Yellowjackets

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

6.7	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 61 Ratings

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echioniMay 3, 2023

not even remotely comparable to S1. script is repetitive and very, very weak

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kirkenderJun 23, 2022

The premise for this show has great potential. The execution is just awful. The switching back and forth between timelines every few seconds (not exaggerating, most scenes are under a minute) makes the viewer exhausted. The acting is okay,The premise for this show has great potential. The execution is just awful. The switching back and forth between timelines every few seconds (not exaggerating, most scenes are under a minute) makes the viewer exhausted. The acting is okay, but the script has extreme issues with characterization. The multiple characters in different times has the effect of barraging the viewer with so many dangling plot threads that literally anything can happen (this is not a good thing for storytelling). What is worse, is most of the time nothing is happening! After three episodes I had to bow out. It's bad and dumb, and I feel like I'm being emotionally abused if I watch anymore.… Expand

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kensrueMar 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, pointlessYellowjackets 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

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kaczan3Jul 23, 2022

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

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GumdropMay 4, 2023

I actually started really enjoying it but somewhere in S1 it just lost me. It has all the ingredients for a great show but I started finding it took effort to watch. The timeline jumps are too jarring and just way too often. Too manyI actually started really enjoying it but somewhere in S1 it just lost me. It has all the ingredients for a great show but I started finding it took effort to watch. The timeline jumps are too jarring and just way too often. Too many sub-plots never go anywhere or get lost in the jumping. The most frustrating part is that youi can see how good it could have been.… Expand

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loumexApr 24, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review is being written with love and I honestly hope to not anger fellow users but help them decide if this series is for them or not. I come in peace and hope I will not anger the Yellowjackets fan-wagon which is going strong. This review is written after having watched all episodes so far, the last being the 5th of the second season.
I am sorry to report that this series is not worth our time. The presentation is great and the premise looks good, but after one season you realise it happens to deal with the same issues other mystery series with Lost being the leader and more recently the awful Servant, this series has no actual well-thought point and endgame. They are going about, with a rough, vague, "main" storyline and few explanations because, quite francly there are none- or there are but are so basic they are not worth being discused. The other issue I have is with the characters. I understand in 2023, the narative has fliped and there are no "good" or "lawfull good" or even "chaotic good" characters anymore, but in this series I have a strugle realizing who I am meant to root for. The series is not built like it wants to present the path of darkness, but more like... "you know what, **** it, they are all murderers, but arent they cool or cute or hilarious?". I don't get it. I wish there was a payoff to the mystery, but this series has stolen all that was written in Lost, and remember the ending? There were some highs, with the ending of the third season and the "Not Penny's Boat" magnificence, but OH DEAR after season 4 it got derailed because there was NO plan, NO surprise, NO payoff. Nothing. Because they went along, and let it go wherever, however. But the characters at least were... in a way consistent. With Yellowjackets, I am missing the point. I wish I knew who to root, or if I am for some (some?) justice? Some, like, a bit, a hero? Something. Redemption? Something. I dunno. I spent 15 hours so far, and don't want to keep at it. It feels like Servant. After the second season, it was pointless, only to finish in season 5 with a talk that could have happened in season 1, episode 1. Literally. I don't want the same from this, but its going there.… Expand

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