Yellowjackets

I was looking for a new show to binge and since Yellowjackets has gotten nothing but great reviews from both critics and audience alike I chose this. I'm glad I did because it is something both original and entertaining. I know a lot of people are comparing this to Lord of the Flies and I can definitely see that comparison, it has that kind of feel to the show but also something original. It's an intense mystery thriller that will keep you guessing and wanting more throughout the series. You end up becoming so invested in it that you can't wait to see what happens next and you'll want to binge it as quickly as possible. The entire cast is great here but Melanie Lynskey and Christina Ricci are the real standouts here. Both were just nominated for an Emmy, as was the show itself for best drama. It also currently has a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. That's how good this is, it's being nominated for every major award their is. I was really looking forward to Season 2 because there are still a lot of unanswered questions that need to be answered but for every answer they provide, there are more questions. Season 2 just ended and there's still way too many unanswered questions.

I finally gave in and gave Yellowjackets a try after hearing so many great things about it. I actually liked it much more than I thought I would, to the point where I'm actually mad at myself for putting it off as long as I did. All the twists and turns will keep on the edge of your seat every episode to the point it becomes addicting. It has everything you want in a good show...drama, mystery, comedy, action, etc. There's not a bad episode in the series, there's so slow episodes but not bad episodes. The acting is what really carries the show though. Melanie Lynskey deserves every bit of praise that she's been getting for her role. She's so good that it's the type of performance that's going to lead to even bigger things for her.

The series started off great-I was hooked immediately. The concept of a group trying to survive in a thrilling jungle-mountain scenario was really engaging.

Season 1 - 9/10 Stayed true to its storyline: a group of high school students struggling to survive in the wild. It was intense and well-executed.

Season 2 - 8.5/10 I didn't love that the focus shifted away from the teens. The spotlight was split between them and the adults, making it feel less like the teen survival series it started as.

Season 3 - 6.5/10 This season feels like they almost forgot about the teens. There's a big jump from the last episode of Season 2, but they never explain how the group went from a bad situation to a better one-it just skips over it completely with explaining nothing .

Instead, about 70% of the focus is now on the adults, which I don't like. The interesting survival aspects of the younger characters are mostly ignored.

The first episodes had minimal action, making them boring to watch. Now that six episodes have aired, there's some improvement, but I'm still not happy with the direction. Maybe it's just me, but I started watching this as a teen survival show, and now it has turned into something else.

If you don't mind the shift in focus, you might still enjoy it, but for me, it's been a little disappointing .

Halfway season 3, I have to say: this should have been a limited series, maybe a 2-seasons run. Instead, they are stretching too little butter over too much bread, meandering endlessly and focusing on seemingly banal details (the lives of the real housewives of caniballand).

Are they red herrings? I don't think so. They are just bad writing and bad direction. What saves this show from total meltdown are the cast and music.

But good acting can only compensate partly for this loss of focus. So: a lot of promise squandered - I was so happy to have such a strong female-led and female-centered series. It became simply boring.

Season 1 was really good, but starting with Season 2, it isn't the same TV show anymore. It's the kind of show that invents a lot of nonsensical bull... just to extend its run. In the end, I'm 100% sure that viewers will have more questions than answers. The current timeline is overloaded with events yet lacks proper character development-you can fast-forward through more than half of that portion of the show. When Season 3 began, I decided to give it a try, but I eventually gave up. The clichés had already started, which means it won't be the final season; it will just drag on unnecessarily as they keep inventing whatever nonsense-like dreams, etc.-just to fill a 50-minute episode.