What happens to Jackie in Yellowjackets? Details explored

Yellowjackets season 1
Yellowjackets season 1 (Image via Prime Video)

Yellowjackets season 1 was released on November 14, 2021, and now the series is available on Netflix. The series follows the lives of a high school girls’ soccer team stranded in the Canadian wilderness, where they are forced to survive against all odds. As the story unfolds, viewers are taken on a dark journey of survival, betrayal, and moral decay.

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In Yellowjackets season 1, Jackie Taylor is a main character. She starts as a popular team leader with a bright future, but after the crash, she struggles to cope with their harsh new reality. In the season finale, Jackie dies, and her death sets off a series of events that lead the survivors to commit darker and more disturbing acts.


What happens to Jackie in Yellowjackets?

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Jackie has a hard time getting used to the harsh reality of life in the wilderness after the plane crash. Other survivors start to use their survival instincts, but Jackie can't get used to the harsh new world and wants to go back to the life she knew before. She doesn't want to hunt, gather food, or do the other things they need to do to stay alive, which makes the group tense, especially with her best friend Shauna.

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The breaking point is when Jackie and Shauna get into a fight. Jackie is kicked out of the group because she feels betrayed by Shauna's affair with her boyfriend, Jeff. In the last episode of season one, after their fight, Shauna leads the group in deciding to leave Jackie outside in the snow.

Jackie is emotionally and physically worn out and left alone in the bitter cold, where she can't handle the harsh conditions. Even though Jackie tries to stay warm by starting a fire, she succumbs to death.

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Jackie’s role in Yellowjackets before the crash

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Jackie is shown to have been a leader and a social queen before the crash. Her friends love her and she is captain of the soccer team. Jackie is clearly a good leader, and her charm makes her a powerful figure in the group. Even though they don't talk about it, she has a strong bond with Shauna.

Jackie's confidence, beauty, and social standing make her who she is, but she also feels like she has to live up to the perfect image. Jackie imagines a future with Shauna and thinks that they will both go to college together. But Shauna has other ideas. Jackie's story before the crash is about how she leads the team, how her relationship with Shauna is complicated, and how she wants a "perfect" life with Jeff.

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How Jackie’s life changed after the crash in Yellowjackets

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Everything changes in Jackie's life after the crash. The survivors are still having a hard time getting used to their new surroundings, and Jackie still can't accept how bad things really are for them.

While some survivors start to give in to their basic instincts, Jackie holds on to the past and doesn't want to use the harsh survival techniques that the group has to. She is cut off from the group because she doesn't want to hunt, gather, or adapt. Even though Jackie was in charge before the crash, she couldn't help with the survival efforts in the wilderness.

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During this time, Jackie’s friendship with Shauna falls apart. Things get worse when Shauna admits to secretly seeing Jackie’s boyfriend, Jeff. Heartbroken, Jackie argues with her, and their fight leads to Jackie being sent outside to sleep during a snowstorm.

In the final episode of season 1, Jackie dies in the cold. Her death marks the end of their old world, both emotionally and literally.

The group's moral compass gets even worse as Shauna, who has lost her best friend, starts to hallucinate Jackie again and again. Shauna feels especially guilty because she thinks she had something to do with Jackie's death. Jackie's body is frozen for a while by the group, but in one of the scariest parts of Yellowjackets, it is eventually consumed.

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Yellowjackets is available to stream on Netflix.

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Edited by Divya Singh
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