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Warning : There are spoilers ahead for Yellowjackets season 3 , installment 8 , " A Normal , Boring Life . "
Yellowjacketsseason 3 , sequence 8 , " A Normal , Boring Life " terminate with Shauna ( Melanie Lynskey ) confront her sneak in brutal fashion . Episode 7 made it seem likeShauna ’s stalkerwas the daughter of Hannah ( Ashley Sutton ) , with the girl threatening the Yellowjackets because of the use they played in her mother ’s death . Shauna sneaks inside the house of Hannah ’s daughter , but it turns out not to be her , but her wife , who Shauna confronts .
Hannah ’s girl is married to Melissa ( Hilary Swank ) , who is see for the first sentence inYellowjackets ' present - day timeline . Melissa explain that she sent the tape to Shaunaafter instruct about the deaths of Natalie ( Juliette Lewis ) and Keyn ( Alex Wyndham ) that fall out duringYellowjacketsseason 2 ’s ending . Melissa denies provide the phone in the bathroom , turn off her brakes , trapping her in the freezer , or kill Lottie ( Simone Kessell ) . Shauna is not positive and believes that Melissa is lying , which chair her to take drastic action .
Why Shauna Forces Melissa To Eat A Piece Of Her Own Arm
It’s About Power
Find out every song that plays as the stories of Shauna , Misty , and Taissa continue in Yellowjackets season 3 ’s past and present timeline .
cannibalize Melissa ’s arm and thenblackmailing Melissa into cannibalizing herself shifts the power dynamicand give Shauna the control she has been seeking . She gives into her animal desires and feral self that she has had to stifle . Shauna may also resent Melissa for having a kin who does not experience about her dismal side and who love her without any moral qualm , which is a luxury that Shauna has never had , and will never have .
Why Melissa Faked Her Own Death In The First Place
She Even Had A Funeral
Melissa bull her destruction by leaving a self-annihilation banknote , and even though there was no remains to find , the note was enough to convert the police that she was numb . There was even a funeral , with Shauna mentioning that she attended it . As for why she faked her death , Melissa says"After we made it back , I was no longer one of you"and that Shauna terrified her . She felt as though she had no pick , and that faking her decease was the only room to save herself from Shauna and the other survivors .
Characters Confirmed To Survive The Wilderness
Teenage Actor
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Adult thespian
Shauna
Sophie Nélisse
Melanie Lynskey
Natalie
Sophie Thatcher
Juliette Lewis
Taissa
Jasmin Savoy Brown
Tawny Cypress
Misty
Samantha Hanratty
Christina Ricci
Lottie
Courtney Eaton
Simone Kessell
vanguard
Liv Hewson
Lauren Ambrose
Travis
Kevin Alves
Andrés Soto
Melissa
Jenna Burgess
Hilary Swank
Why she felt as though she no longer belonged has yet to be revealed , although there are already hints in episode 8 . The adult Melissa explains that she was never in honey with Shauna , and that the relationship was always about selection and self - conservation . In the wild scenes , teenage Melissa ( Jenna Burgess ) is focused on beget home plate and leaving the wilderness behind , while teenage Shauna ( Sophie Nélisse ) , Lottie ( Courtney Eaton ) , and the"Other " Taissa(Jasmin Savoy Brown ) insist on staying .
Hannah ’s eventual death will likely induce Melissa to feel even further part from the rest of the chemical group .
Shauna , Lottie , and Tai are three of the other characters who will go on to pull through , but while they comprehend the wilderness , Melissa never has , and that throw her an outsider . Adult Tai ( Tawny Cypress ) name that Melissa got tightlipped with Hannah is another ground why she may feel as though she no longer belonged . While Shauna and other fictional character view Hannah as a threat or plainly a means to an close , it sounds like Melissa will genuinely draw together with her . Hannah ’s eventual death will likely cause Melissa to feel even further fraction from the residuum of the group .
Why Lottie, Shauna, & Tai Insist On Staying In The Wilderness
Each Individual Has Different Reasons
Even though Hannah and Kodiak ( Joel McHale ) offer a means of rescue , Lottie , Shauna , and Tai refuse this opportunity , and insist that the group must stay in the wilderness . Each character has their own intellect for wanting to stay , but together , they become a united front , and their influence jeopardise to sabotage the grouping ’s expert guess yet at being deliver . Lottie drink down Edwin(Nelson Franklin ) because she does not want to go back home , where she is subject to ECT therapy and told she is mentally sick .
Lottie Matthews ( Courtney Eaton ) has considerable influence over the adolescent survivor , which manifests in a unique way during season 3 , episode 6 .
In the wild , Lottie is considered wise and powerful , and she is not unforced to give that up . Shauna does not want to go home because she will lose the index she has gained . BeforeYellowjackets ' planer crash , Shauna feel powerless and lived in the fantasm of Jackie ( Ella Purnell ) . She does not want to palpate that style again , nor does she require to confront the role she played in Jackie ’s death . As for Tai , it is not her who makes the choice to stay , but her " Other " ego who is plug in to the wilderness .
Shauna’s Latest Jackie Vision Explained
Jackie’s Presence Continues To Endure Beyond Her Death
installment 8 sport Shauna ’s third vision of Jackie this season . The first is inYellowjacketsseason 3 , instalment 3 ’s conclusion , where teenage Shauna sees Jackie as part of the vision she experiences while in the cave . The second is in episode 4 , with grownup Shauna seeing Jackie while trapped in the deep freezer . The third instance , which takes place in episode 8 , take grownup Shauna having a dream that involves her teenage self and Jackie interact at a grocery store , where a horde of elephantine yellowjackets are stuck in a light .
The yellowjackets symbolize Shauna and the self - destructive choices that she makes .
Jackie make a scuttlebutt about how the yellowjackets are imbibe to the illumination , even though they should bonk better . The yellowjackets symbolise Shauna and the self - destructive alternative that she bring in as a teenager and as an adult . The yellowjackets should know better than to fly toward the light source , but they do it anyway . In the same mineral vein , Shauna makes the pathetic decision of insist on staying in the wild and attack Melissa even though she should know better .
Does Jeff Really Think Shauna Is “A F-ing Crazy Person?”
He Seemingly Throws Shauna Under The Bus
When Jeff ( Warren Kole ) tries to convince Joel ( Jesse Moss ) and Nathan ( Jag Bal ) to give him another hazard at a furniture partnership , he emphasizes that it was his married woman , Shauna , who ruined their previous dinner party , and not him . Jeff enjoin that Shauna has not been"clinically diagnosed as being a f - ing crazy person,“but that may as well be . He goes on to make a dig at Joel and Nathan about them having only ever been with boring womanhood .
Jeff is begin to grapple with the possibility of Shauna ’s latest secret , but a time of year 1 reveal intend he should already know the Sojourner Truth .
hollo Shauna"f - ing crazy"is part of Jeff ’s do-or-die endeavour to convince Joel and Nathan to alter their minds and pardner with him , but there is a part of Jeff that believes Shauna is disturbed . He has read her journals and arguably hump more than anyone about what Shauna and the others did to come through in the wilderness . He authentically sleep with Shauna and has done his skillful to substantiate her , especially after she pick up he was the blackmailer in season 1 . Nevertheless , evenJeff can no longer deny the realism of Shauna ’s unstable and dangerous nature .
Why Tai Can’t Get Inside Van’s Hospital Room
A Disturbing Theory Is Confirmed
When Tai decease into the infirmary room where Van ( Lauren Ambrose ) is being keep , another reading of her is trap on the other side of the door and can not get in . This is done to sustain that the " Other " Tai is in ascendency and has been in control condition for a while now . " Other " Tai is convince that she is the only one who can save Van now and that only she is willing to make the necessary sacrifices to the wilderness .
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Tai is not literally on two opposite sides of the door , but this is how her mind perceives it , with " Other " Tai reduce her to small more than a powerless spectatoras she command her body and bring over her life . Given the severity of Van ’s health , it is unclear how much farseeing she will be capable to rest alert . If Van does die beforeYellowjacketsseason 3 end , hopefully she will be able to reunite with the actual Tai one last time .
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