
The teens are more unhinged than ever in the Yellowjackets Season 3 trailer as they fully embrace their cannibalistic ways, and the adult survivors are only getting more paranoid and dangerous.
The new trailer, released on Wednesday, January 22, shows the adult survivors freaking out about the possibility of the world learning their secrets, and Natalie’s (Juliette Lewis) death may lead to them killing more of their own. As Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) ominously says, the only way to know you’re safe is to be the only one left. Misty (Christina Ricci) stabs her in the back (literally), Coach Ben (Steven Krueger) is alive but being hunted, and Fallout‘s Ella Purnell is back as the Jackie hallucination.
Viewers also get another look at Hilary Swank‘s new character. She’s covered in blood and running from an unseen threat on an empty road, but then her attacker has her pinned when she says “you really are insane.” Clips of one of the wilderness teens shows them warning about the dangers of their actions. Could Swank be that character’s older self?
Here’s everything there is to know about Yellowjackets Season 3, from the premiere date, new cast members, and plot details to episodic photos and more.
When does Yellowjackets Season 3 come out?
Paramount+ With Showtime
Showtime announced on Tuesday, November 19 that Yellowjackets Season 3 will premiere with two episodes on Friday, February 14, on the Paramount+ streaming service. The episodes will only be available to Paramount+ with Showtime (a.k.a premium) subscribers. The first episode of Yellowjackets Season 3 will then debut on the Paramount+ with Showtime TV channel (formerly just called Showtime) on Sunday, February 16, likely at 9/8c as with previous seasons.
Is there a Yellowjackets trailer?
In addition to the January 22 trailer above, Showtime released a teaser trailer in December (above) that provided the first look at Swank. Joel McHale‘s role is still a mystery.
Who is in the Yellowjackets Season 3 cast? Is Juliette Lewis coming back?
The November 19 announcement shared the official Season 3 cast list, in which Lewis is not listed. But Sophie Thatcher, who plays young Natalie, will be back.
Season 3 stars Lynskey, Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Kevin Alves, Sarah Desjardins, and Simone Kessell, with Elijah Wood returning in a recurring role.
Swank and McHale will appear as a guest star in Season 3. Details about his character have not yet been revealed, nor have details about Swank’s character. According to Deadline, there’s a possibility for Swank to become a series regular if Yellowjackets gets renewed for Season 4. Her character will also reportedly make its debut later in Season 3.
What happens in Yellowjackets Season 3?
Yellowjackets follows a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players that survive a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. There seem to be mystical forces at work in the woods, driving them all to desperate lengths to stay alive and sane. The biggest threat they face is hunger — and what they’re willing to do to each other to satiate their appetites.
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We’ve known since Season 1 that the girls remained stranded in the woods for 19 months. The first season also constantly teased the night the team ate their team captain, Jackie (Purnell), but we didn’t learn the circumstances that brought that about until Season 2. Rather than the team or one of its members killing Jackie as some viewers theorized, Jackie died alone by freezing to death in a snowstorm. They were going to burn her body for her funeral, but then a pile of snow fell from a tree and onto her pyre.
Unbeknownst to the team, the fire didn’t go out completely, resulting in Jackie being slow-cooked. The ravenously hungry girls couldn’t help but feast. Their coach, Ben (Krueger), was horrified and distanced himself from the girls after that, fearing he could be next. Because he wasn’t present when the cabin was engulfed in flames, Ben is looking quite guilty.
In the future timeline, Shauna (Lynskey), Natalie (Lewis), Misty (Ricci), Taissa (Cypress), and Van (Ambrose) were at Lottie’s (Kessell) cultish compound when things took a deadly turn. A night of reconnecting with each other turned into a night of recreating their wilderness hunts, resulting in Misty accidentally killing Natalie with a deadly injection of a poisonous substance. That shocking twist makes young Natalie’s (Thatcher) time in the woods even more important. Misty’s love interest, Walter (Wood), was there to save the day and cover for Misty.
Suffice it to say, Season 3 has some explaining to do. The series is on track to create a total of five seasons. While there’s no logline for Season 3 just yet, Krueger said he expects it to be the most violent yet.
“I think Season 3 will probably be the wildest, bloodiest season that we have,” he told Entertainment Tonight. “Granted, we don’t know anything to be fair,” Krueger said. “Granted, we don’t know anything to be fair. I’m just guessing that’s where it’s going.”
Hanratty (teen Misty) thinks Season 3 will be defined by grief. “I think that with that grief, it’s gonna bring out a lot of interesting levels of the other characters and I’m really excited to see that. Sophie Thatcher (teen Natalie) is gonna keep Natalie’s legacy living,” she told ET, adding that the upcoming season could be “the meltdown.”
“I’m gonna put it out there that Season 1 is chaotic and messy, Season 2 is like still cold and dark and it was winter, and then this one was the meltdown,” Hanratty said. “You’re going to see the melting of like what these people are and really get to see like the bro-ness of these girls.”
Is the Yellowjackets bonus episode still coming?
There is reportedly a Yellowjackets bonus episode coming before Season 3 premieres. Lyle said in June during last year’s strikes that the episode was still incoming, but that it wasn’t premiering on June 1 like a fan theorized. The Yellowjackets bonus episode is still believed to be on the way. The episode will reportedly bridge Seasons 2 and 3 together.
Stay tuned here as we continue to report the latest updates on Yellowjackets Season 3!
Yellowjackets Season 3 Photos
Get a glimpse into the new episodes in the images below from both the past and present timelines.
Season 3 Episode 1
Kailey Schwerman / Paramount+ with SHOWTIME
Kailey Schwerman / Paramount+ with SHOWTIME
Kailey Schwerman / Paramount+ with SHOWTIME
Season 3 Episode 3
Colin Bentley / Paramount+ with SHOWTIME
Colin Bentley / Paramount+
Season 3 Episode 5
Kailey Schwerman / Paramount+ with SHOWTIME
Kailey Schwerman / Paramount+ with SHOWTIME
Season 3 Episode 8
Kailey Schwerman / Paramount+ with SHOWTIME
Yellowjackets, Season 3 Streaming Premiere, Episodes 1 & 2, Friday, February 14, Paramount+
Yellowjackets, Season 3 Linear Premiere, Sunday, February 16, Showtime
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