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The twisted tale of Showtime's Yellowjackets will end with Season 4. Creators of the show, Bart Nickelson and Ashley Lyle, announced on Friday that Season 4 of the fan-favorite thriller series will be its final series.
As per Deadline, the creators of Yellowjackets might have been inspired by the popular show Succession, ending on a high note after Season 4, and decided to conclude their season after a thrilling Season 4. The news also comes after Paramount Global's acquisition by Skydance in August.
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The Showtime series premiered in 2021 and followed the story of a group of girls, part of their high school soccer team, being stranded in the woods after their plane crashes. The series depicts how the survivors, in their adulthood, try to assimilate into civilization again but cannot shake off the things that they had done and endured to survive alone in the wilderness.
It is a thriller and a survival show and also has an intriguing story that keeps the viewers hooked to their screens. However, like all good things, the beloved show will also come to an end after Season 4. The creators shared their statement and announced that Season 4 would be the final season and posted it on Yellowjackets' Instagram page. The post reads as follows:
"We’ve always known there would come a point when the story would tell us it wants to end, and it’s our belief that our job - our responsibility - is to listen."
They shared that the time to end the show was right and further thanked their cast, crews, and fans. As per the Hollywood Reporter, the creators wanted to end the show after five seasons. However, after the Season 3 finale, Ashley Lyle stated that to think of doing more seasons might be 'wishful thinking' for them. She said:
"Any time that you say, ‘We’re going to do five or six seasons,’ that’s a shot in the dark and incredibly wishful thinking, just from a practical standpoint. … We feel that there is more story to tell and we’re really excited to dive into it."
She further added:
"As you said, to be able to tell the story of the reassimilation into society, to see what horrors are in store for them even without the horrors of the wilderness is very exciting. But you can never truly predict and we just will be very grateful that we keep getting to tell the story."
According to Deadline, apart from getting inspired by Succession's gripping conclusion, the show's ending also came after Paramount Global's acquisition by Skydance. Like Yellowjackets, The Chi was another popular show on Showtime. They both created records with the highest viewerships with their previous seasons and announced their final season recently.
However, even with their shows ending, creators of Yellowjackets, Lyle and Nickerson, and The Chi's Lena Waithe were asked to keep working with Paramount beyond their respective shows. Production of the final season for both shows will begin in 2026.
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