The three main characters spent multiple episodes locked in cages, unable to accomplish anything.
One episodes flashback scenes were devoted to explaining how a character got his tattoos.
It was narrative desperation time.
Christina Ricci as Misty in ‘Yellowjackets’ Season Three.Colin Bentley/Paramount/+SHOWTIME.
Season Two ended with cataclysmic events in both timelines.
The remaining actors are still strong, but theyre not given much to play, at least not dramatically.
It would allow the 2021 scenes to feel purposeful again, rather than increasingly sweaty sleight of hand.
And it would give greater focus to the teenage plots.
In one episode, the adult Taissa and Van are watching a VHS recording from the Eighties.
Ive seen the first four.