Yellowjackets
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Our Review
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Yellowjackets (2021) is a drama and horror series from Paramount+. It premiered on November 14, 2021. Viewers rate it 6.9 out of 10. It is currently running. It runs 4 seasons.
What Yellowjackets Is About
Yellowjackets follows a girls’ high school soccer team. In 1975, the Dearborn High Yellowjackets became the first team in state history to qualify for the Girls’ U.S. Soccer Championship Series in Manchester, NH. They never got the chance to compete. Equal parts survival epic, horror story and pitch black coming of age, Yellowjackets tells the story of the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness, chronicling their descent from a friendly, cooperative team to warring, cannibalistic clans. At the same time, it follows the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly twenty-five years later, proving that the past is never really past and what began out in the wilderness is far from over.
What to Expect When You Watch
The format keeps each instalment self-contained enough to drop into, spread across 4 seasons and it leans into its drama/horror roots while leaving room for the quieter character beats.
Performance-wise the series leans on Tawny Cypress, Jasmin Savoy Brown and Sophie Thatcher to carry the emotional weight, with the rest of the ensemble filling out the world around them.
Cast and Creative Team
Tawny Cypress, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Christina Ricci, Sammi Hanratty and Courtney Eaton lead the cast.
Key roles include Tawny Cypress as Adult Taissa Turner; Jasmin Savoy Brown as Teen Taissa; Sophie Thatcher as Teen Natalie; Christina Ricci as Adult Misty Quigley; Sammi Hanratty as Teen Misty.
Why It Stands Out
Fans of drama, horror and supernatural have a clear reason to give this one a shot. It sits comfortably alongside Paramount+’s other originals, a 6.9/10 audience score puts it in steady company and it commits to its premise instead of hedging between tones.
Released in 2021 and carried by Paramount+ with the series still running, it lands hardest with drama and horror viewers.
How Yellowjackets Compares
If Yellowjackets lands for you, the next stops are Breaking Bad, Firefly and The Wire, which share its drama/horror lean.
Each of those sits at a different point on the same spectrum, so they make a natural follow-up once you finish the run here.
Where to Stream
Yellowjackets comes from Paramount+. Check your preferred platform for current availability, since regional rights move around.
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On the whole Yellowjackets is the kind of series that rewards a patient watch, with Tawny Cypress and Jasmin Savoy Brown doing the heaviest lifting, a tone that stays true to its drama/horror roots, It has held up since 2021 and so if the premise sounds like your lane, the execution holds up.
The Bottom Line
Yellowjackets is a safe bet for anyone already inside the drama and horror lane, the audience score holds around 6.9/10 and so there is little risk in starting it tonight.
Verdict: 6.9/10. Watch it if you want drama/horror you can settle into.
