These substantially, strikingly similar elements leave little doubt that most substantive elements ofYellowjacketsare copied fromEden.

The real question is how did normal girls get from point A to point B?

The show is a metaphor for teenage hierarchy.

Samantha Hanratty, Alexa Barajas, Courtney Eaton, Sophie Nélisse, Nia Sondaya, Sophie Thatcher, Steven Krueger and Kevin Alves stand around a frozen corpse in the snowy wilderness in a still from ‘Yellowjackets’.

Samantha Hanratty, Alexa Barajas, Courtney Eaton, Sophie Nélisse, Nia Sondaya, Sophie Thatcher, Steven Krueger and Kevin Alves in ‘Yellowjackets’Kailey Schwerman/Showtime

These girls were already ravaging one another in 1996.

Season 3ofYellowjacketspremieres on Showtime in 2025.

(L-R): Lauren Ambrose as Van, Simone Kessell as Lottie, Juliette Lewis as Natalie, Melanie Lynskey as Shauna, Christina Ricci as Misty and Tawny Cypress as Taissa

Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson attend the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards on March 13, 2022 in Century City, California.Gilbert Flores/Deadline