Summary
Yellowjacketsstar Christina Ricci opens up about how the major death in season 2 will impact Misty. The second installment of the Showtime thriller, created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, concluded with an unexpected death. Natalie (Juliette Lewis) accidentally meets her demise when Misty (Ricci) mistakenly injects her friend with phenobarbital, which proves to be lethal.Nat dies in Misty’s arms, with a vision in Natalie’s mind suggesting that she has accepted her fate. Now, there are questions as to how this would impact Misty inYellowjacketsseason 3.
In comments toThe Hollywood Reporter, Ricci opened up about howYellowjacketsseason 3 will see Misty coping with the fallout from her actions. The two-time Emmy nominee opened up about what it’s been like to film without Lewis, while also touching onhow Misty feels after the devastating lossand whether she’ll be able to forgive herself. Read the quote below:
We bonded and spent so much time together, and we just really loved each other. It was really sad for her character to be killed off. Even now, we’ve filmed a couple of episodes, and it’s sad without Juliet. I do [think she can forgive herself]. We’ve seen that she’s done it before. She forgave herself for what she did to her friends in the wilderness, and I think she is someone who does get past things because she is a survivor. If events in her life were going to have destroyed her, they would have already done it. Because these ladies have been through quite a bit.
Natalie’s Death Highlights A Potential Problem With Yellowjackets Season 3
Misty Has No Choice But To Move On.
The upcoming episodes face a challenge in still making the teenaged Natalie (played by Sophie Thatcher) and her friendship with young Misty (Samantha Hanratty) feel vital despite theYellowjacketsseason 2 finale.
Even though the timeline split of the Showtime dramawas initially intriguing, there have been questions about whether it is now more of a hindrance as the series has continued. Some viewers vocally prefer the wilderness arc, with the teen versions of the main characters, while some are invested in seeing the survivors in the present day. This divide speaks not only to preference but to how the narrative unfolds.
Natalie’s story as acoreYellowjacketscharacter, in both timelines, is essentially over. This casts a shadow over any of the past scenes involving the teenage Natalie because there is significantly less tension. That’s due to audiences knowing that she dies in Misty’s arms accidentally after a tense standoff. There is also no question about whether Misty will move on because the plot demands it. The mystery, which has been slow to reveal itself, is still ongoing, but now it’s justmissing one of the main characters.
Yellowjackets Season 3 Is Officially Ending The Biggest Natalie Complaint After 3 Years
A new behind-the-scenes sneak peek from Yellowjackets season 3 reveals that a long-standing nitpick about Natalie will finally come to an end.
The upcoming episodes face a challenge in still making the teenaged Natalie (played by Sophie Thatcher) and her friendship with young Misty (Samantha Hanratty) feel vital despite theYellowjacketsseason 2 finale. But the predicament does raise the question of how to make a prequel interesting when audiences can also see the somewhat separate stories happening in the present.
Yellowjacketsseason 3 will debut in 2025, while previous seasons are available to stream on Paramount+ With Showtime
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Yellowjackets is a television series exploring the survival ordeal of a high school girls' soccer team stranded in the remote wilderness after a plane crash. It interweaves psychological horror and coming-of-age themes, simultaneously depicting their harrowing transformation and its lasting impact on their lives 25 years later.
