Yellowjackets Hive: The wait is over, and our favorite stranded soccer team is back – buzzing louder than ever!

Yellowjackets Season 3, Episode 1 "It Girl" kicks off with high spirits at the best Canadian Summer Camp ever. Winter’s grip has passed, and every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end (hello, ominous 90s lyrics).

Back in the 90s:

• Natalie, Our Reluctant Queen: Newly-crowned leader Natalie grapples with the fallout of Javi’s death and the burden of keeping the group alive.
• Lottie’s Not-So-Retirement: Freed from antler duty, Lottie has given herself to understanding the darkness still lurking in those woods. And maybe she’s not the only one hearing voices in her head before Randy Orton ever did.
• Shauna’s Grief Glow-Up: Still haunted by her baby’s fate, Shauna channels her pain into fierce protectiveness—living her truth, no apologies.
• Melissa Steps Up (Mari, Maybe Tone It Down?): Turns out, Melissa actually has a personality. So perhaps it's time for Mari to dial hers back.

In Present Day:

• Natalie’s Death Looms Large: The aftermath of last season’s tragic cliffhanger wastes no time with the briefest funeral ever.
• Healing, Misty-Style: Misty tries to channel Natalie for some high-risk healing—because when in doubt, do what Nat would do.
• Callie Raises the Gross-Out Bar: High school cafeteria lunch hits a new level of disgusting thanks to Shauna’s daughter. Yes, Jeff briefly fears it could be human meat. (And stop calling it "chronic," Jeff.)
• Tai & Van’s Messy, Tender Reunion: Tai Van shippers rejoice as they navigate Van’s health struggles and Tai’s wilder side in one of the most raw moments of the episode, leading to romantic hijinks. (It's all fun and games until somehow dies. Didn't Silver Spoons teach us anything about the dangers of "dine and dash?)
• Lottie’s New Home: She’s now in a home for the "differently sane"—we'll let you interpret what that means.

We break it all down in this supersized premiere pod, available wherever you get your podcasts… or perhaps on a DAT tape delivered in a mysterious envelope.

New episodes of Yellowjackets drop Fridays at 12:01 AM ET on Showtime/Paramount+, and you know we’ll be here every week to guide you through the wilderness.

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