to expect in season 2

Now, ya might not know any plot specifics of Yellowjackets season 2 if you haven’t binged it yet, but the show’s creators, Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson (who are married IRL), have known where the story is heading since the very first episode. “We pitched it as a five-season idea,” Nickerson explained in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter’s TV’s Top 5 podcast.

The official trailer also offers fans a glimpse at what’s brewing, so brace yourself….

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The second season will continue with the Lord of the Flies–inspired exploration of human nature and society, according to Lyle.

“Lord of the Flies is about how socialization falls away and how society is a facade. We thought, Who is more socialized than women? As girls, you learn early on how to make people like you and what the social hierarchies are,” Lyle explained during the interview. “It’s a more interesting way of having things fall away. The mask is even thicker. It’s a more layered amount of preconceived notions of how to behave and act.”

Season 2 will have new mysteries

Even though Lyle and Nickerson went into Yellowjackets with a five-season plan, they also knew they wanted season 1 to answer very specific questions—like, actually answer them instead of teasing them out forever.

“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,” Lyle explained in an interview with E! News. “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.”

Showtime is super supportive of the showrunners’ vision

We can def confirm that season 2 is just as edgy and daring as season 1 because Showtime execs have gone on the record saying the network is very much on board with the showrunners’ dark vision.

“Yellowjackets has been an unadulterated sensation for Showtime,” Showtime entertainment president Gary Levine said (per Variety). “We are overwhelmed by both the acclaim and the audience response to our series, including several Best of 2021 lists, a 100 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, and snowballing viewership. Clearly, there is a hunger for originality and audacity, and our incredible showrunners Ashley, Bart, and Jonathan, along with their pitch-perfect cast, have delivered that and so much more. I can’t wait to see the surprises they have in store for us in season 2.”

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