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Croak is available to stream now via Paramount+; it will make its Showtime data pipe premiere on Sunday.
The cold open of Croak promises a fresh start to this season ofYellowjackets.
The episode opens with a single perfect frog.
Every time the show introduces a potential supernatural element, its negated.
The wilderness isnt keeping them there; its their own collective inertia.
Or is it lazy storytelling?
Ill go with inertia for now.
Is it the wilderness or is it a psychotic break?
(Its 100 percent a psychotic break.)
But lets backtrack to the beginning of this episode.
We meet the ill-fated hikers as they follow the mating of the Arctic Banshee Frog.
Along with them is a hiking guide named Kodi.
The amazing and hilarious Joel McHale plays Kodi.
But then a fully baked Hannah decides that she wants to call Miss Cleo from the satellite phone.
Hijinks ensue and the antenna gets broken.
Then, Edwins suspicions of Kodi go from bad to worse as they continue on their mission.
So, when they hear (and smell) something the next night, Edwin is encouraged to investigate.
It turns out that Ben reallywasa bridge that connected the girls to the outside world.
The introduction of this group into the wilderness timeline upends something I thought might be possible on the show.
After Lottie murders Edwin, Hannah and Kodi flee, and aMost Dangerous Gamestyle hunt begins.
Ever since the introduction of Pit Girl, this is the punch in of conflict weve been waiting for.
As Hannah flees, her dark hair cascades down her back, and her whole aura gives Pit Girl.
Maybe its not Mari, after all.
Perhaps this isnt the last time this poor woman will be hunted.
From the present-day timeline, we know that none of the hikers were ever found.
After hearing her recording of the audio file, Callie does some googling and finds the missing team.
She talks to Jeff about it, but hes still in denial mode.
Callie, for her part, knows that her mother and her friends were totally capable of murder.
These women are still so scared of Shauna, and its hilarious.
But then a fresh new hell arises as Van starts vomiting blood.
Shauna has no choice but to go to a hospital.
Once there, Tai accompanies Van to her room under the pretense that shes her wife.
She was her wilderness wife, so I guess theres that.
As Misty and Shauna sit in the waiting room, Misty confronts her about the DNA.
Shauna remains the coldest of the cold.
For what its worth, though, I dont think she killed Lottie.
Perhaps Walters DNA testing is a bit off, and Callie is the killer?
Shauna drives to her final destination, a neat white house with a picket fence.
Presumably, this is Hannahs daughters house.
She watches, giant knife at her side, as people flutter behind the windows.
This woman has killed before, and shes absolutely not going to hesitate to kill again.
However, its interesting to note that we have not seen Shauna kill anyone in the wilderness timeline.
At least not yet.
Again, Lottie is the one who has committed the first straight-up murder.
Theyre annoyed with her, but they dont judge.
The field medic decisions these girls make on the fly are always a sight to behold.
Meanwhile, Shauna and Van return to camp with Hannah in tow.
She sheepishly waves at the rest of the girls, saying, Hi.
Oh man, this woman is doomed.
But to be completely honest, Misty didnt do such a great job of cleaning up Adams murder either.
I agree with her sentiment in the season three premiere that he would flourish as a widower.
BigLord of the Fliesvibes with Misty breaking her glasses during the hunt for Kodi.
