Yellowjackets
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Would you slurp on a blue Slushee like Mari?
Or would you chow down on a three-course meal at McDonalds like Melissa?
Yes, I know.
I wouldnt have lasted long in the wilderness.
When rescue is on the table, most of the Yellowjackets begin wishing for their normal lives back.
Their collective decision underscores the idea that It was really a shared group illusion after all.
Here, theyre revered and feared.
Its no wonder they dont want to leave.
The episode opens with a nightmare about the normal life.
While Shauna waits outside Hannahs daughters house, she dozes and dreams of being a teen.
Shes blithely checking out groceries (a.k.a.
You really did not pan out, huh?
This is Shauna in a nutshell, repeating patterns of destruction and going absolutely nowhere.
As she catches a glimpse of Melissa (Hilary Swank, finally!
), we all know that were about to be in for a delightful treat.
Its Lynskey versus Swank, round one!
Shauna is shocked to find out that she has married the daughter of the woman we killed.
Man, that sentence is wild.
Either Melissa has some serious survivors guilt going on, or she really does love Hannahs daughter, Alex.
Or maybe its both.
In any case, shes not giving up her boring, normal life so easily.
Shauna was right: Melissa turned out to be boring.
Well, aside from the whole marrying the daughter of someone she secretly murdered in the wilderness thing.
Elsewhere in the present-day timeline, Tai and Misty hang around the hospital waiting to hear news about Van.
When a doctor finally comes to see them, its not good.
The doctor gently recommends looking into palliative care.
Obviously, Tai cannot accept this, so she drags Misty to find a person to sacrifice.
As she berates herself, the guy flatlines anyway.
Tawny Cypress delivers a truly funny moment as Tais emotions rapidly morph from anger to panic to wonder.
she asks out loud, eyes bugging out of her head with intense hope.
Its unclear if it counts or not because we dont really see much of Van in this episode.
What we do see is Tai arguing with Other Tai.
Weve never seen Other Tai flinch when it comes to violence, so this whole setup feels weird.
Misty, for her part, has been calling Jeff to find out where Shauna might be.
That moment earned a big eye roll from me, but go off, Callie, I guess?
He asks the Joels, Havent you ever been in love with an unhinged woman?
Instead of dreaming about the comforts of the real world, Shauna is panicking about going back.
Shes kind of right.
So, she attempts a coup.
Lotties speech emboldens both Shauna and Tai to stay, too.
Natalie is having none of this shit.
Still in leadership mode, she decides that theyll leave the others behind and find rescue without them.
But Shauna, the current leader, says no.
Melissa, for her part, knows Shauna.
There was a note with the tape, possibly one that Callie confiscated?
Melissa denies killing Lottie, and she also denies messing with Shauna in any way.
Oh, she found a cell phone in a bathroom?
The brakes on her ancient van went out?
She got trapped in a walk-in freezer?
These are things that just happen to people!
Shaunas lizard brain just made them into something else.
Shauna shoots back by telling Melissa that she doesnt get to have a normal life.
And shes also right.
Do any of these women deserve to have a normal life?
Is it even possible to have a normal life after what theyve experienced after what theyve done?
When trauma is repressed especially severe trauma it eats away at a person.
Unexplored trauma is an auto-cannibalistic bitch.
Melissa is trying to heal.
She sees a life coach named Barbara, and presumably, shes told Barbara most of the truth.
Melissa knows this and calls her on all her shit.
She gets the killer line, You stir the pot just to feel alive.
The two women scrap on the floor for a bit, with Shauna gaining the upper hand almost immediately.
She pins Melissa to the ground and takes a huge chomp out of her upper arm.
The camera switches to Melissas perspective, and we see Shauna dangling the flesh blob before our eyes.
Akilah, for her part, doesnt seem super convinced.
Im so happy that Van got to experience that in real-time.
90s Song Watch: As a big Sleater Kinney fan, Im overjoyed that theyfinallygot a needle drop.
And what a needle drop!
Other notable songs featured in the episode include Wonderwall from Oasis and Alright by Supergrass.
The moths Shauna sees are theSilence of the Lambsmoths, right?
