Yellowjackets
Storytelling
TV Flash files “Storytelling” as the last listed hour of season 2 — Yellowjackets (2021–) on Showtime, season 2, episode 9, aired 2023-05-26, 61 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E09: listed hour 19 of 29 in the Yellowjackets guide, last listed hour of season 2. It aired 2023-05-26 (61 min). The listed hour before it is “It Chooses” (S02E08). Next is “It Girl” (S03E01).
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Heavy is the head that wears the antler crown is a lesson you don't learn until much later in life… if you ever even learn it at all. Everything's about to get really wild(erness), and we're so excited (so excited!) and so, so scared to find out who paid attention to what lessons and when. So, on the count of three, you may pick up your pencil, open your testing booklet, and start this finale exam. One… Two… Season finale.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Storytelling sit in the Yellowjackets guide?
S02E09 is listed hour 19 of 29 — last listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 9.
When did Yellowjackets S02E09 air?
Storytelling aired 2023-05-26 and is listed at 61 minutes.
Do I need both timelines?
Yes. Dual timeline is the engine: teen survivors in the wilderness and the same women as adults decades later. Skipping the past or present breaks the wound.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson's dual-timeline survival horror for an ensemble that treats female rage as plot engine. Teen soccer crash, wilderness, midlife mess; answers rationed, vibes feral. Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci, and Tawny Cypress as the wound that will not close.
The work is a braid: teen soccer team survivors of a wilderness plane crash hide what they did until midlife mess and present-day consequences reopen the wound. Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson's Showtime series premiered November 14, 2021, and treated female rage as a plot engine across dual timelines — 1996 survival and adult aftermath, cult, cannibalism, and the lie of being fine now. Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, and a younger cast mirror trauma across decades. Horror, dark…
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