“Yellowjackets” Season 3 took followers on a wild rollercoaster with surprising twists, murders and killers.
The Submit spoke to Ashley Sutton, who joined the collection this season as Hanna, the frog scientist-turned-captive after a run-in with the misplaced “Yellowjackets,” concerning the mind-blowing finale and the present’s future.
Hanna was harmless till she modified the course of her destiny by plunging a knife into her colleague’s eye (Joel McHale) to show her loyalty to the starved soccer staff in Episode 9.
Warning: Season 3 finale spoilers beneath.
The Season 3 finale delivered with the query of who killed Grownup Lottie (Simone Kessell) lastly being answered, and it was an unlikely perpetrator.
Grownup Shauna, performed by Melanie Lynskey, comes dwelling to find her home empty and her household, husband Jeff (Warren Kole) and daughter Callie (Sarah Desjardins), gone and not using a hint.
Pondering her twisted fellow “Yellowjacket” survivor grownup Misty (Christina Ricci) did one thing with them, Shauna confronts her — solely to study the horrible fact.
Callie pushed Lottie down the steps to her premature loss of life solely after the wilderness guru mentioned she was a product of their time caught within the woods.
Audiences see a extra sinister aspect of grownup Shauna after studying the information, with the mother seemingly embracing her darkness after discovering that her daughter has killed, too.
Watchers of “Yellowjackets” noticed grownup Taissa, aka Tai (Tawny Cypress), do the identical after Van (Lauren Ambrose) is stabbed within the coronary heart by Grownup Melissa (Hilary Swank). Taking her lifeless physique out to the woods to what viewers assume is to bury her, Tai eats her longtime lover Van’s coronary heart.
Issues weren’t any tamer for his or her teenage counterparts trapped within the wild, both.
They mentioned goodbye to teen Mari (Alexa Barajas) in a brutal and disgusting manner after looking her down within the woods — and Hanna (Sutton) turned an integral a part of the “Yellowjackets” attainable return dwelling.
Within the finale, the teenagers set to trick teen Shauna (Sophie Nelisse) after she forbids them from utilizing the newly-discovered transponder for assist, so that they devise a plan by disguising Hanna as teen Natalie (Sophie Thatcherx) whereas the true Nat climbs to a mountain peak and makes a connection to the skin world.
That’s the place the finale, rightly titled “Full Circle,” ends.
Whereas chatting with Sutton, she instructed The Submit that she was simply as shocked as everybody to find it wasn’t her character who was killed off within the finale regardless of being the best goal.
“I came in assuming I was pit girl, or as I’ve been calling her, upside down naked girl,” she shared, referencing the scene after teen Mari’s physique is dragged from the dagger-rigged pit and ready for consuming.
“And then, it gets revealed in Episode 10 that I’m actually part of saving everybody,” she added, sharing that she believes her character “with all of her heart, wants everybody to go home.”
Whereas Sutton’s character had many memorable moments over the season, together with killing off considered one of her personal, the actress instructed The Submit that her second with Natalie “it’s my favorite scene that I filmed.”
As of the time of publication, Showtime and Paramount+ haven’t but introduced a “Yellowjackets” Season 4 — and Sutton mentioned she’s hoping as a fan, herself, that it’s renewed.
“I mean, as a fan, I want them to pick it up because I need to know the ending. I need to know. I need to know who’s doing all of this. Or is it some, like, mysterious, like I need to know?” she responded about all of the lacking connections that viewers are craving for. “I need the answers. I don’t have the answers, and I’m hoping that there is a pick-up.”
The star additionally identified that viewers have to see the women get dwelling and navigate again into regular life after doing unimaginable issues to remain alive whereas being trapped within the wilderness for over 19 months after their aircraft crash.
Sutton additionally shared how grateful she was to her co-stars and colleagues for accepting her as considered one of their very own.
“I just truly love her so much. And I am so grateful that they gave me the opportunity to play her and that the cast was just so welcoming, the crew was so welcoming,” she shared of her position as Hanna. “It just felt so safe. It felt like home, and I hope we get to do [it again].”
Viewers hope so, too, and there may be nonetheless an opportunity.
“Yellowjackets” co-creator Ashley Lyle shared that she and the opposite showrunners (her husband, Bart Nickerson and Jonathan Lisco) initially deliberate the present for a five-season run.
“The original plan was about five seasons, and we feel like we’re still on track for that,” she instructed Leisure Weekly in March 2023. “So far, we’ve been really on track.” Nevertheless, in showbiz, rather a lot can occur in two years.
“Yellowjackets” Season 3 finale begins streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime on Friday at 3 a.m. ET.
