Yellowjackets Final Season Just Got Fiercer: Molly Ringwald and June Squibb Join the Hive
Fresh blood for the wilderness: Molly Ringwald and June Squibb join Showtime’s Yellowjackets as the series heads into its fourth and final season.
Yellowjackets is coming in for its final landing with Season 4 on Showtime, but the roster is still growing. Two great gets just joined the party: teen-movie icon Molly Ringwald and recent awards magnet June Squibb.
Who they’re playing (and who they aren’t)
Ringwald will play Vicky, Van’s mom. If you’ve been keeping track of the timelines, Van is portrayed by Liv Hewson in the past and Lauren Ambrose in the present. Vicky is a recently recovered alcoholic trying to repair old damage and steer a better course. Squibb’s role, meanwhile, is being kept under wraps for now. Consider that a tasty mystery to fold into the show’s already dense stew.
For anyone who grew up on 80s movies, Ringwald needs no intro — Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink — but it’s a fun twist to see her step into the Yellowjackets universe. Squibb, fresh off Thelma and Eleanor the Great, tends to steal scenes by just breathing in.
A quick refresher on the show’s whole deal
Yellowjackets blends survival thriller, horror, and coming-of-age drama. It follows a gifted high school girls soccer team after their plane goes down in the Ontario wilderness. Out there, a tight-knit squad fractures into warring factions and, eventually, cannibalistic clans. Decades later, the survivors try to live normal lives while that wilderness refuses to let go.
Where Season 3 left the board
Once summer hit, it looked like a small win — the brutal winter finally in the rearview — but shaky leadership and rising tension put any hope of rescue on thinner ice than the lake they just survived. In the present, long-buried secrets bubbled up. As the women fought to keep their lives from splintering, they were forced to stare down the toughest question: who they actually are, and what they’ve kept hidden from each other and from themselves.
The team behind the chaos
The series comes from creators, writers, and executive producers Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, who run the show alongside Jonathan Lisco.
Cast roll call
- Series stars: Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sammi Hanratty, Sophie Thatcher, Steven Krueger, Amy Okuda, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson
- Across the seasons: Elijah Wood, Lauren Ambrose, Simone Kessell, Nicole Maines, Francois Arnaud, Nia Sondaya, Jason Ritter, Joel McHale, Hilary Swank
- New in Season 4: Molly Ringwald as Vicky (Van’s mom), June Squibb in a role to be revealed
Final seasons thrive on sharp casting, and this is sharp. Ringwald as Van’s mom makes instant sense, and Squibb is the kind of wildcard that can tilt a scene with a look. Yellowjackets isn’t easing into the end — it’s stocking the pantry.