Yellowjackets Star Teases Bittersweet Final Season — Can Cruel Shauna Be Redeemed?

Yellowjackets is heading into its last lap, and Sophie Nélisse is promising the final season won’t tiptoe to the finish. Think big swing, big feelings, and yes, an ultimate blast. She also has some very Shauna-specific hopes, which are… complicated, in a very Shauna way.

How Sophie Nélisse is feeling going into the end

In a new chat with GamesRadar+, Nélisse said shooting on season 4 kicks off in February and, emotionally, she’s in two places at once. On one hand, she grew up with this cast and credits the show’s women and the collaborative process for shaping her as a person and an actor. On the other, it hurts to say goodbye to a job that let her dive into layered arcs year after year. She calls it a dream gig and knows how lucky she’s been to live in this world for the last few years.

"Part of me wants her to keep being so cruel, but part of me wants her to end the show with some sort of hope and redemption that feels justified... I kind of hope she regains a few more Shauna defenders out there... I’m sure the writers are going to give it their all to finish this season in, like, an ultimate blast."

Season 3 checkpoint: where we left the wreckage

• Back in the 90s timeline, Natalie discovers Misty destroyed the plane’s emergency transporter not long after the crash. Casual reveal, massive consequences.
• In the present day, things went fully brutal: both Van and Lottie were violently murdered.
• Adult Shauna’s home life imploded. Jeff and Callie walked out, with Jeff trying to get their daughter away from the chaos Shauna has built around them.

What season 4 might be aiming at

The season 3 finale, Full Circle, ends with Sophie Thatcher’s Natalie getting a voice on the other end of a satellite phone. That strongly hints the team gets pulled out of the wilderness early in season 4. Which, honestly, is a fascinating pivot: we’ve barely seen these teenagers in anything resembling normal life. The first days back home could be some of the most uncomfortable, revealing stuff the show has ever done.

Meanwhile, Nélisse has a horror detour

Before she’s back as Shauna, Nélisse is front and center in Whistle, a new supernatural horror team-up with Dafne Keen (from Deadpool and Wolverine). Corin Hardy (The Nun) directs. The setup is killer in a very literal way: a group of high schoolers blow on an Aztec whistle that summons the Grim Reaper, and in doing so they speed up their own deaths while tangling with time-traveling evil entities. File under: teenagers making terrible choices with cursed artifacts.

Where to watch and when

Yellowjackets seasons 1–3 are streaming now on Paramount Plus. Whistle hits US theaters on February 6.