The very first episode ofYellowjacketsopens in the wilderness.

A girl with long, dark hair runs through a snowy wood in a short, thin white gown.

She stumbles from injuries, the cold, or perhaps both.

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After a few more steps, she falls into the earth.

A close-up reveals the small, golden, heart-shaped necklace she’s wearing.

A figure in pink Converse shoes steps to the edge of the pit and looks down.

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Its partTheBlair Witch Project, partLord of the Flies.

For many viewers, the brutality and mystery of Pit Girl left them immediately hooked.

The wilderness is spoken of as an entity in and of itself.

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Three hunts take place in the wilderness before Mari’s.

Javi offers to take Natalie to his hiding place,but falls through the ice.

In the adult timeline, the surviving Yellowjackets also participate in a hunt at Lotties intentional community.

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A wildly talented high school girls' soccer team become the unlucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness.

Shauna pulls the Queen card, but Callie (Sarah Desjardins) shows up toting a gun.

Lottie declares she will stay behind, shortly joined by Shauna, then Taissa.

Expectations were already high based on the chilling ambiance of the pilot’s Pit Girl death.

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Only time will tell if Season 4 ofYellowjacketscan set our teeth back on edge.

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Sophie Nélisse