Content & Trigger Warnings for Yellowjackets (2021)

Teenagers die in the wilderness from various causes

More teenager deaths occur with greater emotional and graphic impact

Grief and survivor's guilt permeate both timelines as characters deal with loss and trauma.

A miscarriage occurs in traumatic wilderness conditions

Suicidal ideation and a suicide attempt occur in the present-day timeline

Suicidal behavior and attempts intensify in both timelines

Suicidal thoughts and ideation are explored through multiple characters across timelines.

Psychological manipulation and blackmail drive the present-day mystery

Extensive psychological manipulation as cult-like dynamics emerge in the wilderness

Multiple characters engage in extramarital affairs in the present timeline

Relationship betrayals continue to fracture characters' lives in the present

Characters are trapped in a survival situation with no escape

Kidnapping and captivity scenarios occur in later seasons.

A devastating plane crash is shown in graphic detail as the inciting event

A plane crash is the inciting event of the series, depicted graphically with injuries and death.

Pervasive blood throughout from injuries, violence, rituals, and survival situations.

Cannibalism and extreme bodily trauma are central disturbing elements

Increasingly disturbing body horror as cannibalism becomes normalized within the group

Characters are trapped in enclosed spaces during the plane wreckage and shelter scenes

Characters are trapped in confined spaces including underground locations and a crashed plane fuselage.

A near-drowning scene occurs with significant tension and peril

Improvised medical procedures are performed in the wilderness without proper equipment.

Sexual scenes are shown including between teenagers in the wilderness timeline

Sexual content continues in both timelines

Coercive and manipulative sexual dynamics are present in multiple relationships.

Heavy alcohol abuse as a coping mechanism is depicted by multiple characters

Alcohol dependency deepens for multiple characters

Alcohol abuse is shown as a coping mechanism for several characters dealing with trauma.

Drug use including prescription drug abuse shown in present-day scenes

Prescription drug abuse and illicit drug use continue as coping mechanisms

Drug use including prescription drug abuse is depicted in the present-day timeline.

Overdose situations occur involving prescription medications.

Animals are hunted and killed for survival, shown in graphic detail.

The teenage characters endure physical and psychological abuse in the wilderness survival scenario.

Extremely graphic violence including dismemberment and cannibalism depicted in detail

Cannibalism becomes more ritualized and graphic as the wilderness survival intensifies

Extremely graphic depictions of violence, dismemberment, and cannibalism are central to the wilderness survival storyline.

Self-harm is depicted as a coping mechanism for trauma

Continued self-harm as a trauma response in present-day scenes

Self-harm and suicide attempts are depicted, including a major character's suicide attempt.

Coercive dynamics and sexual manipulation emerge within the group's power structure

Sexual assault and coercive sexual situations occur in both the wilderness and present-day timelines.

Characters are subjected to physical punishment and ritualistic violence