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Yellowjackets showrunners Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson break down the Season 1 finale, why [SPOILER] had to die, and what that ending means for the present-day survivors.
The Showtime series Yellowjackets successfully wears a lot of different hats , so to speak. Part-coming-of-age story, part-psychological thriller, the show revolves around a high school girls' soccer team who finds themselves unexpectedly stranded in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash — and what they're forced to resort to in order to survive until their rescue.
BART NICKERSON: I would say that I'm not super online. I tried being online for a month, five years ago, and I was just like... I have some friends who have had that experience of — they did cocaine once and were just like, "This will destroy my life. I can never do this again." So, that was kind of how I felt about being online. I guess I actually have the perfect situation now, because Ashley's very online, and she can sort of keep me abreast of things.
NICKERSON: That was actually something that was a part of the show very early. Jackie's death was actually how we ended a 35-minute tightly scripted pitch that we did for what feels like 2,000 people. It was actually something even back when the show and that pitch were just sort of conversations that Ashley and I were having.
You talked before about how that was a part of your initial pitch. Were there were any unexpected storylines or plot threads that emerged while you were breaking the season that weren't always present?