Sometimes the most devastating survival stories are about those who don’t make it. As Yellowjackets prepares for its highly anticipated third season , co-showrunner Jonathan Lisco is addressing one of Season 2’s most controversial moments: the death of Natalie, portrayed by Juliette Lewis . The shocking finale decision removed a beloved character from the survival horror series’ complex narrative, but according to Lisco, the death was necessary because there needs to be real consequences in order for things to work.
“If the show is about trauma and the consequences of what they went through, then there needs to be consequences,” Lisco explained to SFX . “There can’t be consequences if you’re not going to have what they went through affect some of our seminal characters.” He added, “For better or worse, we hope that that’s understandable to our very dear audience, because if the impact doesn’t have an effect on them emotionally or psychologically, then what are we doing? Because that’s the conceit of the show.
” Lewis, known for co-starring with Johnny Depp and Leonardo Di Caprio in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape , marks the first adult team member to perish from the psychological wounds and buried secrets that continue to torment the survivors. This pivotal moment occurs during a ritual at a compund that Lottie operates under the guise of therapeutic healing, setting up major repercussions for the upcoming season. While Lewis’s departure creates a .