Yellowjackets stars talk leaving the woods behind for final season

The teen survivors of Yellowjackets are back in civilization for the show's fourth and final run, a major tonal shift for the actors who play them.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new season picks up with the rescued soccer players attempting to resume their lives as New Jersey high schoolers. The cast told the outlet that filming in clean clothes and school hallways felt jarring after years of grimy wilderness shoots.

Sophie Nélisse, who plays teen Shauna, said the change made it feel like a different program. She noted the strangeness of having individual storylines and acting alongside performers who weren't part of their core, isolated group.

Sophie Thatcher joked that she missed the woods, calling the high school set with its fluorescent lighting horrible. Jasmin Savoy Brown said it was weird to be clean and to finally share scenes with performers outside their usual circle after so long.

Melanie Lynskey, leading the adult timeline, said her initial reaction to the final season's plans was a mix of amazement and terror. Nélisse teased a romantic, hopeful conclusion for the teens, contrasting with the show's usual darkness, though Brown promised major conflicts would come to a head.

Yellowjackets returns for its last season on Paramount+ starting November 20.