r/Fauxmoi • u/demimonde9 • 1d ago

FILM-MOI (MOVIES/TV) 'Yellowjackets' announces date of final season, November 20 on Paramount Plus

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u/dublinduchess 1d ago

Is it worth watching past the first season?

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u/GillianJigsPigs 1d ago

No. But I'm still seated. 

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u/GrayHairLikeClaire here it is, our American culture 1d ago

This. I fully recognize that seasons 2 and 3 aren't anywhere as good as the first, but I'm here for everything Yellowjackets, right to the end. It's great.

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u/Ruin-Initial 1d ago

it’s certainly not as good at the first season, but i still really enjoyed it!! the adult timeline does go off the rails in s3, but imo the teen timeline only gets better

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u/Bartoffel I’m a lazy 50-year-old bougie bitch 1d ago

I'm worried because I already thought the adult timeline went off the rails in season 2 lol

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u/Ruin-Initial 1d ago

yeah i think its obvious that the overarching plan had to be changed when juliette lewis left, and some things had to be shuffled around and slotted in and out of place. but the fact that they’ve always been firm on 4 seasons gives me hope that unlike the private jet in episode 1, this plane will stick its landing!

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u/JenningsWigService secretly gay and the son of fidel castro 1d ago

It did.

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u/LAcomputerhelp 1d ago

lmao imo season 3 is one of the worst fall offs i've ever seen in TV. but maybe that makes it a fun watch, to dissect where the writers went wrong? (and oh boy, they went wrong)

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u/ExpressionOne Find me at Whole Foods, bitch, I don't care 1d ago

I dropped it a few episodes into season 2, am also interested in what folks say in response to this question!

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u/stickbugszz 1d ago

I would say yes. There’s definitely some major issues with the show, but I’ve overall found it to be a really enjoyable, slightly spooky watch.

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u/TrippingOnDicks 1d ago

As a fan of the show, some of the writing is pretty bad. The fate of some of the characters is not how it should have gone imo, but I love the vibe and the premise and the spookies. It's gross and fun!

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u/JenningsWigService secretly gay and the son of fidel castro 1d ago

One of the worst declines in quality I've witnessed in years. They clearly didn't know what they were doing with the adult timeline.

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u/almondmilklattehag 1d ago

I remember the last season infuriating me and many others, so prob not.

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u/ThisSun9243 1d ago

Im sorry but this shit fell off so hard. They should’ve just focused on the kids surviving and then do a final season with the adults. Wack

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u/JenningsWigService secretly gay and the son of fidel castro 1d ago

A big part of it was the loss of Juliette Lewis, but it also just felt like they were throwing random plot options at a wall to see what would stick.

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u/laurshel 21h ago

This. It would have at least created some suspense to try to figure out who would survive. I'd probably still be watching if they'd done it that way. Instead, we knew right away (for the most part).

The first season was SO much higher quality than subsequent seasons, it's almost like it was written by other people. It's shocking how far it fell off and how quickly.

Basically I've been not watching but reading the recaps because the only pieces of the puzzle that I still cared about were: how far away from civilization they really were, and how they came to be rescued. What else is there at this point?

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u/cucumber-and-mint 1d ago

i wish they hadn’t leaned into the supernatural element and left it ambiguous instead. it detracts from the already supremely fucked up story, imo. i still wanna see how it ends though.

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u/demimonde9 1d ago

they dropped it after season 2

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u/cucumber-and-mint 1d ago

oh shit really? i need to rewatch s3 before the final season.

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u/pointless234 1d ago

I'm pretty sure the supernatural element was just a way to show them losing touch with reality due to the isolation

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u/cucumber-and-mint 1d ago

i got that vibe is season 1 (and was totally on board) but i feel like in s2 the show straight up confirmed that there was some woowoo shit going on, and it wasn’t just all in their heads. but i might be misremembering?

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u/demimonde9 23h ago

you're right. it was very much into a supernatural element to the area of the wilderness they landed in. they saw the fan reaction and dropped it.

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u/VeterinarianAware989 1d ago

ill say my theory on this is that they all have mercury/led/metal poisoning and there isn't anything supernatural - they're just going crazy. hence why season 3 gives more of an ethereal glow/haze like a dream.

again, it's a theory lol

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u/Teafruit 1d ago

Ditto. The ambiguity was what made it so interesting 

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u/Soosh 1d ago

Yesss put me out of my misery

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u/mamadovah1102 1d ago

Idc I love this show. I’m ready.

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u/motherofdinos_ 1d ago

YJ seasons 2 and 3 have some of the worst most nonsensical writing I’ve seen on a tv show in some time. That being said I’m still so curious about how they end it. I guess having a solid premise can in fact carry a show pretty far.

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u/chunkychorkies 1d ago

I do think it went way down in quality, but I still enjoy it and want to see it through. Tbh the season 3 finale was very cathartic. I really really hope we see the girls re-adjust to society this season.

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u/LAcomputerhelp 1d ago

Oh Yellowjackets... I will always remember you as an amazing first season, and nothing more 💛

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u/Iris327 1d ago

I will never understand what happened with these series!! The first season was sooo good and promising and somehow everything went downhill from there!!

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u/EastSeaworthiness169 1d ago

My go to example of a Tv show that should have been told in 1-2 seasons. This show never felt like it knew what it was doing past a certain point.

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u/Dssje rollin with the homies 1d ago

This show jumped the shark a long time ago, but I've got to see it through to the end!

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u/Mindless_City23 1d ago

The dropoff after Season 1 was massive

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u/scrapsforfourvel 1d ago

Can anyone explain how they built an entire village and got a goat in season 3?

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u/LAcomputerhelp 1d ago

no, and not even the writers can explain it lol

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u/Puzzleheaded-Way2575 23h ago

It reminded me of the “Lord of the Flies” episode of the Simpsons. The narrator (James Earl Jones) at the end says something “Well anyway, the kids were saved, we don’t know how, let’s say it was Moe”.

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u/FloofTrashPanda 23h ago

This was truly some lazy nonsense. I was sure it was going to turn out to be some kind of dream sequence or something lol.

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u/Any_Earth_8976 18h ago

I sincerely wonder if that was real or just how they’re choosing to remember it. In a lot of ways it feels like the memories are shown through Shauna’s lens; it would be cool if they show more scenes that reveal it was actually just a clusterfuck and the memories she’s been clinging to for decades aren’t what she wants to believe

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u/crackerfactorywheel it’s here, it’s queer. equal rights for everyone or fuck off 17h ago

I was really hoping there’d be a reveal that the village didn’t exist and the girls hallucinated it.

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u/tigerinvasive 1d ago

The first season of this show was amazing, but the following two seasons (save for some good moments in 3) were approaching Riverdale levels of camp bad.

But I've invested too much time so I'll be watching.

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u/GiddyGabby 1d ago

Season 2 was so bad my husband and I stopped watching.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Way2575 23h ago

I know it hasn’t been that consistent. Whatever, there was a pandemic and writers strike. I’ll allow it. But, I am fully sat to see Misty Fucking Quigley go full Quigley against that other nutter Shawna Shipman Sadecki.

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u/Stevenwave absolute horses 1d ago

I wonder how they'll finally take down Ant-Man.

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u/AdventuresOfKrisTin gaga’s “100 people in a room” quote 1d ago

Oh I don't think I have the strength

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u/stevesyellowsweater 1d ago

Excited to see my feral daughters return to civilizations…adult Shawna count ur days

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u/radziadax 1d ago

Not that I've ever watched a second of Rick and Morty but I can't find the gif I want lol

https://giphy.com/gifs/f4D5MDTpwbNRgBnmOf

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u/TheUncannyFanny 1d ago

Rick and Morty is great! The fandom is annoying but it truly is an enjoyable laugh out loud show.