Summary
- Fans eagerly await a possible fourth season of "Yellowjackets" due to its popularity and viewership.
- Season 3 finale garnered high ratings and streams, hinting at a likely renewal for the show.
- Discussions about the potential direction of season 4 include a focus on Shauna's psyche and reintegration post-rescue, raising fan excitement.
Yellowjackets might have the most gripping premise of any TV drama: a high school soccer team's plane crashes in the wilderness in 1996, which leads to death, destruction, chaos, and trauma. The show moves between two timelines as fans learn what happened to the girls and how they're faring in 2021. With strong performances from beloved stars such as Wednesday's Christina Ricci and Scream franchise actor Jasmin Savoy-Brown, every episode masterfully shares the past and present problems the characters are dealing with as their friendships and loyalties shift.
While there are many similar shows that fans can binge-watch, Yellowjackets has a unique bleak and mysterious tone, and fans can't get enough of this sinister and chilling story. Now that the third season has wrapped up, has Yellowjackets been renewed for a fourth season, and what could the new episodes be about?
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Is There Going To Be A Yellowjackets Season 4?
At the time of this writing, Yellowjackets hasn't been renewed for season 4. However, it seems likely that it will be given its popularity and success. The season 2 premiere had high ratings, and Variety reported that the season 3 finale had 3 million viewers in a 7-day period. Paramount also reported that the season 3 finale was streamed more than any other Yellowjackets episode.
In 2023, co-showrunner Ashley Lyle told Entertainment Weekly that the showrunners hope for five seasons of Yellowjackets. Based on Lyle's comments and given the shocking ending of Yellowjackets season 3, it would be a shame to say goodbye to the show right now. Most of all, fans would be upset if they couldn't see what happens to Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) next. At the end of the latest season, this complex character is in a complicated place and writes a journal entry about wanting to be in charge again. Lynskey and Sophie Nélisse share the role and play adult and teenage Shauna, and both stars are engaging and haunting as a complicated character who makes terrible decisions and hurts everyone around her.
If fans had major questions about the characters and storylines after season 2, viewers have even more queries now. In an interview with Teen Vogue, co-showrunners Lyle, Jonathan Lisco, and Bart Nickerson talked about where the story could go next. It sounds like Yellowjackets season 4 would dive deeper into Shauna's psyche and wild personality. Lisco described Shauna as "untethered to family, to obligation." Lyle talked about some plans:
"telling the story of them attempting to reintegrate into society post-rescue. I think that's really right, juicy stuff. And if we're given the opportunity to tell it, we're going to be really excited to dig in."
Fans Have Some Ideas For Yellowjackets Season 4 & Hope The Series Is Renewed
Fans have shared their ideas for Yellowjackets season 4 on Reddit, and in one thread, a fan suggested that there could be a major character death. The fan wrote:
"Callie kills shauna and becomes the antler queen of present day and she starts hearing the wilderness."
This is an interesting theory as Shauna's teenage daughter Callie Sadecki (Sarah Desjardins) is a powerful and important part of the story. It's also a theory that would make Yellowjackets season 4 even darker than the previous three, which is saying a lot considering that the show revolves around cannibalism, violence, death, and manipulation. The idea that Callie could kill her own mother is horrifying, but she shows her violent side in the Yellowjackets season 3 finale. While it doesn't seem highly likely that Callie would murder Shauna, fans can probably expect to see more of their difficult mother/daughter relationship in a potential fourth season.
Showrunner Ashley Lyle mentioned showing the teenagers living their regular lives after being rescued, and that's something that fans hope to see. The best Yellowjackets episodes explore the harsh and terrifying memories that the adult characters have of being lost, and since they can't forget the harm they have caused one another, there's a lot to explore in season 4. Redditor @onceamonthfor18years wrote:
"If I don't get to see the rescue scene or see the moment of re-entering civilization, I will be... Super disappointed."
Redditor @One_Investigator_990 wrote that season 4 could show more of the adult timeline rather than the adolescent one. The fan wrote:
"I think the teenage girls in the Woods storyline is basically over. They’re gonna focus on the adults now... I really wanna see who rescues the girls and I really need to see Shawna’s first conversation with Jeff when she gets home."
- Release Date
- 2021 - 2026-00-00
- Network
- Showtime, Paramount+ with Showtime
- Showrunner
- Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Jonathan Lisco
- Directors
- Benjamin Semanoff, Daisy von Scherler Mayer, Deepa Mehta, Eduardo Sánchez, Jeffrey W. Byrd, Liz Garbus, Scott Winant, Eva Sørhaug, Jamie Travis
- Writers
- Liz Phang, Sarah L. Thompson, Ameni Rozsa
Cast
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Melanie LynskeyShauna Sadecki -
Tawny CypressTaissa Turner -
Sophie NélisseTeen Shauna Shipman -
Jasmin Savoy BrownTeen Taissa Turner
WHERE TO WATCH
- Creator(s)
- Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson
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