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Jan 17, 2022 · Earlier in the episode, the adult Misty (Christina Ricci) kills Jessica (Rekha Sharma), who thinks she’s been freed, having tempted Misty with the promise of riches to tell her story (ha ...
Jan 17, 2022 · I have to say, we love the fan theories. Many of these we’ve thought of—perhaps not the three I’ve mentioned. Co-showrunner Jonathan Lisco and wife Cara at the Showtime premiere of ...
- Marlow Stern
- On Joining The Yellowjackets Team
- On Working with Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson
- On Reading Fan Theories and Seeing The Show Find Its Audience
- On Shauna and Jackie's Tragic Friendship
- On Taissa's Dark Side and Surprise Election Victory
Executive producer Karyn Kusama let me know about the project. Karyn and I go way back. She directed a Halt and Catch Fire for me, when I was running Halt and Catch Fire. Cut forward to a year and a half ago. She said, "Jonathan, I've directed something that I think has got potential. But more importantly, I'm working with these two married series ...
I don't want to speak for Ash and Bart, but they certainly had their reservations when they heard about me because this was their baby and they'd been working on it for three years with the other executive producers, Karyn and Drew Comins. It was like, "Who's this guy who's coming in, and why would we need this?" But with great respect to Ash and B...
It's been very humbling. People always say, "Oh, if you create and run a show that takes off, won't that be a great thing?" But the truth is that it's also very stressful. As our very enthusiastic audience — and I say this with great respect to them — starts to allow the narrative to mushroom in their own consciousness and goes on flights of fancy ...
Some people may disagree with the way in which we dispatch Jackie. Some people may say like, "Oh, I thought they were going to eat her!" or whatever. They may have their ideas for what they wanted to have happen. But we're not just about the concrete plot. We're about the emotional and psychological plot first. So when we were looking at that story...
You could back up from the 30,000 foot view and say, "Oh, they're trying to make a comment about politicians, how bad politicians are, and how two-faced they are" because Taissa's got this alter ego. That's an easy thing to do. That's not necessarily what we're trying to do. What is more interesting to us is Taissa is someone who is so driven, so t...
- Alison Foreman
- aforeman@mashable.com
Jan 17, 2022 · In the Yellowjackets Season 1 finale, Taissa’s wife discovers a ghoulish altar just as Taissa wins her New Jersey State Senate race. Lisco says that the moment Taissa wins, you can see on actor...
- Meghan O'keefe
- 2 min
Nov 18, 2021 · The series was co-created and executive produced by husband and wife team Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, who also served as co-showrunners alongside Jonathan Lisco.
Apr 2, 2023 · Jonathan Lisco: In Season 1, it was about our teen characters learning to adapt to their harsh surroundings and their adult selves trying to convince themselves that they could keep that trauma ...
Jonathan Lisco. Producer: Yellowjackets. Jonathan Lisco is known for Yellowjackets (2021), Jack & Bobby (2004) and Animal Kingdom (2016).
