SPOILERS: This post contains details about theYellowjackets, Season 3 episode A Normal, Boring Life
With two episodes left in the season,Yellowjacketsfinally revealed one of its biggest guest stars yet.
Co-creatorsAshley LyleandBart Nickersonpreviously spoke to Deadline ahead of this weekends episode A Normal, Boring Life, in whichHilary Swankwas revealed to be the adult version of Jenna Burgess character Melissa.
At first, when we aired the first couple episodes, I felt like, Theyre on to us,' admitted Lyle.
Hilary Swank as Melissa in ‘Yellowjackets’Kailey Schwerman/Paramount+ with Showtime
I think that a lot of people are assuming at this point that she is adult Melissa, but I saw things like, shes an FBI agent, shes a relative of somebody, and they were all very interesting, good guesses.
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Otherwise, Lyle and Nickerson have both taken a very big step back from the Reddit and other social media platforms when it comes to reading fan theories and discussions.
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After receiving a tape in the mail that contains audio of their frog scientist murder in the wilderness, Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) tracked down the daughter of one such scientist, only to find that shes now married and has a family with Melissa, whom Shauna and her teammates believed was dead.
Hilary Swank as Melissa and Melanie Lynskey as Shauna in ‘Yellowjackets’ (Kailey Schwerman/Paramount+ with Showtime)
With a volatile situationship evolving between teen Shauna (Sophie Nelisse) and Melissa (Burgess) in the 90s timeline, their modern-day reunion is made all the more dramatic.
And as adult Melissa denies blackmailing the group, Shaunas animalistic side resurfaces, forcing her ex to eat a slice of her own flesh in the final moments of the episode.
Fans will have to wait to see how the reunion plays out when a new episode streams next Friday on Paramount+ withShowtimebefore airing Sunday at 8 p.m. on Showtime.
