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Jennifer Morrison directs two Season 3 episodes of Yellowjackets and one more ahead

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Jennifer Morrison has moved deeper into Yellowjackets, directing two Season 3 episodes and signing on for one more in the show's upcoming fourth and final season. That keeps her behind the camera as the series moves toward its end, even if she says she has not come to terms with the fact that it is ending.

The timing matters because Morrison is not talking about a distant credit from the past. She directed Episode 4, 12 Angry Girls and 1 Drunk Travis, and Episode 7, Croak, with Croak becoming the highest-rated episode of Season 3 on IMDb. For viewers searching Yellowjackets now, that makes her one of the season's key creative presences, not just a guest name in the credits.

Her work also reaches into one of the season's most charged turns. In 12 Angry Girls and 1 Drunk Travis, the Yellowjackets put Coach Ben on trial for burning down the cabin where they used to sleep, with Misty and Taissa serving as lawyers, Nat as judge and Shauna steering the jury toward a death sentence. Morrison has said the show is like "a part of my soul," and called it "a creative family," adding that Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson infuse every moment with so much character that the series could support a thousand different versions. That attachment sits uneasily beside the network's decision to end it after the fourth season.

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Morrison's path into Yellowjackets fits the kind of TV career that made her an easy fit for a dense, character-driven drama. She is known for Once Upon a Time and House, and for memorable or recurring roles in How I Met Your Mother and Star Trek. What remains unknown now is which episode she will direct in the final season, but the broader picture is already clear: the series is closing with a director who has helped shape some of its most talked-about work.

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