“As soon as upon a time, there was a spot known as the wilderness.” However as viewers of Showtime’s Yellowjackets are nicely conscious, there was no woodland fairytale to observe. The primary full trailer for season two of the hit drama, which follows a highschool women’ soccer group whose aircraft crashes and the present-day lives of those that survived their 19-month sojourn within the woods, is formally right here—and issues are trying bleak.
Within the sophomore season’s present-day storyline, stars Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, and Tawny Cypress are nonetheless carrying the “darkness” the teenage variations of themselves—performed by Sophie Nélisse, Samantha Hanratty, Sophie Thatcher, and Tawny Cypress, respectively—grappled with a long time earlier. There are additionally a number of new arrivals to the present this 12 months, together with Lauren Ambrose as grownup goalie Van, who’s performed up to now by Liv Hewson; Jason Ritter (Lynskey’s real-life husband) in an undisclosed position; and Elijah Wooden as Walter, who connects with Ricci’s Misty over their shared ardour for citizen detective work.
Then there may be the entrance of grownup Lottie Simone Kessell (performed by Courtney Eaton up to now), whose delicate psychological state amidst withdrawal from antipsychotic medicine emboldens her to turn into an Antler Queen. Within the ‘90s storyline, she forges a cult-like presence amongst her teammates. Current-day Lottie, who was dedicated to a psychological establishment in Switzerland for various years, looks like she nonetheless has some Antler Queen in her as nicely. “She’s come into her life,” Kessell advised Self-importance Honest in a preview of season two. “She’s discovered her voice, and she or he’s used it in a manner to assist educate—she kind of brings remedy to individuals…. She has reinvented herself from the darkness into the sunshine. She leads a gaggle of damaged toys. The previous 25 years she’s reinvented herself as a pacesetter, as a guru, as a healer. And with that, she has created her personal world.”
That includes Florence + The Machine’s cowl of No Doubt’s 1995 track “Only a Woman,” the trailer consists of affirmation that Lewis’s Natalie survived her season 1 finale abduction by Lottie. It additionally teases a long-awaited reunion between former flames Taissa and Van, and younger Van’s premonition: “I really feel like shit’s going to get quite a bit worse out right here.”
Yellowjackets season 2 will stream for Showtime subscribers on March 24, adopted by a premium cable TV debut on March 26. And extra haunting mysteries await in an already introduced third season.
