The showrunners behind Yellowjackets reveal that some fan theories predicting Season 2 of the series are on the right path. Watch the full conversation ➡️
, talked about the experience of being on the receiving end of all of that theorizing. “It was surreal,” Lyle said. “You hope that people will watch the show and respond to the show, but the level of passion and enthusiasm that the fans of the show were just bringing to the table was astounding. It was a little mind blowing.”
One of those times — as Lisco, Nickerson and Lyle revealed during the conversation, which was filmed for’s Showrunners Sitdown With Kate Aurthur presented by FX — was the Reddit detectives’ conspiracy theories about the character of Adam , with whom Shauna has an affair in the show’s 2021 timeline. “We chose not to, but some people called it and were, I think, eager to see it happen. Then it creates the scenario where, ‘Well, did we disappoint those people or did we delight them?’”
“It felt infinitely more tragic to us,” Lyle said. “It being Javi come back is fun in a way, but it feels a little mustache-twirly, which is not necessarily the place we want to go.”the show had set up, including who was actually blackmailing the Yellowjackets , what happened to Jackie and who the terrifying antler queen in the pilot was . It also introduced more mysteries, which will play out as “Yellowjackets” continues: The second season will go into production in late August.