IT’S NO SECRET THAT there’s an avalanche of new, scripted television coming at us every year, which makes it extra special when the weirder ones become hits.
For example, when Showtime Original series Yellowjackets landed in November 2021, no one expected a horror series about a team of New Jersey high school girl soccer players who survive a gruesome plane crash in the frigid northwest to become a critical and global phenomenon.
But its multiple timeline storytelling, set immediately post-crash in 1996 and also in 2021; large, mostly female ensemble cast; and frank exploration of dark issues, including hints at cannibalism, proved to be manna.
Returning for its second season this month, picks right up in addressing its myriad of
