Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for Yellowjackets.
Yellowjackets creators, Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, discuss how Jackie's fate in the season 1 finale was possibly the result of Shauna's actions. Having premiered its finale this past Sunday, Yellowjackets concluded the first of its planned five seasons on Showtime. The series has been a hit for the network both with critics and audiences, quickly amassing a following that has grown due to word-of-mouth and frequent theorizing from fans on how the story will unfold.
Yellowjackets follows a high school soccer team in 1996, who crash land in the wilderness, leaving them stranded for 19 months, as well as the lives of the survivors 25 years later. One of the central relationships is that of Shauna (Sophie Nelisse and Melanie Lynskey) and Jackie (Ella Purnell) two friends that have a falling out in the forest after it's revealed that Shauna has become pregnant by Jackie's boyfriend, Jeff (Warren Kole,), whom Shauna is shown to be married to in the 2021 time period. In the season 1 finale, Jackie turns on the other survivors for trying to kill Travis (Kevin Alves) in episode 9, "Doomcoming," which in turn gets her sent outside of the cabin before it snows, where she then freezes to death overnight.
In an interview with foreshadowed throughout Yellowjackets' first season by her refusal to help with survival efforts and her sleeping with Travis.
In the interview Purnell also briefly touches on what could happen to Jackie's body, since the first episode teases the survivors resorting to cannibalism to get through the winter, saying she doesn't know what will happen with her body, but knows that "it’s going to happen at some point," referring to their turn to cannibalism in general. With winter officially beginning in the finale, and with a lack of food already being a plot point, it raises the question of whether Jackie's body will be consumed by the remaining characters. Purnell also expressed enthusiasm for returning as Jackie in season 2, whether as a ghost or hallucination.
The Yellowjackets finale definitely raised more questions than it answered. Questions remain regarding the arrival of a mysterious group that kidnaps adult Natalie (Juliette Lewis), or how many new adult survivors could appear in season 2, or the fact that Misty (Christina Ricci and Sammi Hanratty) keeps poisoning people. But with Jackie's demise, a big bulk of Shauna's guilt feels addressed. Whatever season 2 of Yellowjackets holds, it's sure to be as twisty and compelling as the season before it.
Source: ET Canada