There has been a rumbling sense of anticipation all through Yellowjackets season three. This is by design, as a tense, violent, psychological drama where we know only some of the cast we see in the wilderness survive to the modern day. But this time, it has been even more in focus, and that’s due to episode six.
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Prior to the show premiering in mid-February, several of the cast had been asked about their favourite episode, and many had pointed to episode six – the very episode dropping tomorrow. The show was also the subject of a (minor, and quickly quarantined) leak before the season aired, and some leakers have pointed to episode six as being the defining episode of the season.
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Season Three Will Have Yellowjackets’ Highest Death Count Yet
Epsisode five moved the wilderness plot along siginificantly. After voting to execute Ben and the cards (or the wilderness itself, only ever referred to as It) chose Taissa to shoot him, Lottie stopped the execution at the last moment because of Akilah’s vision showing that Ben is “the bridge home.” However, to stop him escaping – and likely just to punish him – Melissa and Shauna sliced his Achilles tendon, using the opportunity to go public with their relationship.
However, Ben avoiding death suggests more deaths are coming, and pretty quickly. Before the season premiered, Sammi Hanratty (who plays teen Misty) said the season had “Not just one death, not just two deaths — the death toll here is not good.” But so far, we are sitting at just one death this season – modern day Lottie. Aside from the multiude of deaths in the plane crash, season one had three – Laura Lee, Adam, and Jackie – while season two had four – modern day Natalie, plus Javi, Crystal/Kristen, and baby Shipman in the wilderness.
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You would expect season three needs to ramp up quickly if it is to live up to Hanratty’s claim. While we know Hanratty herself is safe, several other characters could be in danger. Ben could yet die in a way that protects the girls, for example. It has also been mentioned twice now that Mari ate bats (often a toxic meat for humans), while she is the leading contender for the Pit Girl we saw in the pilot considering the season opens with her fleeing from Shauna, albeit only for sport.
We’re also seeing more of Gen, which didn’t work out well for Crytsal/Kristen, while Akilah is venturing into likely poisonous gas, and Melissa is walking a dangerous tight rope in embracing such animalistic violence on Shauna’s behalf. In the modern timeline, Tai is acting recklessly (possibly because she is the Bad One), Van has cancer, while Shauna, Misty, and Walter are getting into dangerous territory. But there is one more twist to come.
Who Does Hilary Swank Play In Yellowjackets?
We are halfway through the season and neither of the big name additions to the cast (Hilary Swank and Joel McHale) have appeared yet. Anticipation is heating up, and if episode six really is the must-watch of the season, surely we see one of them. Naturally, since fans want to see the adult Yellowjackets interract, there is more debate around Swank. The overriding theory is that she plays Melissa – there are few Yellowjackets more important to the dynamic than she is, and fewer still when you take out people like Mari and Akilah who are a different race to Swank.
We should find out soon who Swank is, and with Deadline reporting Swank could be a series regular if it is renewed for season four, she seems to be one of the few cast members who are absolved from season three’s soon to rise death count.
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