BreAnna Bell “Each survivor must determine if the darkness is coming for them or from them,” reads Showtime’s official description for Season 2 of “Yellowjackets” and the writers this season reveal they were not holding back as they embarked on this follow up to their explosive debut.
Executive producers Jonathan Lisco and Drew Comins teased the themes of trauma and ptsd explored in Season 2 of Showtime’s thrilling drama “Yellowjackets,” and how it will affect the present-day players at the second season premiere held at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theater on Wednesday night.
With new cast members including Simone Kessell and Lauren Ambrose, who portray adult Lottie and Van, the teenage and adult yellowjackets crew along with creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson walked the red carpet to the theater for a special screening which was followed by a brief Q&A segment. “We realized early on that the keeping of secrets, and people being traumatized from the past was not itself an engine for storytelling.
We needed to do something more. We did a lot of research, like we always do and we realized that PTSD — what it is really, is that when something triggers you, the same neurotransmitters, the same feelings that you had when you were actually experiencing the event in the past, you have again,” said Lisco.
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