Yellowjackets
Warning : There are spoiler onwards for Yellowjackets season 3 , episode 9 , " How the Story Ends . "
Yellowjacketsseason 3 , episode 9 concludes with one of the show ’s most important and surprising deaths so far . In bothYellowjackets ' past and present timelines , the series has never been afraid to kill major case . Laura Lee ( Jane Widdop ) , Jackie Taylor ( Ella Purnell ) , Javi Martinez ( Luciano Leroux ) , and Coach Ben Scott ( Steven Krueger ) are among the most illustrious death in the 1990s timeline .
The adult survivors are not any safer in the present , though , with Travis Martinez ( Kevin Alves ) dying at the start of the show , Natalie Scattorcio ( Juliette Lewis ) being circumstantially killed inYellowjacketsseason 2 ’s end , and Lottie Matthews ( Simone Kessell ) being found bushed in season 3 , instalment 4 . With Melissa ( Hilary Swank ) killing Van Palmer ( Lauren Ambrose ) , another shocking death has now occurred . The effects of Van ’s circumstances will have a farsighted - term impact on the show , admit inYellowjacketsseason 4 .
Why Melissa Kills Van In Yellowjackets Season 3, Episode 9
She Stops Living A Lie
Van attempt to convince herself to take Melissa ’s life , as this sacrifice could help oneself her outlive the genus Cancer for a while longer . This has never been the variety of person Van has been , but it is precisely who Melissa is , and she admit as much when she thrusts the knife into Van ’s body . Melissa says,“Isn’t this what It want ? " , with"It"being a reference to the wild . Despite what she told Shauna Sadecki ( Melanie Lynskey ) about being in a skilful place now , nothing could be further from the Sojourner Truth , with Melissa still lay claim to believe in the baron of the wilderness .
When Flight 2525 crash into the Ontario wilderness in 1996 , only eight of the WHS Yellowjackets team are known to have survived to the present day .
Whether Melissa actually believes in the"It"of the wild is indecipherable for now , but it is a right self-justification to tap into the side of herself that she has had to repress for years . In the moment of killing Van , Melissa does not have to pretend to be Kelly , and she does not have to sham to be a perfect married woman or mother . She just gets to be Melissa , one of the only Yellowjackets who managed to survive in the wild for approximately 19 month . Killing Van in the present steer at teenage Melissa ( Jenna Burgess ) going down a benighted path in the nineties timeline as well .
Teen Van’s Explanation For Her Death In The Plane Vision Explained
Van’s Death Was Inevitable, But It’s Not The End Of Her Story
As she bleeds out from her fateful wound , Van has a visual modality of herself on a planing machine , where she is seat next to the adolescent version of her reference ( Liv Hewson ) . Teenage Van explains that"It was n’t my call"and"This is just how our story goes . “Both of these remarks advise that the Yellowjackets ' portion are predetermined and there is nothing they can do to change them . No matter what she did , Van was always going to die getting stabbed by Melissa after saving the lives of Taissa Turner ( Tawny Cypress ) and Shauna .
Taissa and Shauna were knocked unconscious and in danger of choke after Melissa end the hearth flue .
Teenage Van also enjoin that"Surviving this was never the reward . “While the reinforcement could arguably be Van making indisputable that the real Taissa hold back control from the"Other " Taissa , teenage Van ’s words seem to suggest at the reward being something much large . Thiscould mean that the Yellowjackets ' stories will keep in the afterlifeand the ultimate reward may be them all reuniting there . The show has localize a case law for this through the vision that Jackie , Natalie , and Van have all had while dying .
What Van’s Death Means For The Other Yellowjackets Survivors
Their Lives Will Never Be The Same Again
Van ’s decease will have a wakeless encroachment on all the survivor , the effects of which are already glimpse by Taissa ’s heartbroken reaction to finding Van ’s body . Taissa has just lost the love of her life and she will be engrossed on getting revenge against Melissa . However , Taissa can not let herself be consumed by fad , as this could lead to the return of the " Other " Taissa . This can not be allowed to happen as Van died after have the actual Taissa to come back . With Van pass away , Taissa will call for to be in a way that reward Van ’s retention .
Shauna and Misty were not close to Van in the fashion Taissa was , but she was still their admirer , and they will struggle with her loss .
As for Shauna , her natural angle of dip will be hunt down down and vote down Melissa . With Misty Quigley ( Christina Ricci ) beingYellowjackets ' most normal grownup lineament , her angle of inclination will probably not be to slay Melissa , but to get another way of life to have got her accountable for what she did . Shauna and Misty were not close to Van in the way Taissa was , but she was still their protagonist , and they will struggle with her going . For Melissa , her actions signify that she will never be accept by the other survivors again inYellowjackets , and there is no scenario where her story ends well .
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