Yellowjackets

It seems I'm not the only one disappointed in season 2. Season 1 was great. You were left with questions at the end of the season but still received some answers as well. However, season 2 just got out of hand super quickly. More and more questions arose and no previous questions got answered. The season just kept rolling like this causing a loss of character development and decent plot line. I understand the mystery is 'what's going on'? Is there a supernatural element or are we dealing with insanity due to circumstance? That's fine but you need to build up the story and develop the characters. To me, this all just got dropped in season 2. I have to chalk it up to terrible writing. It's so disappointing since season 1 was great. I hope a bounce back can be made in season 3, although I think the show has already lost quite a few viewers due to the season 2 bust.

I finally gave in and gave Yellowjackets a try after hearing so many great things about it. I actually liked it much more than I thought I would, to the point where I'm actually mad at myself for putting it off as long as I did. All the twists and turns will keep on the edge of your seat every episode to the point it becomes addicting. It has everything you want in a good show...drama, mystery, comedy, action, etc. There's not a bad episode in the series, there's so slow episodes but not bad episodes. The acting is what really carries the show though. Melanie Lynskey deserves every bit of praise that she's been getting for her role. She's so good that it's the type of performance that's going to lead to even bigger things for her.

This is not exactly an easy show to review which might be part of the problem. Trying to compare it to other shows would be a mistake. It is alot like "Lord of The Flies" and "Alive" but with teenage girls. However that is just a simple explanation. Basically a successful girls soccer team crash lands in the remote wilderness and are forced to learn how to survive. 25 years later the trauma the survivors face is still haunting them. Part survival epic, part psychological horror and part coming-of-age drama. Its about not dealing with your past and what happens years later when it comes back to haunt you.

Halfway season 3, I have to say: this should have been a limited series, maybe a 2-seasons run. Instead, they are stretching too little butter over too much bread, meandering endlessly and focusing on seemingly banal details (the lives of the real housewives of caniballand).

Are they red herrings? I don't think so. They are just bad writing and bad direction. What saves this show from total meltdown are the cast and music.

But good acting can only compensate partly for this loss of focus. So: a lot of promise squandered - I was so happy to have such a strong female-led and female-centered series. It became simply boring.

God I adored this show. First season is spectacular, a marvel, some of the best TV i have ever seen.

Season 2 started going slightly of the rails but the introduction of new/old characters and general investment in the characters made me keep going.

Season 3 guess way, way over the top. Absolutely nothing is even remotely realistic anymore, from the younglings insanely intricate survival costumes, their story advanced camp, the character development. And it all falls completely apart in the last couple of episodes. I feel nothing at all now, writing this as i am shaking my head, bored from the season finale. Im sorry to say but you must either be a little light in the mental departement of you still enjoy this as much as when it started, or, you care absolutely nothing at all about story and development but your just greatly invested in the characters.

Personally i am definitely not coming back for season 4.