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Yellowjackets Season 2: Crazier Than Ever, But Does It Live Up to the Hype?

Is Yellowjackets worth getting hooked on?

Yellowjackets Season 2: Crazier Than Ever, But Does It Live Up to the Hype?
Juan Carlos Saloz

Juan Carlos Saloz

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Yellowjackets is a series that has captivated many viewers since its original premiere in 2021. The plot revolves around a high school girls’ soccer team that survives a plane crash in a Canadian forest. To survive, the girls have to face unknown dangers in the wilderness while competing for power within the group.

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Now, the second season of the series has arrived on Movistar Plus, and it manages to be even darker and wilder than the first. Below, we’ll explore the keys that have made Yellowjackets season 2 a great milestone, and answer the question you’ve all been waiting for: does it live up to the first one?

The keys to the second season

The first key to Yellowjackets season 2 is the change in narrative. If in the first season the series focused on the struggle for survival and was overlapping with flashbacks of the protagonists’ adolescence, in the second season a very interesting mystery and thriller element is introduced.

The mystery in question is the disappearance of Misty (Juliette Lewis). In the last episode of the first season we saw how she disappeared, and in this new batch of episodes it becomes the common thread. The resolution of the mystery becomes one of the strong points of the series, while continuing to explore the story of the survivors.

Thanks to this new twist, Yellowjackets season 2 is much more macabre and darker than what we’ve seen so far. The series had already explored violence and gore in the first season, but in these new episodes it takes everything to the next level.

The series is packed with violent and cruel scenes that keep the tension going throughout the season, and helps you get to know the characters to their deepest limits. The series has no qualms about showing the darker side of the protagonists and the consequences of their actions, making for an intense and at times disturbing experience.

A spectacular cast

But, of course, at the center continue to be the protagonists and the relationships between them. If the first season established the hierarchies and rivalries within the group of survivors, the second season delves deeper into the trauma and overcoming it. The different power dynamics that exist within the group and how they affect personal relationships are explored.

In addition, new characters are also introduced that add complexity to the plot and allow new paths for the series to develop. This, of course, adds to the wonderful cast that makes up Yellowjackets. The series features an exceptional female cast, led by Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse and the aforementioned Juliette Lewis.

All of them do an excellent job giving life to complex and ambiguous characters, in a gray scale in which in one chapter you are on one side and in the next you change without thinking about it. The chemistry between the actresses is evident in every frame.

In addition, this second season features Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings). The actor plays an interesting character who turns the whole plot on its head and serves to push the main characters to the limit. “We worked together when we were 15 and I’d hardly seen him since, so I was very happy he was cast in the role. He’s a great actor and we enjoyed the shoot immensely,” explains Christina Ricci for Cinemania.

In the absence of knowing if the public is satisfied with all the new Yellowjackets, which is already a hit in the U.S. but has yet to reach the Spanish fandom, it is clear that they are doing a very good job in their new episodes.

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In conclusion we could say that Yellowjackets continues to delve into the darker aspects of the plot, taking the piscology of the protagonists to a new level and keeping the tension more alive than ever. If you haven’t seen anything about the series, don’t think twice and look for it on Movistar Plus. It’s perfect for a marathon.

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Juan Carlos Saloz

Juan Carlos Saloz

Cultural journalist specialized in film, series, comics, video games, and everything your parents tried to keep you away from during your childhood. Also an aspiring film director, screenwriter, and professional troublemaker.

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