Yellow Jackets : Showtime’s latest signature nugget
Since the early 2000s, the American channel Showtime has earned a solid reputation for producing cult series. Indeed, Dexter, Homeland, Weeds or also Shameless marked the history of television. Like HBO, the channel never hesitated to push the limits of what could and could not be shown on the small screen. With Yellow jacketsproves that sometimes the best jams are made in old jars.
Indeed, this very free adaptation of His Majesty of the Flies is a chilling psychological thriller, halfway between Lost AND The Handmaid’s Tale. Then, we follow a group of teenage girls who are survivors of a horrific plane crash. Lost in the desert, they struggle to survive for 19 months before being rescued. Yellow jackets it also follows the adult versions of these survivors who are struggling to live their lives post-trauma. However, one question remains: what really happened during those 19 months? This is what the series shows us by alternating present moments and flashbacks.
Note that Yellow Jackets features a strong cast including Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci and Juliette Lewis.
Survive the cold
If season 1 wasn’t already very happy, this season 2 seems to be turning into the unhealthy. Watch this first trailer that sees the band of survivors transform into a veritable cannibal cult. On a musical background of cult covers Just a girl (from No Doubt), Yellow jackets reveals to us that young girls will have to make difficult decisions to fight cold and hunger. At the same time, the adult characters are haunted by hallucinatory traumas and gradually see the events of the past resurface.
This season 2 of Yellow Jackets will feature new faces including those of Elijah Wood, Lauren Ambrose and Simone Kessell. This Season 2 kicks off Sunday, March 26 on Showtime and will be seen immediately on Canal+.
Source: Cine Serie
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