The wait is nearly over for fans of Showtime’s Yellowjackets. A gripping new trailer for season 3 has dropped, teasing more dark secrets, twisted survival instincts, and emotional chaos for the ill-fated group of wilderness survivors. The series returns on Paramount+ with Showtime on February 14 with a two-episode premiere, followed by its on-air debut on February 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Set to the menacing tune of Drowning Pool’s “Bodies,” the trailer hints at the psychological and physical scars left by the wilderness. It ominously declares, “The only way to be safe is to be the only one left.” This season promises to peel back more layers of the characters’ fractured lives, both in their teenage years and as adults grappling with the haunting consequences of their past.
Yellowjackets follows a high school girls’ soccer team who, after surviving a plane crash in the remote northern wilderness, must navigate a harrowing fight for survival. Twenty-five years later, the women are still battling the psychological fallout, as long-buried secrets threaten to resurface.
The trailer narrates the chilling premise like a dark fairytale: “Once upon a time, a bunch of teenage girls got stranded in the Wilderness. And they hunted their friends, feasted on their flesh, and they went completely nuts.”
In season 3, as summer arrives, the team faces a fragile reprieve after enduring a brutal winter. But their trust in one another begins to fracture, threatening their chances of survival. Meanwhile, in the present day, the survivors wrestle with new suspicions and must confront their own identities and the disturbing truths they’ve tried to bury.
The ensemble cast includes Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, and Simone Kessell. Elijah Wood returns in a recurring role, while Hilary Swank and Joel McHale join as guest stars.
Yellowjackets is co-created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, with Jonathan Lisco serving as co-showrunner and executive producer alongside Drew Comins, Sarah L. Thompson, and others. The series is produced by Lionsgate Television and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
Season 2’s shocking moments, including a cannibalism episode, left both the cast and viewers shaken. Courtney Eaton, who plays teenage Lottie, recalled the intense filming process, telling Rolling Stone, “We tried to joke and bring some light to it, but once you got into shooting, your brain got so convinced that you were doing something wrong.”