Yellowjackets Season 3 (2025) – Spoiler Free Review

Bow to your new queen. The third season of the triller drama Yellowjackets came to an end last Friday, April 11, 2025 offering long-awaited answers to some of the show’s most burning questions while simultaneously leaving us buzzing with a slightly frustrating mix of emotions. The “Pit Girl” that we saw in the pilot episode finally has a name and face, the antler queen has revealed herself, and the wilderness surfaced the darkest side yet of some of the girls.

In season three, as summer arrives, the Yellowjackets face a fragile victory – the brutal winter that nearly claimed them is finally behind them, but distrust in leadership and tension within the team jeopardize their chances of being rescued. In the present, long-buried secrets from their pasts begin to surface. As the women fight to keep their lives from unraveling, they must confront a chilling question: who are they really, and what dark truths are they hiding from each other and themselves?

Season 3 plot

The wilderness/past storyline remained the season’s most compelling aspect, driven by phenomenal performances. The young cast in this timeline once again delivered powerful portrayals of raw fear, developing power dynamics, and the environment’s creeping influence. Sophie Thatcher’s performance as young Natalie is a highlight and Emmy-worthy. The summer months, a deceptive period of calm before the storm for the Yellowjackets, were depicted with masterful slow-burn tension. However, the present-day timeline felt, at times, like it was struggling to keep pace. While the adult survivors grappled with the deaths of two key characters and faced new threats – Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) battling a mysterious tormentor and Misty (Christina Ricci) navigating her complicated relationship with Walter (Elijah Wood) – the overarching narrative felt less cohesive.

This season’s final episode ‘Full Circle” rescues the season, gives us the answers we’ve been craving since the pilot episode, and leaves us on the mountaintop wondering what will happen next. A fourth season has yet to be confirmed, but given the open ending we witnessed, canceling the series now is a terrible idea and will break more than a few hearts. This season, we also say goodbye to characters we thought would go further, but The Wilderness arrived first for them. With these absences now in the plot, the writers must now, more than ever, establish a more concrete direction to close this complicated and mysterious story in the most satisfying way possible.

All three seasons of Yellowjackets are now available to stream on Paramount+.