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In thefirst episodeofYellowjacketsseason two, a new character enters the picture in the present-day timeline.
No, hes not another villainous spirit like the Man With No Eyes.
Elijah Woods Walter meets Misty (Christina Ricci) through the citizen-detective message boards they both frequent.
He posts under the name PuttingtheSickinForensics, and we dont see his face untilepisode two.
The Yellowjackets are stuck in the Unknown.
These woods mysterious, dangerous, and supernatural are referred to as the Unknown.
It just feels right that hes the same dark-sided forest god haunting the lost-in-the-woods Yellowjackets.
This would explain the Antler Queen seen in theYellowjacketscannibal ritual in the pilot: She(?)
is wither a form of the Beast or someone (Lottie?)
under the Beasts control.
Its the same transformation the girls ofYellowjacketsare undergoing the longer they spend in the forest.
Like VaninYellowjackets, theOver the Garden Wallcharacters are attacked by a wolf.
We learn it was once Beatrices dog, transformed into a wolf by eating a turtle.
in the forest messing with them, as he did withthe white moosethis season.
Its the kind of human disrespect for the law of the woods thatYellowjacketsis dabbling in.
But all of this Beast stuff is just one angle.
I probably sound like citizen detective Elijah Wood to you or, worse,hot cop John Reynolds.
I need more evidence …
Like pagan sacrifice rituals!
If only that creepy skeleton in the attic of the girls cabin had found Pottersfield.
He wouldnt be so lonely!
Another thing connecting the Yellowjackets to the Unknown is Lotties pesky tendency to stumble into long, impossible tunnels.
And boy oh boy, does it have its fair share of impossible halls and passageways.
Wirt stays asleep and comes close to dying, the forest reclaiming him by growing tree roots around him.
Let your troubles melt away / youll be sitting pretty in the moonlights gaze,Caligula sings to Misty.
Everything is nice and fine all the time, the Cloud City Reception Committee sings to Greg.
In contrast, Mistyalmostreaches a point of self-awareness before Caligulas voice (John Cameron Mitchell!)
talks her down, reaffirming her delusional worldview.
Regardless,Yellowjacketsfinally having a talking birdbrings itthatmuch closer toOver the Garden Wall.
Also, a jock named Jimmy has what sounds like a more prominent Jersey accent.
Moreover, the shows creator, Patrick McHale,grew up in New Jersey.
This is all the evidence I need to assume that thats where this generic northeastern suburb exists.
Wirt goes under the bleachers after a school football game to meet up with Sara.
Because Sara is the school mascot.
And her mascot suit …
… is a bee!
Which might as well be a Yellowjacket!
Theres no way of knowing for certain!
Thats why it takes so long for anyone to find them.
Theyre in the Unknown.
Elijah Wood and Melanie Lynskey are just making a return trip.
And what does all of this mean for the future ofYellowjackets?
