The story follows a high school girls' soccer team whose plane crashes in the remote Ontario wilderness in 1996. For 19 months, they descend into a harrowing tribalism that hints at the supernatural. In the present day, 25 years later, the survivors are haunted by a past they’ve sworn to keep secret, only to find someone is intent on digging it up. Why it works:
: The present-day plot focuses on a blackmail plot and the psychological scars that continue to affect the women's adult relationships and sanity. Critical Reception Yellowjackets Showtime Series Review | Season 1 yellowjackets s01
struggles with addiction, unable to reconcile the person she became to survive with the world she returned to. The story follows a high school girls' soccer
Trigger considerations
9.5/10. The only thing scarier than the woods is the girls you brought with you. Why it works: : The present-day plot focuses
The first season builds a mythology that is both terrifying and deeply moving. It answers just enough questions to satisfy you (we learn who dies immediately, we learn the origin of the symbol) while leaving the biggest mystery dangling: Who is the Antler Queen, and what did they eat first?
In the (25 years later), the survivors are adults struggling with the trauma of what they did to stay alive. When an anonymous blackmailer threatens to reveal the truth about their time in the woods, the women are forced back together to protect their secrets. The Dual Cast: A Masterclass in Casting