‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap: The Horrific Death No One Saw Coming

Now, I don’t want to start this recap off with some light victim blaming. But why the hell do the Yellowjackets need to dump their shit bucket off of a cliff? No one saw the problems that could potentially present in the middle of winter, with high winds and slippery slopes? I know these girls have a lot of things they need to be concerned about, but that seems like a pretty obvious thing to caution: “Hey guys, maybe for the winter, we should find a different spot in the vast forest that we’re stranded in to toss our droppings?

But I’m getting ahead of myself here. Especially since the shocking, mangled death that happened in this episode was basically foretold from the start.

After a quick check-in with Adult Van—who is having stale donuts for breakfast and throwing out past-due mortgage notices for the video rental shop she lives above—we’re quickly tossed back to the ’90s. That’s right: Viewers who have been anticipating Lauren Ambrose’s addition to Yellowjackets since this season premiered five weeks ago are not being indulged right off the bat. I actually found this to be an unexpected kindness; Season 2 has been leaning a little too heavily into fan service at the expense of its story. By sprinkling Adult Van and Taissa’s reunion throughout the episode, their shifting dynamic was much more compelling than it would’ve been if they’d just spent10 minutes reconnecting at the top.

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