• News
  • Life
  • TV & Film
  • Beauty
  • Style
  • Home
  • News
    • Celebrity
    • Entertainment
    • Politics
    • Royal Family
  • Life
    • Animals
    • Food & Drink
    • Women's Health
    • Mental Health
    • Sex & Relationships
    • Travel
    • Real Life
  • TV & Film
    • True Crime
    • Documentaries
    • Netflix
    • BBC
    • ITV
    • Tyla Recommends
  • Beauty
    • Hair
    • Make-up
    • Skincare
  • Style
    • Home
    • Fashion
    • Shopping
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
Submit Your Content
Yellowjackets Writers Explain Why This Character Had To Die

Home> TV & Film

Updated 18:13 17 Jan 2022 GMTPublished 18:14 17 Jan 2022 GMT

Yellowjackets Writers Explain Why This Character Had To Die

Hmm... we'll allow it.

Ali Condon

Ali Condon

Warning: Major spoilers for Yellowjackets ahead!

Teen survival drama Yellowjackets gripped viewers from the get-go when it first landed on our TVs.

And after a whirlwind first season and a dramatic finale, people are going back to analyse - with the help of series co-creator Ashley Lyle.

You can watch the trailer for Yellowjackets here:

The series follows an all-girls high school soccer team from New Jersey, who find themselves fighting for their lives after their plane crashes deep in to the wilderness during a journey to Seattle for a national tournament.

On one timeline, we see the surviving teammates work to stay alive in the wilderness for 19 months. The other flashes forward 25 years after the crash to see how those remaining are dealing with the trauma.

In the season finale, the main casualty was team captain Jackie, and while disappointed, fans were at least happy to know that her death was not caused by someone trying to eat her.

The creator Yellowjackets has explained one dramatic death. (
Showtime)

Rather, Jackie is kicked out of the girls' cabin after an argument, and is left to sleep outside during a snowstorm to freeze to death.

Reflecting on the death in an interview with Rolling Stone, Ashley Lyle revealed that she and Bart Nickerson had always planned for Jackie to die.

She said: "We always knew how and when she was going to die. We had word-for-word, scripted, and a memorised pitch that we made a lot of people sit through. The final phrase was, 'And as the first snow begins to fall, we end Season One.'

"We knew that Jackie was going to die. In the most straightforward way, our show is operating on that Lord of the Flies level. She was symbolic of society and the home that they had known, and the ways of thinking and behaving, and all of those structures."

Jackie freezes to death in the season finale. (
Showtime)

She adds: "We hope people are moved and satisfied by Jackie's death, and that they aren't disappointed that she's not murdered and eaten in the last episode! We'll get to that stuff eventually. This just felt right to us in terms of what needed to happen."

Fans who had been shocked by the brutal death were more than happy with the creators' poetic explanation - and it got them even more excited for season two!

"I like the idea of her symbolising the society they're no longer a part of. It's the civilised part of them dying," commented one fan. "Now they are like the animals around them. I like it."

Another wrote: "I honestly never thought about it that way, and really like the way they did it after reading this justification."

Roll on season two!

Featured Image Credit: Showtime

Topics: TV And Film

Ali Condon
Ali Condon

Ali is a journalist for LADbible Group, writing on all things film, music, and entertainment across Tyla, LADbible and UNILAD. You can contact Ali at [email protected].

X

@alicondon

Choose your content:

7 days ago
11 days ago
20 days ago
  • 7 days ago

    People are just realising where they recognise Love Island USA star from

    Fans of the American version of the hit reality TV shows are rushing to social media to share their reactions to the new Casa Amor bombshell

    Entertainment
  • 11 days ago

    Lilo and Stitch fans have 'goosebumps' after realising why original movie was forced to be drastically changed

    The Disney classic could have been a very different film without the changes made before its release

    Entertainment
  • 20 days ago

    1000-lb Sisters Tammy Slaton reveals heartbreaking reason why she will no longer date men

    The reality star has been in the spotlight recently after her incredible transformation following skin removal surgery

    Entertainment
  • 20 days ago

    1000-lb Sisters’ Tammy Slaton issues statement after facing ‘vaping’ accusations amid major skin removal transformation

    Slaton has broken her silence after she came under fire from worried fans following her skin removal procedure

    Entertainment