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Yellowjackets

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Generally favorable reviews based on 83 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 61 Ratings

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Paramount+ with Showtime | Release Date: November 14, 2021

Summary: 25 years after decisions made by a high school girls soccer team to survive when a plane crash stranded them in the wilderness has not been forgotten or forgiven in this drama created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson.

Genre(s): Drama, Horror

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Critic Reviews

100

The Guardian Leila Latif

Mar 24, 2023

Season 2 Review: One thing that feels assured is Yellowjackets will continue to clear the high bar it sets for itself and be about way more than just “trauma”. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Nov 12, 2021

Season 1 Review: The metronome on this show ticks between character development on one side and plot twists/revelations on the other with such a fantastic rhythm that it becomes mesmerizing. Even at its most extreme (and it gets pretty extreme), it holds together. Read full review

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The Playlist Marya E. Gates

Mar 16, 2023

Season 2 Review: While it may not reach the artistic heights of Lynch’s sublime summit (and really, what can?), “Yellowjackets” dances in the same surreal realm. And that should give the series enough cultural bandwidth to last its intended five seasons. Read full review

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Salon

Melanie McFarland

Nov 15, 2021

Season 1 Review: The six episodes provided for review indicate answers won't be coming any time soon, and the invigorating performances sell the idea that delaying isn't necessarily the worst choice. But that only holds as long as the plot's rope maintains its tension even as it tosses out additional length. In the short term "Yellowjackets" holds all the essential ingredients needed to brew a thriller worth investing in. Read full review

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IGN

Tara Bennett

Jun 1, 2023

Season 2 Review: In the first six episodes of its second season, Yellowjackets makes missteps with its present-day storytelling that dilutes the potency of its adult ensemble. Now the past storyline laps it by a lot. Read full review

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IndieWire Ben Travers

Mar 16, 2023

Season 2 Review: Season 2 keeps moving forward… but the giddy buzz once driving “Yellowjackets” has been replaced by a snail’s pace. Through six episodes, Season 2 appears to be approaching aptly complex quandaries for its core cast members, but the path to their confrontation is padded in too much snow. Read full review

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CNN

Brian Lowry

Nov 12, 2021

Season 1 Review: Yellowjackets looked promising thanks to the casting and concept, but the Showtime series feels like a disappointment in terms of shaping its twin-track plot into an equally compelling drama. The stars still merit a look, but the episodes made available don't provide much incentive for those watching the takeoff to stick around for the landing. Read full review

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OliverCed

Jan 30, 2022

Wow! I wasn’t sure I’d like it after a friend recommended it. I mean a story about a teenage girls’ soccer team… Turns out it’s so much more. One of the best series ever made!

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bl1rt

Feb 14, 2022

From the summary, I thought this was another YA show. Bunch of girls having to survive in the wilderness. And that is in there, pretty well done, too, but it is more about the horror of growing up and the horror of being a grown up, which sounds bleak, but it is done in an interesting andFrom the summary, I thought this was another YA show. Bunch of girls having to survive in the wilderness. And that is in there, pretty well done, too, but it is more about the horror of growing up and the horror of being a grown up, which sounds bleak, but it is done in an interesting and charming way. If it wants to, the show can be very sweet, genuinely funny, exciting, but also sad, puzzling, dark and violent, without overdoing any of it.
The show looks great, the music and soundtrack fit perfectly, and from kids to adults, just amazing performances.
I assume this is a show where you pretty quickly find out if you like it or not. I think it it a blast.… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

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Glic2003

Dec 7, 2021

I'm not usually one to "binge watch" shows but if the episodes of this show were all available I would've definitely watched it all in less than a day.

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

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TheDevilCorrect

Apr 17, 2023

The problem is that there are about 5 different story lines. A lot of them are origin story of the survivors. They just aren't gripping, in fact I fast forwarded through most of it, because I just don't care about these characters. So when I fast forward to the survival story line, it wasThe problem is that there are about 5 different story lines. A lot of them are origin story of the survivors. They just aren't gripping, in fact I fast forwarded through most of it, because I just don't care about these characters. So when I fast forward to the survival story line, it was pretty good at first, but then it gets ridiculously implausible. The movie "Alive" (1993) which is also about a downed plane carrying soccer player, is far better, and extremely similar in the main narrative. Which is based on a true story.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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doovid

Jun 5, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What happened? The first season started a bit slow for me but totally had me hooked by the end. The second season was the opposite: I was heavily invested at the beginning but by the end I no longer cared. The writing took a nosedive in the final few episodes and the season finale was painfully weak. It pulled a Game of Thrones, but at least Yellowjackets had the decency to tank it in 2 seasons instead of dragging out for 8.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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kensrue

Mar 21, 2023

Yellowjackets has a lot of potential, the main plot line of a football team stranded in the wild and surviving until being rescued is compelling enough to attract a big audience. However it fails to deliver. Episode 1 is endless, pointless and boring. I powered through it hoping theirYellowjackets has a lot of potential, the main plot line of a football team stranded in the wild and surviving until being rescued is compelling enough to attract a big audience. However it fails to deliver. Episode 1 is endless, pointless and boring. I powered through it hoping their teenager lives and drama was just some necessary exposition to get into the main story but I was very wrong, that is the main story. It is a very odd choice have such an interesting story, a great cast and then focus on the least interesting portion of the timeline and furthermore, making it excruciatingly long and dull. One episode was enough for me.… Expand

3 of 6 users found this helpful33

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kaczan3

Jul 23, 2022

It's just a bad "current year" remake of Lord of the Flies with "stronk, independent" bender cast.

3 of 8 users found this helpful35

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Series Overview
Season 3

64
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: February 14, 2025
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 2

77
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 24, 2023
Season 1

78
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 14, 2021