“We like to think that we dropped the clues early on.”
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This article contains spoilers from the season 3 finale ofYellowjackets, “Full Circle.”
The call is coming from inside the wilderness.
The Antler Queen is revealed in the season 3 finale of ‘Yellowjackets’.Credit:Darko Sikman/Paramount+
But that doesn’t mean everyone’s safe.
The episode also delivered the long-awaited answers about the series' opening scene.
Oh, and we should mention that Calie (Sarah Desjardins)killed Lottie(Simone Kessell).
Things get wild in the season 3 finale of ‘Yellowjackets’.Kailey Schwerman/Paramount+
So will a potential season 4 the show has not yet been renewed feature a hunt for adult Shauna?
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Shauna is the Antler Queen!
It both makes total sense and in some ways, I didn’t see it coming.
Sophie Nélisse’s Shauna gets dressed as the Antler Queen in the ‘Yellowjackets’ season 3 finale.Darko Sikman/Paramount+
Has it always been Shauna for you all?
ASHLEY LYLE:We like to think that we dropped the clues early on.
She is at the forefront of creating this belief system.
Alexa Barajas is Mari in the ‘Yellowjackets’ season 3 finale.Darko Sikman/Paramount+
but, “What would this experience open up for them?”
She is the ultimate expression of that.
And so to get her into those antlers was very fun for us.
JONATHAN LISCO:When my mom she sees it, I know exactly what she’s going to say.
She’s going to say, “What did you do to Shauna?
Shauna was the one that I was rooting for the whole time.”
And I would just say, “Did we not give you hints along the way?”
Because she was the one suppressing all of this, perhaps the most.
I guess that’s arguable, but she was in this domestic life.
Tawny Cypress as Taissa and Christina Ricci as Misty in the ‘Yellowjackets’ season 3 finale.Darko Sikman/Paramount+
It’s always been there.
Bart, I know you directed the finale.
What went into the recreation of that opening scene?
Sophie Thatcher’s Natalie calls for help in the ‘Yellowjackets’ season 3 finale.Paramount+
BART NICKERSON:A lot of careful work with some great department heads and crew.
It was a lot of going through pictures and trying to line things up.
It was a very long, detailed-oriented process.
The whole show came together and was just firing on all cylinders.
LISCO:I think Bart’s being overly humble.
It’s that kind of thing.
NICKERSON:Yeah, you need everyone to be working really hard toward the same goal.
And I think we’ve been pretty clear that we’re really trying to make something great.
And it’s also about memory.
It needs to be a new perspective on it.
I literally knew it was coming and I still found myself hoping Mari might somehow survive it.
And Alexa is wonderful.
She is the sweetest person, such an incredible talent.
She really rose to the occasion this season.
I also love that you all named your red herring Hannah.
LYLE:[Laughs] That may have been on purpose.
We always saw the stories as crossing paths around this point.
And I think that narrative television has to evolve with that.
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NICKERSON: Yeah, I think the show has so many arenas.
So yeah, just getting to do that more and more is always exciting.
And so to me, that’s endlessly fascinating.
LYLE:The wilderness is a state of mind.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
