"Wanting a reset": Yellowjackets co-creator Ashley Lyle discusses Season 3 as showrunner Jonathan Lisco joins

Yellowjackets Season 3 premiered on Paramount+ on February 14, 2025, with two episodes, and new episodes will be released weekly, every Sunday. The Season 3 premiere was a surprise for the audience because, instead of picking up right where Season 2 had ended, it began with a time jump. The girls are now seen living during the summer season, rather than at the time their cabin was burnt to ashes, leaving them out in the cold.

The time jump seems essential for the storytelling and character revelations because Yellowjackets Season 3 is set to unpack a lot. In the words of Courtney Eaton,

“Oh my god, this season is so juicy, and there are so many moments that are, like, delicate to talk about. I think there's a real power that comes through Sophie Nélisse this year. Also, she's my best friend, so I'm just going to say it and plug her. [Laughs] But I think she just holds her own, and just brings this fear that is unexpected. You're like, “Oh, you're scary on another level.” There's Lottie, and then there's Shauna.”

With the season promising to be filled with character revelations and an intense storyline, let us now explore what Yellowjackets co-creator Ashley Lyle had to say about the season.

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Ashley Lyle mentioned they wanted a reset with Yellowjackets Season 3

In an interview with Variety, Ashley Lyle said,

“Ultimately, it boiled down to really wanting a reset, and it felt to us as though the best way to just make a clean break was to do the time jump. And we had played around with the idea of doing flashbacks during Van’s storytelling hour, but ultimately, we thought that that sort of undermined the power of the break and of the reset.”

She further added,

“Also, frankly, from a purely producorial standpoint, to recreate the winter in the summer is not an easy thing to do. We knew we wanted to have as many resources as possible for a number of things that we knew were coming up, and frankly, them in the snow — keeping things up — it just didn’t feel worth it. It felt as though it was more fun to just dive right in.”

Jonathan Lisco, the showrunner, also mentioned that this time jump showcases how strong these girls are. The audience is bound to be impressed when they see how the girls have built small cottages and a whole village with rabbits and ducks, without any flashbacks showing how they managed after the burning of their cabin.

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More about Yellowjackets Season 3

As mentioned earlier, Yellowjackets Season 3 opens in spring, and the viewers see how the girls have built small, cozy cottages for themselves. There is no mention of the burning incident from the previous season, increasing the audience's curiosity for obvious reasons. As Lyle told The Hollywood Reporter,

“What did they do out there? That’s something raised in the very first episode of the show. We learn a lot more about what they did out there this season.”

With a thrilling storyline and shocking revelations in store, it remains to be seen how Yellowjackets Season 3 addresses all the questions from Season 2 and takes the narrative forward.

Yellowjackets can be streamed on Paramount+.

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