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Yellowjacketsseason 3 , installment 5 features the paying back of the " Other " Taissa Turner in the 1990s timeline . For both teenage Tai ( Jasmin Savoy Brown ) and adult Tai ( Tawny Cypress ) , the " Other " version of her has been a significant part of her story . Yellowjacketsseason 1 ’s endingcomes with the revelation that"Other " Tai killed Biscuit the heel and used his severed head as part of a shrineshe make . InYellowjacketsseason 2 , Tai hallucinates an entire day spend with her Logos , Sammy ( Aiden Stoxx ) , that never actually happened .

While these instance occur inYellowjackets ' present - 24-hour interval timeline , " Other " Tai also has a unattackable mien during the character reference ’s time stranded in the wild . Teenage Van Palmer ( Liv Hewson ) becomes aware of the phenomenon that happens to her girl and assist keep her safe when it occur . Tai goes to adult Van ( Lauren Ambrose ) for help in time of year 2 in the aftermath of hallucinating the day spend with Sammy . In season 3 , the engagement between Tai ’s two halves continues , although it front different from before .

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“Other” Tai Is Her Darker, Fearless, More Threatening Alter Ego

She Does Things The Regular Tai Would Never Dream Of Doing

The " Other " Tai is bolder , conceive strongly in the power of the wilderness , and is willing to do things that the other version of herself would never do . Tai would never willingly kill the frump that her Logos loves and utilize the decapitated head as part of a shrine . " Other " Tai is willing to do this as a forfeiture to the wild that she believe will serve her . She is not burden by the regular Tai ’s concerns and only focalise on what she consider needs to be done .

The premiere of Yellowjackets time of year 3 finally solve a mystery involving Taissa Turner and Van Palmer ’s family relationship after they survive season 2 .

While the even Tai is doubting about the wilderness having any tangible power,“Other " Tai is drawn to the wilderness . She makes sacrifice to it , finds the trees marked withYellowjackets ' orphic symbol , and continues absorb the symbolization 25 age later . The forfeiture involving Biscuit is followed by Tai winning her political election . When attacked by beast in the wild , " Other " Tai safely ascends a tree . This version cares most about power , self - conservation , and she comes across as more confident and intimidating .

Adult Taissa eating dirt in Yellowjackets season 3

Why “Other” Tai Mostly Comes Out When She’s Sleepwalking

Tai Is At Her Most Vulnerable When Asleep

" Other " Tai often takes over when she is sleepwalking , probable because this is when she is most vulnerable and is unable to resist . When Tai is witting , it is easier for her to stay in control condition of herselfand to observe if she is act in a way that feels unnatural . While " Other " Tai principally demonstrate during somnambulate , she has appear at other multiplication as well , including when she is about to shoot and kill Coach Ben Scott ( Steven Krueger ) in season 3 , instalment 5 , and even during some of the instances she had sex with Van .

It seems like it is well-heeled for " Other " Tai to step in , even when the other one-half is conscious , if her emotion are acute enough .

Shooting Coach Ben and cause sex activity with Van are examples of Tai experiencing heightened and fundamental emotion . She is experiencing intense fear and anxiety at have to off Coach Ben , and she experiences intense pleasure when she is familiar with Van . It seems like it is easy for " Other " Tai to step in , even when the other half is conscious , if her emotions are vivid enough . Tai ’s sleepwalkingoften seems to come in at a sentence when she is particularly stressed , so even though she is unconscious , she is still wipe out by unassailable emotions .

Taissa Turner (Tawny Cypress) in Yellowjackets looking at her eye in the mirror

Why “Other” Tai Eats Dirt & Climbs Trees

It Is A Coping Mechanism When She Is At A Breaking Point

In both the past and the present , " Other " Tai has a habit of deplete grunge and climbing tree . This seems to pass off at clock time when Tai is struggle to wield her accent . In the present , Taissa start eat soil and wax tree diagram again during her political campaign , which is inherently stressful , and is also putting a significant melodic phrase on her relationships with her wife Simone ( Rukiya Bernard ) and with Sammy . While " Other " Tai may conceive this is helping her , it only makes things bad , as Sammy see her doing this from his windowpane and it clearly frightens and confuses him .

Sammy make drawing of " Other " Tai eating dirt in the tree diagram and calls her"the bad one . "

In the wild , there is no shortage of rationality to be emphasise . rust grease and climbing Tree is most common for teenage Tai in season 1 . This make sense since the plane crash was still a late experience . She was still trying to figure out how to get home , and had not yet have that she may be perplex in the wild evermore . In the other time of year , there are still sizable reasons to be stressed , but the even Tai has become comfy living in the wild , and does not ask " Other " Tai to aid her make do .

Adult Tai and Van in Season 3, episode 3 of Yellowjackets

Why “Other” Tai Is So Connected To The Man With No Eyes & The Mysterious Symbol

She Has A Unique Connection With The Wilderness

If the wild have supernatural power , " Other " Tai may be in a unique position of understanding what it is and what it wants . This would explain how " Other " Tai knows where to find all the trees mark with the symbol . It would also explain why she was able to get ahead the election despite being the underdog . She made sacrifices to the wilderness , include killing Biscuit , and in return , the wilderness may have ensured she won . Thedeath of Natalie Scattorcio(Juliette Lewis ) and the death of the waiter can also be turn over sacrifices to the wilderness .

Darkness continues to abide by the survivor in Yellowjackets ' present - sidereal day timeline as the waiter who dog Tai and Van converge a dour fate .

In telephone exchange for these sacrifice , Van ’s cancer has endure into remission , and Tai has had more fourth dimension to be with her . As for theMan with No eye , Tai now knows that he originally came from an ice cream shop commercial message she figure as a shaver . She may have just combined what she see in the commercial with what her grandmother thought she see as she died . It is also potential that the Man with No Eyes is a manifestation of the wild presented to Tai in a agency that her brain can understand .

Lauren Ambrose and Tawny Cypress as Taissa and Van in Yellowjackets season 2.

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Now that teen Lottie Matthews ( Courtney Eaton ) no longer experiences vision , she has been searching for someone else that the wilderness can utter through as it once spoke through her . Lottie has focused on Travis Martinez ( Kevin Alves ) , Akilah ( Nia Sondaya ) , and Shauna Shipman ( Sophie Nélisse ) as potential successors . " Other " Tai may be the only one who the wilderness truly utter through , meaningLottie has overlooked the one with the strongest wilderness connection . AsYellowjacketscontinues , “ Other ” Tai ’s connexion to the Man with No Eyes and the wilderness are among the most important plot line to further explore .

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