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Crashing into the mysteries and fun of 'Yellowjackets' : Pop Culture Happy Hour The Showtime drama Yellowjackets is a series in two halves: In the first part, a plane crashes in 1996, and a high school girls' soccer team is stranded in the Canadian wilderness. The other part follows some of the girls more than 20 years later, as they realize the full ramifications of what they did during the time before they were rescued. Part horror and part suspense, Yellowjackets boasts a killer cast and a tangle of dark mysteries at its heart.

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Crashing into the mysteries and fun of 'Yellowjackets'

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Crashing into the mysteries and fun of 'Yellowjackets'

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The Showtime series Yellowjackets boasts an impressive cast actresses set in both 1996 and 2021. Kailey Schwerman/Showtime hide caption

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The Showtime series Yellowjackets boasts an impressive cast actresses set in both 1996 and 2021.

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The Showtime drama Yellowjackets is a series in two halves: In the first part, a plane crashes in 1996, and a high school girls' soccer team is stranded in the Canadian wilderness. The other part follows some of the girls more than 20 years later, as they realize the full ramifications of what they did during the time before they were rescued. Part horror and part suspense, Yellowjackets boasts a killer cast and a tangle of dark mysteries at its heart.