[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Yellowjackets” Season 2 Episode 8, “It Chooses.”]
“Does a hunt that have no violence feed anyone?”
That’s the question posed to Lottie (Simone Kessell) by her “therapist” — quickly revealed to be her subconscious — in “Yellowjackets” Season 2, Episode 7, the question whose answer and meaning reveal themselves in ghastly fashion in Episode 8, “It Chooses.” Not only are our survivors starved and delirious, but they now hunger as much for food as for fight to acquire it.
Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer and written by Sarah L. Thompson & Liz Phang, “It Chooses” is littered with indicators of everyone reaching the end of their tether during the bleak midwinter. There is hunger, there is starvation, and then there is whatever this is; exhaustion, blurred vision, hallucinations of blood spilling from the walls, cradling your pet mouse corpse and being tempted to take a bite out of his emaciated body. Only Nat (Sophie Thatcher) says it,...
“Does a hunt that have no violence feed anyone?”
That’s the question posed to Lottie (Simone Kessell) by her “therapist” — quickly revealed to be her subconscious — in “Yellowjackets” Season 2, Episode 7, the question whose answer and meaning reveal themselves in ghastly fashion in Episode 8, “It Chooses.” Not only are our survivors starved and delirious, but they now hunger as much for food as for fight to acquire it.
Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer and written by Sarah L. Thompson & Liz Phang, “It Chooses” is littered with indicators of everyone reaching the end of their tether during the bleak midwinter. There is hunger, there is starvation, and then there is whatever this is; exhaustion, blurred vision, hallucinations of blood spilling from the walls, cradling your pet mouse corpse and being tempted to take a bite out of his emaciated body. Only Nat (Sophie Thatcher) says it,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
This article contains spoilers for "Yellowjackets" season 2 episode 8.
After the cliffhanger bloodbath that was last week's episode, "It Chooses" picks up with Mari and Misty holding up Lottie over a bowl so she can pee. Unfortunately, Lottie's pissing blood, likely because Shauna kicked her square in the kidneys a few times. The girls have brought her up to the attic to try and heal, but Mari's making snarky jokes and Misty has had enough of it. Mari takes the piss bowl downstairs, but drops it on the floor and starts crying. I think she's finally cracking from the severity of the situation. Through her pain, Lottie is having visions that resemble ones she'll have again as an adult. Things are getting bad for our Yellowjackets.
Adding to the list of People Having a Bad Time™, Akilah is playing with the baby mouse she's been mothering the last few episodes and...
After the cliffhanger bloodbath that was last week's episode, "It Chooses" picks up with Mari and Misty holding up Lottie over a bowl so she can pee. Unfortunately, Lottie's pissing blood, likely because Shauna kicked her square in the kidneys a few times. The girls have brought her up to the attic to try and heal, but Mari's making snarky jokes and Misty has had enough of it. Mari takes the piss bowl downstairs, but drops it on the floor and starts crying. I think she's finally cracking from the severity of the situation. Through her pain, Lottie is having visions that resemble ones she'll have again as an adult. Things are getting bad for our Yellowjackets.
Adding to the list of People Having a Bad Time™, Akilah is playing with the baby mouse she's been mothering the last few episodes and...
- 5/19/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for "Yellowjackets" and discusses potentially triggering content.
After a week off the air, "Yellowjackets" returns with everyone's favorite high school memory — underfunded and poorly executed sex ed! The girls are learning about "the miracle of life" from an old tape being played by Coach Ben because it's the 1990s so of course an athletic coach or gym teacher is also tasked with educating how babies are made.
A shock to no one, Randy is the class clown who can't resist making comments about the man in the video having a small peen, because there's nothing gayer than a straight man's comedic discomfort about nude men. Van rightfully shoves her entire hand in a condom to prove that Randy's claims they're "too small for him" is total B.S. and Misty is hushing everyone for talking because of course she is. Jeff passes a note to Shauna in class,...
After a week off the air, "Yellowjackets" returns with everyone's favorite high school memory — underfunded and poorly executed sex ed! The girls are learning about "the miracle of life" from an old tape being played by Coach Ben because it's the 1990s so of course an athletic coach or gym teacher is also tasked with educating how babies are made.
A shock to no one, Randy is the class clown who can't resist making comments about the man in the video having a small peen, because there's nothing gayer than a straight man's comedic discomfort about nude men. Van rightfully shoves her entire hand in a condom to prove that Randy's claims they're "too small for him" is total B.S. and Misty is hushing everyone for talking because of course she is. Jeff passes a note to Shauna in class,...
- 5/5/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for "Yellowjackets" season 2.
While the promise of mysteries, criminal activity, cannibalism, and a story of survival may have gotten most "Yellowjackets" viewers in the door, it has been the complex, fascinating characters that keep folks coming back each week. The major characters of Shauna, Taissa, Natalie, Misty, Lottie, and Van have given us two different timelines to become our beloved favorites, but there are plenty of supporting characters that audiences can't get enough of, and I'm not just talking about their teammates in the cabin.
It's sincerely impressive that "Yellowjackets," a show that prioritizes the stories of women above all else, managed to make a legion of fans (many of whom are queer) become obsessively protective of Shauna's himbo wifeguy Jeff (Warren Kole). And of course, who could forget the consistent comedic relief that comes from a character like Randy (Jeff Holman), the words of wisdom...
While the promise of mysteries, criminal activity, cannibalism, and a story of survival may have gotten most "Yellowjackets" viewers in the door, it has been the complex, fascinating characters that keep folks coming back each week. The major characters of Shauna, Taissa, Natalie, Misty, Lottie, and Van have given us two different timelines to become our beloved favorites, but there are plenty of supporting characters that audiences can't get enough of, and I'm not just talking about their teammates in the cabin.
It's sincerely impressive that "Yellowjackets," a show that prioritizes the stories of women above all else, managed to make a legion of fans (many of whom are queer) become obsessively protective of Shauna's himbo wifeguy Jeff (Warren Kole). And of course, who could forget the consistent comedic relief that comes from a character like Randy (Jeff Holman), the words of wisdom...
- 4/14/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for "Yellowjackets."
Now that we've recovered from yet another bleak visual set to a Tori Amos song, "Yellowjackets" season 2 episode 4 picks up in 1996. Tai's sleepwalking is continually sending her to trees with the symbol carved into them, but she's still claiming she has no recollection of doing it or why. "Something in you knows that these trees are here," says Van. As one of Lottie's disciples, Van wants Taissa to at least talk to her about what's going on, but Tai firmly puts her foot down. Always the logical one, that Taissa. Van has been keeping maps of all of the places Taissa has taken her while sleepwalking, trying to find a pattern. It's clear that a rift is forming between the two, solely based on whether or not they believe in Lottie's so-called "powers." It's only a matter of time before the rest of the team follows suit.
Now that we've recovered from yet another bleak visual set to a Tori Amos song, "Yellowjackets" season 2 episode 4 picks up in 1996. Tai's sleepwalking is continually sending her to trees with the symbol carved into them, but she's still claiming she has no recollection of doing it or why. "Something in you knows that these trees are here," says Van. As one of Lottie's disciples, Van wants Taissa to at least talk to her about what's going on, but Tai firmly puts her foot down. Always the logical one, that Taissa. Van has been keeping maps of all of the places Taissa has taken her while sleepwalking, trying to find a pattern. It's clear that a rift is forming between the two, solely based on whether or not they believe in Lottie's so-called "powers." It's only a matter of time before the rest of the team follows suit.
- 4/14/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for "Yellowjackets" season 1.
On Showtime's "Yellowjackets," Misty Quigly, played by Christina Ricci as an adult and Sammi Hanratty as a teenager in flashbacks, is an outcast with a twisted character profile. As the equipment manager for the Whs Yellowjackets girls' soccer team, Misty is unpopular. Yet she has an overwhelming desire to fit in and is willing to go to some very questionable lengths to make that happen. When the team's plane crashes in the wilderness en route to a tournament, Misty's knowledge of first aid gains her more acceptance, and it feels so good to be needed that she secretly smashes the plane's flight recorder, thereby eliminating any chance that they will be located and rescued.
Despite this and other moves that go against the good of the group, Ricci sees something in Misty that keeps her weirdly relatable even as she acts out in crazy ways.
On Showtime's "Yellowjackets," Misty Quigly, played by Christina Ricci as an adult and Sammi Hanratty as a teenager in flashbacks, is an outcast with a twisted character profile. As the equipment manager for the Whs Yellowjackets girls' soccer team, Misty is unpopular. Yet she has an overwhelming desire to fit in and is willing to go to some very questionable lengths to make that happen. When the team's plane crashes in the wilderness en route to a tournament, Misty's knowledge of first aid gains her more acceptance, and it feels so good to be needed that she secretly smashes the plane's flight recorder, thereby eliminating any chance that they will be located and rescued.
Despite this and other moves that go against the good of the group, Ricci sees something in Misty that keeps her weirdly relatable even as she acts out in crazy ways.
- 12/2/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Spoiler Alert: This post includes some major reveals for the Season 1 finale of Showtime’s Yellowjackets, “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.”
Just when it seems Yellowjackets couldn’t get any more sinister than “Doomcoming,” the Season 1 finale proves otherwise.
Hungover and exhausted from their trippy, makeshift dance, Shauna (Sophie Nélisse), Lottie (Courtney Eaton) and the rest of the survivors awake to grapple with the violence of the night before. Shrugging off his near-death experience is Travis (Kevin Alves), who gives a concerned Nat (Sophie Thatcher) the cold shoulder and declares that he’s going to search for younger brother Javi, who seems to have gone missing amid the chaos of the previous evening.
In the present Misty (Christina Ricci) meets up with Nat (Juliette Lewis) to help Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) and Taissa (Tawny Cypress) get rid of Adam’s body. Misty, eerily calm at the site of Adam’s murder, walks...
Just when it seems Yellowjackets couldn’t get any more sinister than “Doomcoming,” the Season 1 finale proves otherwise.
Hungover and exhausted from their trippy, makeshift dance, Shauna (Sophie Nélisse), Lottie (Courtney Eaton) and the rest of the survivors awake to grapple with the violence of the night before. Shrugging off his near-death experience is Travis (Kevin Alves), who gives a concerned Nat (Sophie Thatcher) the cold shoulder and declares that he’s going to search for younger brother Javi, who seems to have gone missing amid the chaos of the previous evening.
In the present Misty (Christina Ricci) meets up with Nat (Juliette Lewis) to help Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) and Taissa (Tawny Cypress) get rid of Adam’s body. Misty, eerily calm at the site of Adam’s murder, walks...
- 1/17/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
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