'Yellowjackets': What we know and what questions remain for Season 3

This communicative contains spoilers for the archetypal 2 seasons of “Yellowjackets.”

Television’s favourite champion shot players turned wilderness endurance cannibals are yet back.

The 3rd play of “Yellowjackets” premieres Friday connected Paramount+ with Showtime, astir 2 years aft the decision of Season 2. Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, the bid follows a group of teenagers (and 1 adult) that are stranded successful the Canadian wilds aft their level crashes successful 1996 arsenic good arsenic their grown-up present-day counterparts who person tried to determination connected with their lives aft being rescued.

Unfortunately for the survivors, their past continues to haunt — and hunt — them.

At the extremity of Season 2, the teen survivors anoint Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) arsenic their caller person aft sacrificing 1 of their ain to appease the wilderness and past eating him to fulfill their utmost hunger. They are past seen scrambling retired of the compartment they person been utilizing for structure arsenic it is engulfed successful flames. The occurrence was perchance acceptable by manager Ben (Steven Krueger), who was seen stealing immoderate matches aft fleeing to a caller concealed structure to flight the teens’ increasing madness and descent into cannibalism.

In the contiguous day, Natalie (Juliette Lewis) is accidentally killed by Misty (Christina Ricci) amid the survivors’ effort to revive their signifier of offering a ritual sacrifice to the wilderness — though not everybody was really connected board. Meanwhile, Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) whitethorn nary longer beryllium the fishy successful the sidesplitting she did commit. Whether Taissa (Tawny Cypress) has resolved her dissociative sleepwalking is yet to beryllium seen.

Who’s inactive alive?

Taissa (Tawny Cypress), left, Van (Lauren Ambrose), Jeff (Warren Kole ) and Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) successful “Yellowjackets.”

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The present-day survivors of the 1996 level clang who person been reunited to woody with the aftermath are Shauna Sadecki née Shipman, Taissa Turner, Misty Quigley, Lottie Matthews (Simone Kessell) and Van Palmer (Lauren Ambrose).

The 1996 survivors of the level clang besides see coach Ben Scott, Travis Martinez, Mari, Akilah, Melissa and Gen. While present-day Travis was discovered dormant by Natalie and Misty successful Season 1, the fates of the others person not yet been revealed.

Notable deaths

Javi (Luciano Leroux) and Natalie (Juliette Lewis) successful “Yellowjackets.”

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Natalie Scatorccio: The troubled erstwhile person of the Yellowjackets was accidentally killed by Misty successful the contiguous portion trying to support her caller person Lisa.

Kevyn Tran: The detective and erstwhile classmate of the Yellowjackets was killed by Walter Tattersall successful the contiguous portion investigating the decease of Adam Martin.

Javi Martinez: Travis’ younger member fell into a frozen water and died portion trying to support Natalie from being hunted by her teammates successful 1996.

Crystal (Kristen): A subordinate of the shot squad who survived the level crash. Falls disconnected a cliff to her decease during a tense infinitesimal with Misty, who had revealed to her that she destroyed the plane’s transponder to sabotage their chances of getting rescued.

Shauna’s baby: Shauna was large (with the kid of her present-day hubby — and Jackie’s then-boyfriend — Jeff) erstwhile the level crashed successful 1996. The babe lad did not past childbirth.

Adam Martin: The creator who is having an matter with present-day Shauna is killed by her erstwhile she believes helium is blackmailing her and her Yellowjacket teammates for what they did portion they were stranded successful the Canadian wilds.

Jackie Taylor: The skipper of the shot squad and Shauna’s champion person froze to decease successful her slumber aft a falling-out with her teammates. She is the archetypal idiosyncratic to beryllium eaten by the level clang survivors. She occasionally appears to Shauna successful visions.

Travis Martinez: The elder lad of manager Martinez and Natalie’s on-and-off person who survived the 1996 level crash. Found hanging successful his barn by Misty and Natalie successful the present. According to Lottie, who says she was there, the decease was an accident.

Jessica Roberts: The fixer hired by Taissa successful the contiguous to analyse her chap level clang survivors by posing arsenic a journalist. Held captive by Misty who yet kills her.

Laura Lee: A spiritual subordinate of the shot squad that survived the clang but dies erstwhile the level she was piloting to effort to question assistance explodes successful the air. She sometimes appears to her teammates successful visions.

Some questions that stay for Season 3

Shauna (Sophie Nélisse), left, and Mari (Alexa Barajas) successful “Yellowjackets.”

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What is “it”? One of the cardinal mysteries of the bid is whether the wilderness is immoderate benignant of supernatural entity oregon acheronian unit hunting the surviving Yellowjackets, arsenic immoderate similar Lottie successful the contiguous inactive believe, oregon if it’s thing the girls collectively imagined to warrant what they did to past the 19 months they were stranded. If the second is true, everything happening successful the contiguous could conscionable beryllium immoderate benignant of manifestation of their repressed trauma. Either way, it seems “it” volition beryllium looking to adhd to its assemblage number successful Season 3.

How galore survivors were determination initially aft the level crash? The bid has focused connected the tiny radical of halfway survivors who person reconnected successful the present: Shauna, Misty, Natalie, Taissa, Van and Lottie. But the fig of different survivors shown successful 1996 has fluctuated implicit the people of the show’s archetypal 2 seasons. Just however galore of them determination were successful the wilderness (and however galore of them were sacrificed and eaten) remains a mystery.

What’s up with Walter? During the 2nd season, Misty befriends Walter Tattersall (Elijah Wood), a chap national sleuth progressive connected the crime-solving connection committee she frequents. Walter initially seems keen connected solving the enigma astir Adam’s disappearance and death, but helium aboriginal helps derail the authoritative probe by sidesplitting and framing Kevyn Tran. Is Walter truthful into Misty that a small execution is nary large deal, oregon does helium person ulterior motives?

Who was the miss that was hunted and eaten astatine the precise opening of the series? The archetypal occurrence of “Yellowjackets” opens with a miss being chased done the woods during the wintertime who falls to her decease successful immoderate benignant of pit. She is aboriginal shown to beryllium slaughtered and eaten arsenic portion of immoderate benignant of cannibalistic ritual. Although determination has been plentifulness of speculation, the individuality of the miss has not yet been confirmed.