Yellowjackets

Incredibly overrated, if I was to go past episode 6 of a show I would choose The 100 over this one. I feel like The 100 had more momentum. This show was one step forward three steps back the whole way. Also none of the characters are likeable.

This is quality TV and feels like an instant cult classic (or is that everything with Juliette Lewis in it feels like a cult classic!?)

If this were the "Melanie Lynskey Cheats on her Husband" show it would probably get at least a 75 score from me. Everything else bored me, and I didn't like how the show seemed to hedge its bets re sueprnatural or not. Give me Buffy the Vampire Slayer's honesty any day.

1x; Stopped after S3.

I have a feeling this is going to end up being a show where I only truly enjoyed the first season.

a bit slow but really interesting

YJ promises much more than it can deliver. After baiting viewers with something unconscionable/irredeemable (and maybe a little Lynchian), it backtracks into (just regular bad) teen drama. The actors & actresses are doing the work, and there are a few really nice moments, but Michael Bay could & would have done better.

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Menstruation, virginity, boyfriends, condoms, lesbianism, alcohol, drugs: like the Peanuts comic strip, this concerns relationships between young people in a situation divorced from both house and school, here mostly girls and wrapped in a kind of mystery in which we also see their adult pathologies. All gets a bit ridiculous, but there are some amusing moments and it benefits from a pretty good cast. Much of the 1990s music evoked memories of my university days. Score based on the first season.

The casting is impeccable. Great show about how trauma can manifests itself. Season 2 lost some serious steam, but there's still time. Let's see. I wish more attention was paid to details on the lost girls' appearance as weeks in the wild turn into months. They're all far too polished and healthy looking for people living off roots and deer jerky.