‘Yellowjackets’ star Ashley Sutton shares favorite finale scene and show’s future

“Yellowjackets” Season 3 took fans on a wild rollercoaster with unexpected twists, murders and killers.

The Post spoke to Ashley Sutton, who joined the series this season as Hanna, the frog scientist-turned-captive after a run-in with the lost “Yellowjackets,” about the mind-blowing finale and the show’s future.

Hanna was innocent until she changed the course of her fate by plunging a knife into her colleague’s eye (Joel McHale) to prove her loyalty to the starved soccer team in Episode 9.

Warning: Season 3 finale spoilers below.

The Season 3 finale delivered with the question of who killed Adult Lottie (Simone Kessell) finally being answered, and it was an unlikely culprit.

Adult Shauna, played by Melanie Lynskey, comes home to discover her house empty and her family, husband Jeff (Warren Kole) and daughter Callie (Sarah Desjardins), gone without a trace.

Thinking her twisted fellow “Yellowjacket” survivor adult Misty (Christina Ricci) did something with them, Shauna confronts her — only to learn the horrible truth.

Callie pushed Lottie down the stairs to her untimely death only after the wilderness guru said she was a product of their time stuck in the woods.

Audiences see a more sinister side of adult Shauna after learning the news, with the mom seemingly embracing her darkness after discovering that her daughter has killed, too.

Watchers of “Yellowjackets” saw adult Taissa, aka Tai (Tawny Cypress), do the same after Van (Lauren Ambrose) is stabbed in the heart by Adult Melissa (Hilary Swank). Taking her lifeless body out to the woods to what viewers assume is to bury her, Tai eats her longtime lover Van’s heart.

Things weren’t any tamer for their teenage counterparts trapped in the wild, either.

They said goodbye to teen Mari (Alexa Barajas) in a brutal and disgusting way after hunting her down in the woods — and Hanna (Sutton) became an integral part of the “Yellowjackets” possible return home.

In the finale, the teens set to trick teen Shauna (Sophie Nelisse) after she forbids them from using the newly-discovered transponder for help, so they devise a plan by disguising Hanna as teen Natalie (Sophie Thatcherx) while the real Nat climbs to a mountain peak and makes a connection to the outside world.

That’s where the finale, rightly titled “Full Circle,” ends.

While speaking to Sutton, she told The Post that she was just as surprised as everyone to discover it wasn’t her character who was killed off in the finale despite being the easiest target.

“I came in assuming I was pit girl, or as I’ve been calling her, upside down naked girl,” she shared, referencing the scene after teen Mari’s body is dragged from the dagger-rigged pit and prepared for eating.

“And then, it gets revealed in Episode 10 that I’m actually part of saving everybody,” she added, sharing that she believes her character “with all of her heart, wants everybody to go home.”

While Sutton’s character had many memorable moments over the season, including killing off one of her own, the actress told The Post that her moment with Natalie “it’s my favorite scene that I filmed.”

As of the time of publication, Showtime and Paramount+ have not yet announced a “Yellowjackets” Season 4 — and Sutton said she’s hoping as a fan, herself, that it’s renewed.

“I mean, as a fan, I want them to pick it up because I need to know the ending. I need to know. I need to know who’s doing all of this. Or is it some, like, mysterious, like I need to know?” she responded about all the missing connections that viewers are yearning for. “I need the answers. I don’t have the answers, and I’m hoping that there is a pick-up.”

The star also pointed out that viewers need to see the ladies get home and navigate back into normal life after doing unimaginable things to stay alive while being trapped in the wilderness for over 19 months after their plane crash.

Sutton also shared how grateful she was to her co-stars and colleagues for accepting her as one of their own.

“I just truly love her so much. And I am so grateful that they gave me the opportunity to play her and that the cast was just so welcoming, the crew was so welcoming,” she shared of her role as Hanna. “It just felt so safe. It felt like home, and I hope we get to do [it again].”

Viewers hope so, too, and there is still a chance.

“Yellowjackets” co-creator Ashley Lyle shared that she and the other showrunners (her husband, Bart Nickerson and Jonathan Lisco) originally planned the show for a five-season run.

“The original plan was about five seasons, and we feel like we’re still on track for that,” she told Entertainment Weekly in March 2023. “So far, we’ve been really on track.” However, in showbiz, a lot can happen in two years.

“Yellowjackets” Season 3 finale begins streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime on Friday at 3 a.m. ET.