Yellowjackets
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One ofYellowjacketss greatest strengths is its casting.
There is no denying that Ambrose instantly catches fire as the adult version of Van Palmer.
From the moment we see her onscreen, sheisVan.
It did happen, though and its come back to haunt her.
When Tai wakes from a couch nap, she makes a beeline for Van.
(Who, sadly, is fishing some Percocet out of the trash.
Yet another trauma response.)
Other Tai kisses Van, and Van recognizes her immediately.
Youre the other one, arent you?
As Tai-not-Tai slinks away, she growls, This isnt where were supposed to be.
This moment provides loose proof for aYellowjacketstheory thats been floating in the ether for some time now.
This isnt where were supposed to be feels eerily like the chilling We have to go back!
Do they have to go back to the wilderness so you can heal from their trauma?
Or is there something calling them that needs to be dealt with?
Ive always felt like there was something more than just the cannibalism holding them back from telling the truth.
Maybe theres something or someone (!)
still out there that they need to protect?
Could this be theYellowjacketsversion of the Others?
She threatens Crystal only to accidentally force her off of the edge of the comically high poop cliff.
Heres hoping your resorbed twin isnt waiting for you on the other side.
Yet, in the present, Mistys interaction with Walter is the complete inverse of what happened with Crystal.
And he doesnt care.
He just likes her, murderess or not.
(Weirdly, this scene gave meBridget Joness I like you very much, just as you are vibes.
Is Misty in a rom-com?!)
His grandma murdered his grandfather, and he still loved her!
But, old habits die hard, and Misty cant bring herself to be emotionally open with Walter.
So she flees into the arms of Lotties cult, and Walter escapes with his life intact.
Is this the last well see of Walter?
However, Walter is still a citizen detective, and he thinks hes cracked the Adam Martin case.
Thinking quickly, she gives the guy some bad intel: Shauna is having an affair with Randy.
A clunky sequence unfolds in which a clueless Randy putters around his motel room, taking orders from Shauna.
But no one cares.
Both Lottie and Natalie are curious about what Traviss final note to Natalie meant.
Tell Nat she was right it read.
But what was she right about?
Lottie uses a blinking light and a verbal prompt to extract memories from Natalie.
(Seriously, it took me about 20 tries to pause on this exact frame of the montage.)
This flash could also just be a vision of a highly traumatized woman on the brink of death.
As Natalie comes out of the memory, shes overwhelmed.
She leans over onto Lotties lap with exhausted reverence, regressing into the teenage version of herself.
This feels like potential foreshadowing for whatevers to come next with Lottie and Natalie in the wilderness.
Is it possible that Natalie might soon be on Team Lottie?
In the wilderness, Lottie continues to gain followers as Tai and Akilah both join the morning circle.
During the session, she asks them to identify what they can hear and feel.
She leaves the cabin and Tai follows, but they soon get caught up in a snowstorm.
Is the darkness checking in on them?
Van and Lottie chant, I hear my friends trying to find us.
And, oddly enough, Tai starts muttering the same mantra at the same time.
Or are they psychically connected somehow?
The girls are truly making use of everything.
