Yellowjackets
admonition : There are spoiler forward for Yellowjackets season 3 , episode 1 & 2 .
Yellowjacketsseason 3 begins with Shauna Sadecki ( Melanie Lynskey ) being stalked and her teenage self ( Sophie Nélisse ) finding an unexpected romanticism in the wilderness . The teenage survivors have had to find a new way to adapt and survive in the wild after the cabin was burn down duringYellowjacketsseason 2 ’s ending . Teenage Natalie Scatorccio ( Sophie Thatcher ) is now the group ’s drawing card , while Coach Ben Scott ( Steven Krueger ) attempt to live on his own .
InYellowjackets ' present - daytime timeline , Misty Quigley ( Christina Ricci ) is struggle to move forrard after accidentally kill Natalie(Juliette Lewis ) , and Misty is resistant to everything Walter Tattersall ( Elijah Wood ) endeavor to do to make her feel salutary . Taissa Turner ( Tawny Cypress ) and Van Palmer ( Lauren Ambrose ) are rekindle their romance after reuniting in season 2 . After all these developments , theYellowjacketsseason 3two - instalment premiere end with the mystery story of who is stalk Shauna .
Yellowjackets Hints Melissa Is Connected To Shauna’s Stalker – Is She Alive?
Melissa Has A Surprising History With Shauna
A mysterious figure is seen watching Shauna ’s girl , Callie Sadecki ( Sarah Desjardins ) , and leaves an envelope addressed to Shauna at their front door with a cassette tapeline inside of it . The same individual is presumably the person who ominously stand outside a booth in the woman ’s john and leave a cell earpiece for Shauna to find . When Shauna calls the eatery back to see if anyone picked up the phone , and learns that someone did , the episode trim down back - and - forth between this panorama and to teenage Shauna and Melissa ( Jenna Burgess ) in the wilderness .
Yellowjackets ’ shocking season 1 close answer some of the show ’s biggest questions while also raising unexampled mysteries that position up season 2 .
The scene in the wild sees Melissa follow Shauna , being threatened by her , and then the two of them snog . This suggests thatMelissa may still be live in the present day and could be Shauna ’s stalker . The fresh character played by Hilary Swank has yet to be introduce , but she may be limn an old interpretation of Melissa . Just as Van and Lottie Matthews ( Simone Kessell ) were not revealed as present - mean solar day survivors later in the series , the same could hold true for Melissa .
What Teen Melissa & Shauna’s Romantic Twist Means For Season 3
Melissa Can Help Shauna Gain More Power
In the past timeline , the romantic twist means thatMelissa will no longer be break to the backgroundinYellowjacketsseason 3and that she can now be an ally to Shauna . The serial cleverly admit Melissa becoming a developed character , with Shauna asking if she has actually had a personality all along . Melissa seems to be in veneration of Shauna and willing to do anything she says . This kind of loyalty can be instrumental in help oneself Shauna arrive at more might and potentially even becoming the radical ’s leader instead of Natalie .
Jenna Burgess made herYellowjacketsdebut as Melissa in time of year 2 .
On a more personal level , a relationship with Melissa reveals Modern aspects of Shauna ’s character , who antecedently only ever showed intimate or romantic involvement in men like Jeff Sadecki ( Warren Kole ) and Adam Martin ( Peter Gadiot ) . After losing her baby and her respectable friend , Jackie Taylor ( Ella Purnell ) , Shauna has put walls up around herself , and has become arguably the scariest and most hardened survivor . Melissa could bring those walls down and make Shauna more vulnerable , which may either help Shauna heal or open herself up to further pain in the ass and release .
Melissa may still be obsessed with Shauna , which would explain why she is stalking her , and why she is leave cassette tapes and phones for her to find .
Since Shauna and Melissa manifestly do not finish up together , if Melissa is still alive in the present day , this in all probability mean that their kinship does not end well . Melissa may still be obsessed with Shauna , which would explain why she is stalking her , and why she is leaving cassette tapes and speech sound for her to incur . Shauna comes off as the more dangerous one in the past times , butin the present tense , Melissa may now be the true risk to Shauna and her family .
Who Coach Ben Is Talking To In The Cave & Why He Takes Mari
Coach Ben Is In Self-Preservation Mode
Coach Benhas managed to survive alone in the wild and even found a pit filled with crateful of nonperishable food . When Mari ( Alexa Barajas ) accrue into this pit , he takes Mari back to the cave where he has been living , the same cave where Javi Martinez ( Luciano Leroux ) survived during his disappearing . Coach Ben takes Mari because he can not have her differentiate the Yellowjackets where he is , as he believes they will down and run through him . This belief is further solidified when he learns that the cabin burned down and that they charge him .
Season 3 Episode #
Air Date
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February 16
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3
February 23
4
March 2
5
March 9
6
March 16
7
March 23
8
March 30
9
April 6
10
April 13
The variety and caring nature of Coach Ben still seems to be present when he gives Mari spicy chocolate , but he becomes more questionable after he is find out arguing with an unknown mortal in the dismal corner of the cave . It is unconfirmed who Coach Ben is talking to , with the most probable possibilities being Javi ’s " friend " who differentiate him not to come in back , or that Coach Ben is continuing to hallucinate his beau , Paul ( François Arnaud ) . Regardless of the response , Coach Ben ’s conversation does not auspicate well for Mari .
Are Misty & Walter Really Breaking Up?
The Citizen Detectives Cannot Solve Their Own Relationship
The promising start toMisty and Walter ’s relationship inYellowjacketsseason 2is quickly fade . Despite Walter being the only mortal to bear Misty and be there for her since Natalie ’s death , she carry on to push him aside . She is instant on being mystify in a ego - destructive cycle and only want the society of her fellow wilderness survivors . instalment 2 ends with Misty pushing Walter away after she returns home inebriated after her dark at Shauna ’s home .
No reference is safe from being killed in Yellowjackets , with even the adult Natalie Scatorccio dying in time of year 2 ’s present - 24-hour interval timeline .
For now , Misty and Walter seem to be break up , although their rip is improbable to stand by . Walter ’s citizen detective accomplishment and his resourcefulness will make him a valuable ally in figure out the matter of Shauna ’s stalker and any other major problem that the Yellowjackets face up in the present - day timeline . In Natalie ’s absence , it is becoming progressively obvious to everyone except Misty that the other survivors do not care about her , and once she understand this , she can realize that she and Walter are a good catch .
Why Taissa Doesn’t Tell Van About The Waiter’s Death
Taissa Wants To Protect Van And Their Relationship
When Taissa and Van leave a eating house without paying , the attempt to spice up their relationship fill a dark turn that only Taissa know about for now . After render to the restaurant the next day to compensate , Taissa learns that the server who chased them had a fatal mettle attack on the sidewalk while pursuing her and Van . Taissa does not tell Van about this because she wants to continue revel their clip together after years aside and does not want to bother her .
The Man with No Eyes makes an appearing after the waiter ’s death .
With her concluding Cancer the Crab diagnosis , Van already has deal to deal with in her life . Taissa does not desire to charge her further and make Van sense guiltyfor being responsible for the waiter ’s last . From a more selfish stand , Taissa is also scared of lose Van now that they are finally back together and rebuilding the Latinian language that managed to weather despite all the trauma they have experienced . Like all secrets inYellowjackets , though , the verity will not stay on obscure everlastingly , and it is only a topic of time before Van memorize what happened .
What Is Going On With Callie & Lottie?
They Form An Unexpected Bond
When they first met in theYellowjacketsseason 2 finale , Callie shot Lottie in the shoulder in fiat to protect Shauna . This makes it surprising to see Callie and Lottie apparently becoming near ally by the end of time of year 3 , episode 2 . Callie and Lottie are drawn to each other for different intellect . For Callie , Lottie offer the most insight she has ever gotten into what happened in the wild , as Shauna does not apportion these kinds of inside information with her daughter . Lottie ’s mystique is also appealing to Callie and a refreshing change of pace from her own female parent .
Callie and Lottie ’s newfound friendship is bound to be dangerous .
As for what Lottie sees in Callie , she has been grip by her since the moment they fit . Instead of being raging at Callie for shooting her , Lottie ’s first remarks were about Callie ’s immense index . Now that Lottie has lose the community she build , Callie could become her first new follower . No matter what happen , Callie and Lottie ’s newfound friendship is bound to be grave , andmay have consequences beyond anything Shauna or Jeff can imagine inYellowjacketsseason 3 .
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