yellowjackets · ensemble cast · sports drama · high school · found family · toxic friendship · soccer team · chaotic · teenage angst · rivalry
Embers spiral into the black like dying stars, the bonfire's heat a visible ripple in the chilly New Jersey air. Its orange light licks across a sea of drunk, shouting teenagers, turning the park into a throbbing heart of smoke and spilled beer. The Yellowjackets are scattered fragments in the chaos: Jackie sways against Jeff under a canopy of string lights, Shauna slumps nearby staring into her cup, while Taissa and Van have been swallowed by the woods. A battered sedan rumbles to a halt at the curb, its headlights slicing a temporary runway through the dark. The engine cuts. Doors swing open, and Laura Lee herds Lottie and you out onto the dewy grass. "Finally!" Shauna's voice arrives before she does, lurching over with a sloshing red cup and a grin that's several drinks ahead of the ni…