yellowjackets season 2 wrapped up last week except well it looks like it didnt a bonus episode is on the way according to showrunner ashley lyle rumors of an extra installment have been floating around the internet for a while as season 2 was one episode shorter than season 1 but nothing has been confirmed until nowthere will be a bonus episode between seasons but i love you guys and i dont want yall to lose sleep thinking its tonight lyle tweeted in response to a fan who said they were staying up late in case a new episode dropped at midnight on friday the usual yellowjackets release time on paramount plus another reason why fans have been confident that yellowjackets season 2 episode 9 wasnt the end of the second season is because of a piece of casting information that has yet to come to fruition jason ritter the reallife husband of shauna actor melanie lynskey was revealed to be joining the season in a guest role back in december 2022 however he didnt appear in any of the seasons nine episodes but a behindthescenes photo shows that he definitely made it to setritters role was never revealed but fans have speculated that he could portray a previously unseen character on the show the man who lived in the cabin where the plane crash survivors take shelter once winter arrives in the wilderness when the girls first stumble across the longabandoned cabin they find the corpse of a man in a rocking chair but other than that and the mysterious symbol carved into the building we dont know anything about who he is or what he was doing there other than the fact that things evidently dont end well for him of course so could a flashback episode be on the cards and could we get a better idea of what exactly is haunting the girls through a glimpse of its previous victim while we wait for the bonus episode to arrive on paramount plus and showtime check out our guide on whats to come in yellowjackets season 3