Women are judged more harshly than men when it comes to, well, you name it. "Yellowjackets" tests that theory by a bonfire built mainly for survival purposes, save for the gruesome hunt that precedes it. But it puts an even finer point on that notion when we see best friends Jackie (Ella Purnell) …
The reason I got a "B" in Senior English was "Lord of the Flies." I wrote my term paper about why "Lord of the Flies" would have been a different story had it been a cast of girls and not simply boys in the book. That was not the "compare and contrast two characters" assignment my high school …
Have you ever seen a human shish-kabobbed from head to toe? The girls on Showtime's thriller "Yellowjackets" sure have. They've even indulged in the luxuries of devouring fresh human flesh — draining out the blood of their victims before searing the butchered meat on a fire pit. Cannibalism becomes …
Showtime's thriller "Yellowjackets" promises more supernatural spooks, gore and, of course, human flesh before the highly anticipated finale on Jan. 16. But that doesn't mean the fun has to stop then. The show's Spotify playlist brings its flawed characters to life with a balanced assemblage of …
He would be a "floppy-haired, sad-eyed poet boy who ran the school lit magazine . . . We were going to be like, full rivals until we weren't." Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) confesses this to Taissa (Tawny Cypress), imagining what their lives could have been, who they might have loved, as she makes up a …
There's no better event for "Yellowjackets" to close its first season than at Wiskayok High School's 25-year reunion, a place to reconnect with old friends, reconstitute long-dissolved memories and slow-dance to their year's Top 40 hits. As surviving members of the 1996 regional championship soccer …
In hindsight, maybe "Yellowjackets" obsessives focused too much on trying to figure out who was the main dish in the premiere's stomach-turning barbecue. Instead it's the one that closes the season finale: "Who the f**k is Lottie Matthews?!" If that blindsided you, that's good news for showrunner …
