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The Best Episodes of Yellowjackets

Every episode of Yellowjackets ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Yellowjackets!

This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players...
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Best Episodes Summary

"Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" is the best rated episode of "Yellowjackets". It scored 8.2/10 based on 2692 votes. Directed by Eduardo Sánchez and written by N/A, it aired on 1/16/2022. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Doomcoming".

  • Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
    8.2/102,692 votes
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    #1 - Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/16/2022

    On the night of their 25-year class reunion, the Yellowjackets navigate damning evidence, false alibis and a dubious attempt to “heal.” In the wilderness, the Doomcoming fallout finds everything firmly off the rails as simmering resentments come to a head. Season finale.

    Director: Eduardo Sánchez

    Writer: N/A

  • Doomcoming
    8.1/102,477 votes
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    #2 - Doomcoming

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/2022

    You are cordially invited to The Doomcoming. On the brink of death, the Yellowjackets opt to throw one last rager before careening into oblivion. An increasingly paranoid Shauna struggles between keeping her cool and being Shauna.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • F Sharp
    7.9/103,012 votes
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    #3 - F Sharp

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/21/2021

    As the teens get their bearings among the wreckage, Misty finds hell on earth quite becoming. In the present: revenge, sex homework and the policeman formerly known as Goth.

    Director: Jamie Travis

    Writer: Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Jonathan Lisco

  • Flight of the Bumblebee
    7.9/102,348 votes
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    #4 - Flight of the Bumblebee

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/2/2022

    What is madness and what is divine? While in triage after a vicious attack, the Yellowjackets are left to suss out the best of their worst ideas. Shauna dabbles in some light cyberstalking.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Edible Complex
    7.9/101,969 votes
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    #5 - Edible Complex

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/2/2023

    The Yellowjackets barely made it through summer in the woods, but now as winter begins to bite, we’ll see if hunger and desperation turn into full-on psychosis. While there may or may not be a dark and powerful force inhabiting the wilderness, their survival could depend upon what they choose to believe. Meanwhile, twenty-five years later, each survivor must ask themselves – Is the darkness coming for them, or is it coming from them?

    Director: Benjamin Semanoff

    Writer: Jonathan Lisco

  • Qui
    7.9/101,675 votes
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    #6 - Qui

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 5/7/2023

    Trapped inside on a snow day, the Yellowjackets revisit the highlights, humiliations and traumas of “Health Class.” Tai and Van help each other kindly rewind, Misty explores joining a classic Cosmic American tribute band, Lisa helps Natalie carp the day, and Shauna gets a pop-quiz on her cookie-reading assignment.

    Director: Liz Garbus

    Writer: Ameni Rozsa, Karen Joseph Adcock

  • It Chooses
    7.9/101,577 votes
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    #7 - It Chooses

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/21/2023

    Shhh, it’s only going to get worse from here. Despite the whole “winter never’s gonna end” thing, the 1996 New Jersey state girls soccer champions decide to start their spring training early with an impromptu cardio session. Callie encounters an old flame, Van proves goalies never say die, most of the adults intentionally commune in the sharing shack, and, Lottie, baby, I hear the blues are calling for tossed salad and scrambled eggs. Mercy!

    Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer

    Writer: Sarah L. Thompson, Liz Phang

  • Pilot
    7.8/103,774 votes
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    #8 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/2021

    On the eve of a fateful flight, a championship high school girls soccer squad celebrates being a team by betraying one another. 25 years later, the survivors do their best imitations of well-adjusted people.

    Director: Karyn Kusama

    Writer: Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson

  • No Compass
    7.8/102,328 votes
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    #9 - No Compass

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/26/2021

    As starvation looms, Taissa leads a last-ditch effort and/or suicide mission. Amid felony schemes and all-night stakeouts, the Yellowjackets are forced to commit small talk.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Two Truths and a Lie
    7.8/101,622 votes
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    #10 - Two Truths and a Lie

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/23/2023

    Okay, Fellowjackets, rise and shine and don’t forget your booties because it’s coooold out there. Misty makes a leap of faith for her bestie, Natalie and Lottie play a game of surrender, Shauna finds herself unexpectedly randy, and Tai seeks out a movie recommendation.

    Director: Benjamin Semanoff

    Writer: Sarah L. Thompson, Katherine Kearns

  • Blood Hive
    7.7/102,466 votes
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    #11 - Blood Hive

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/12/2021

    Out in the wilderness, the girls ride the crimson wave and plan a dark arts slumber party. Natalie and Misty tame a stallion. On Halloween night, Shauna parties like it’s 1996.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Dollhouse
    7.6/102,708 votes
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    #12 - The Dollhouse

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/28/2021

    The Yellowjackets debate the merits of probably dying while staying put or probably dying while looking for shelter. Taissa navigates a dirty attack ad and the other C-word. Shauna sees about a boy.

    Director: Eva Sørhaug

    Writer: Sarah L. Thompson

  • Bear Down
    7.5/102,575 votes
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    #13 - Bear Down

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/5/2021

    The girls play with guns to determine who is the most responsible. Natalie untangles a lifetime of piecing together broken men. Taissa greets the rich.

    Director: Deepa Mehta

    Writer: Liz Phang

  • Saints
    7.5/102,377 votes
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    #14 - Saints

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/19/2021

    The Yellowjackets tangle with the birds & the bees, navigating love, lust and DIY surgery. In the present : blackmail, bunnies and an icy reunion. Misty prepares for a surprise(d) houseguest.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Old Wounds
    7.5/101,586 votes
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    #15 - Old Wounds

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/16/2023

    Relive your youth by hitting the road! Take a roadtrip with your child! Go on vacation with a new friend! Hitchhike, if you must! Just make sure you pack a good playlist for the ride. Some recommendations from us: “Anything You Can Do,” “You Get What You Give,” “Instinct,” a famous composition by Frank Comstock, but absolutely not anything from “Starlight Express”.

    Director: Scott Winant

    Writer: Liz Phang, Julia Bicknell

  • Friends, Romans, Countrymen
    7.4/102,121 votes
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    #16 - Friends, Romans, Countrymen

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/2023

    Two months into winter the survivors cope with falling rations, low morale and their latest disastrous attempt to freeze a teammate out of the game. Shauna explores the secondary market for Yellowjackets memorabilia, while Taissa, Misty and Natalie all seek out best friends, both old and new. For those of you keeping the stat book: Lottie Matthews comes in off the bench.

    Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer

    Writer: Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson

  • Digestif
    7.3/101,672 votes
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    #17 - Digestif

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 4/9/2023

    The girls experience an unusual hangover. Shauna learns the thrill of peer-to-peer car rentals. Natalie audits Lottie’s class in emotional apiology. Tai reflects, Misty hits the high seas, and you’ve never attended a baby shower like the one the Yellowjackets throw here.

    Director: Jeffrey W. Byrd

    Writer: Sarah L. Thompson, Ameni Rozsa

  • Burial
    7.3/101,591 votes
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    #18 - Burial

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 5/14/2023

    Sometimes the best therapy is cranking the hits to eleven, so today we’re exploring the hardcore kid-care revival movement, 11 o’clock theatrical birdcore numbers, some late hits of the renovationwave era (call us about a spinoff!), flower duets, and a classic live record. Out in the wilderness, Coach Scott does a great Karl Havoc impression for an unimpressed Misty.

    Director: Anya Adams

    Writer: Liz Phang, Rich Monahan

  • Storytelling
    7.1/101,790 votes
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    #19 - Storytelling

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 5/28/2023

    Heavy is the head that wears the antler crown is a lesson you don’t learn until much later in life… if you ever even learn it at all. Everything’s about to get really wild(erness), and we’re so excited (so excited!) and so, so scared to find out who paid attention to what lessons and when. So, on the count of three, you may pick up your pencil, open your testing booklet, and start this finale exam. One… Two…

    Director: Karyn Kusama

    Writer: Ameni Rozsa