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Warning : Spoilers ahead for Yellowjackets time of year 3 , episode 8 !

Yellowjacketsreveals something about Taissa that we have suspected throughout time of year 3 , confirming a very sour possibility about what ’s really going on with the persona . Tai continues to be a critical character inYellowjackets ' two timelines . While the teen version has been deal with the recent struggles take Coach Scott ’s death and how the outsiders have impacted the inner circle , grownup Taissa is focused on her life story with Van . Sadly , their animation together is turned upside down yet again afterYellowjackets ' up-to-the-minute twist regarding Van ’s cancer .

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Shortly after revealing that Van ’s cancer had stopped spreading , she end up back in the infirmary a few episodes later . caravan is not in expert shape based on new item inYellowjacketsseason 3 , sequence 8 , though Tai is n’t give up . It ’s been a tumbler pigeon coaster for the duet in season 3 , but it ’s hard not to be distracted by how different Taissa has been act . Even Sammy could tell something is wrong with Tai , fueling the hypothesis thatYellowjackets ' " Other " Taihas taken over the character .

Yellowjackets Season 3, Episode 8 Confirms “Other” Tai Has Been In Control All Season

Tai’s Alter Ego Has Taken Over In Season 3

Yellowjacketsseason 3 ’s " A Normal , Boring Life " sadly expose that Van really is give out , with a doctor suggesting that she go into hospice aid . Tai is understandably disturbed and defensive since she does n’t want to accept Van ’s grim destiny . With Misty in tow , Tai finds a patient in bad shape and nearly stifle them with a pillow , retrieve the sacrifice would allow Van to hold out longer in central . She ca n’t go through with the execution , but before the sequence ends , Yellowjacketsseason 3 support that " Other " Tai is the one calling the shots , and she likely has been all time of year .

Yellowjackets time of year 3 of late revealed the deaths of two more eccentric in the teen timeline before reverse one of the deaths with another tress .

After nearly killing another patient role , Tai goes to shoot the breeze Van by sneaking into her room . Tai then hears someone attempt to enter the room , and it turns out to be the material version of Taissa begging to see Van . " Other " Tai claims she ’s " the only one who can help [ Van ] , " adding that literal Tai " wo n’t do what needs to be done , " meaning she wo n’t give others to spare the love of her life history . Considering how different Tai has seemed inYellowjackets’adult timeline this time of year , something that Van also notice , it make more sense knowing another force has sweep over the character .

Teen Taissa (Jasmin Savoy Brown) lost in her thoughts in Yellowjackets Season 3 Episode 8

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Why “Other” Tai Won’t Let The Real Tai Come Back Out

The Real Tai Is Still Trying To Break Through

While " Other " Tai might have the power , it ’s clear that the real version of the character reference is fighting back at clock time , explaining why she could n’t go through with killing the other patient . Granted,“Other " Tai is strong enough to prevent the real Tai from amply retaking ascendancy over the head and body . Just like being locked out of Van ’s elbow room , the material Tai is being locked away but refuses to amply give up . At sentence , it seems like the real Tai has test to reveal that the alter ego was taking over , such asTai ’s squall inYellowjacketsseason 3 , episode 6 , or that odd telephone set call to Van .

" Other " Tai even says " you never did conceive " when mouth to the real Tai , as if this is the penalization for ignoring what " it " needs .

The more the existent version of the character deny what " it " wants or avoids what ’s really going on , the more the " Other " Tai became motivated to take over . " Other " Tai even says " you never did believe " when spill to real Tai , as if this is the punishment for ignoring what " it " needs . Real Tai ’s " permit me in " war cry certainly have a double - significance , but it does n’t seem like " Other " Tai will give up any might by have the real Tai potentially get along back and smash whatever she has in store for Van and potential sacrifices .

In a hallucination, Taissa (Tawny Cypress) staring at another version of herself behind a window in Yellowjackets Season 3 Episode 8

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How Long Has “Other” Tai Been In Control Of Her?

Has “Other” Tai Been In Control Since Season 2’s Finale?

With " Other " Tai ’s ratification inYellowjacketsseason 3 , the inquiry now turns to how long the alternate adaptation of the type has been in control . It ’s possible that the " Other " version started to take control during the ritual observance inYellowjacketsseason 2 ’s closing . Another option would have been in season 3 ’s premier whenVan and Taissa ’s dine and dash ended up lead to the server ’s death . This may have opened the threshold for " Other " Tai to recrudesce through , especially when Van ’s fate started to hang in the balance wheel .

thing are heating up in Yellowjackets season 3 ’s Wilderness timeline , but the events of the teen story are making it harder to believe the adult one .

ThoughYellowjacketshas confirmed the theory that " Other " Tai has been present throughout season 3 in the adult timeline , there ’s grounds that something similar is happening in the ' 90s timeline . Teen Taissa has also experienced instances when her other ego has film over . In fact , we thinkTai may have burn off down theYellowjackets ' cabinwhile in her alter ego state . refuse to pass on the camp at the fortune of a saving seems very unlike the material Taissa , but with the bearing of the Man with No Eyes in the heated scene between the survivor , it ’s clear that " Other " Tai has even more experience being in the driver ’s behind .

Teen Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) and Teen Taissa (Jasmin Savoy Brown) looking over their shoulders in Yellowjackets Season 3 Episode 8

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