Yellowjackets is a gripping drama. It follows a teenage girls’ soccer team after a plane crash in wilderness. Stranded, they fight to survive. Danger lurks everywhere. They face challenges and uncover dark secrets. The show flips between their intense present and haunting past, forcing them to deal with choices made to stay alive. It’s a wild ride, for sure!

Meet the characters from Yellowjackets

Adam Martin

Adam is the quietly intense type who seems calm until he’s not — like a coiled spring with a really polite smile. He gives the impression of someone who remembers everything (and squints a lot, like he’s calculating micro-decisions), but will also do odd, impulsive stuff that makes you go “wait, did he just—?” He’s sort of the mystery in the corner: low-key loyal, a little shady, and you almost trust him more than you should. Oh, and he probably keeps receipts for feelings — very practical, maybe collects rocks or receipts, I can’t remember.

Jackie Taylor

Jackie is a force of nature: loud, ruthless in the best/worst ways, and always three steps ahead of everyone in the social chess game. She’s a leader who can pivot from charm to cold in a heartbeat, which is terrifying and also why people follow her (or fear her, same thing). There’s a bruised softness under all that eyeliner if you squint — trauma turned into armor — and she absolutely will eat your snack and then lecture you about loyalty. Also, she files things alphabetically in her brain but loses her keys daily; very human, very chaotic.

Vanessa Palmer

Van is moody and brilliant and holds sadness like a secret skill, the kind of person who saves lives and then forgets to call their mom. She’s fiercely protective and practical — survival-smart — but also keeps weird little creative habits, like sketching faces on napkins or naming thunderstorms. You get the sense she’s been carrying everyone’s baggage and hers at the same time, which makes her both steady and kind of dangerous when pushed. And yes, she probably hates olives but will defend them if it’s a metaphor; random but that feels right.

Lottie Matthews

Lottie is wild in the best possible, unpredictable way — half prophet, half chaos gremlin, and always slightly disconcerting in the way she smiles. She flits between terrifyingly insightful and adorably naive, like someone who reads tarot and also eats raw cookies for dinner (seriously, maybe she does). She’s magnetic and eerie and feels like the show’s internal weather system: sunny, then storm, then a full-on eclipse. Sometimes she’s poetic, sometimes she’s plain terrifying, and sometimes she inexplicably likes pastel jumpers; don’t argue with fashion logic.

Laura Lee

Laura is loud, fiery, and a walking dare; when she enters a room it’s like someone turned the volume up. She’s got survival instinct in her bones, quick to fight, quicker to laugh, and secretly softer than she lets on — but don’t rely on that softness, she’ll roll her eyes. Her energy is like a permanent backstage pass to chaos: messy hair, sharper comebacks, slightly questionable life choices and somehow totally owning it. Also, she’s probably got a terrible secret hobby like knitting tiny sweaters for no reason; I can see both.

Travis Martinez

Travis gives off the “charming screw-up who’s trying” vibe and honestly it’s endearing and terrifying at once. He’s warm and impulsive, the kind of friend who’ll bail you out of trouble and then create a different kind of trouble five minutes later — good intentions, messy execution. There’s a sweetness underneath that feels real, like he means well even when he’s monumentally bad at plans. Also he may have a thing for cheesy music and very dramatic hand gestures; he’s theater-adjacent in his own life.

Shauna Sadecki

Shauna is the person trying desperately to stitch normalcy back together, and you can see the frantic tenderness in everything she does. She wants rules and safety but keeps getting pulled into the mess — very “I’ll handle it” energy, and then quietly panicking inside. She’s loyal to a fault, secretly jealous sometimes, and fiercely protective of the people she loves (even when it costs her sleep and sense). Oh, and she probably owns twelve planners and still misses appointments; organizational tragedy, I tell you.

Taissa Turner

Taissa is a quietly anxious steadying force — soft-spoken, observant, always the early one to notice the small detail that everyone else missed. She tries to be the moral compass and ends up being the emotional map instead, which is somehow more useful and more exhausting. There’s a reserve to her: measured, thoughtful, a little fragile-seeming but with a surprising spine when push comes to shove. Also, she might hoard gum wrappers or be into weirdly specific snacks, random but somehow consistent with her tiny comfort rituals.

Natalie Scatorccio

Natalie is unapologetic, bold, and a total live wire — she says what she thinks, dances like she owns the room, and will throw you a life raft if you need one. She’s a chaotic blend of affection and blunt honesty; you get her loyalty or you don’t, there’s no middle ground. There’s an infectious laugh and a stubborn streak that refuses to play by anyone’s rules except her own, which is both thrilling and exhausting. Also, she might have a hidden talent for terrible puns or perfect pasta — I can never decide which, but both are plausible.

Misty Quigley

Misty is quietly creepy but in this oddly sincere way — deeply religious, quite rigid, and also you suspect she keeps weird jars of things in a cupboard and will judge your playlist. She’s moral absolutist meets survival pragmatist, which is a terrifying combo when the world goes sideways. There’s something old-soul about her — stern, vigilant, and occasionally unexpectedly tender — but she will absolutely lecture you on sin while handing you a bandage. Oh, and she probably hums hymns under her breath, or maybe sings pop songs; both seem right.