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Yellowjackets joined Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event with a panel featuring the show’s creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson and stars Christina Ricci and Melanie Lynske y. With each season of Showtime ‘s psychological drama unraveling more of the story, going into Season 3 had writer and EP Lyle feeling a certain way. Related Stories ‘Yellowjackets’ Star Reveals Death Scene Was “Initial Plan” & Recalls Laying “Naked On A Table” In Final Episode: “I Knew From The Beginning” ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3 Premiere Attracts 2.
03M Viewers, Buzzing Past Previous Series Streaming Record “I always feel like I’m sh*tting my pants,” she said about taking on each season of the show. “It’s terrifying, but it’s a really exciting challenge, and luckily, the design of the show and the concept of the show was such that we knew each season would get crazier and more chaotic and more violent and deranged. We at least had that going into it.
Everything that happens this season in terms of the downward spiral of all these women, and their younger selves, was something that we had thought of from the very beginning.” RELATED: Contenders TV — Deadline’s Complete Coverage Watch on Deadline With two more episodes remaining to air in Season 3, Lyle teased that she was “excited for everyone to see the finale,” an episode titled “Full Circle” that Nickerson directed. “I think he nailed it,” Lyle said, praising Nickerson’s work, adding, “It’s got a lot of answers.
” RELATED: 35 Of The Most Anticipated New & Returning TV Shows Of 2025 Lyle stopped herself from revealing more as she didn’t want to spoil the finale, but feels like “people will be very satisfied, in certain ways, and hopefully want more at the same time.” Lyle said they have a “concept” for how they want Yellowjackets to end, which they have had right from the beginning. “Jonathan Lisco, our co-showrunner, has a saying, which is that ‘Making television is like building a plane as it’s taking off,'” she said.
“We always try to leave room for better ideas that may come. We pitched this show seven years ago. We have an endpoint in mind.
We know where we’re heading, but we have an absolute brilliant group of writers that we’re working [with]. We have the writers room. We have our incredible collaborators in our actors and so we know where we want to go, but we want to leave some room for how we get there.
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