Review: Yellowjackets, “A Normal, Boring Life” | Season 3, Episode 8
The show recaptures some of its old magic in both timelines by spotlighting a hero-turned-villain
In season three, we’ve seen a very different version of Shauna Shipman, Yellowjackets’ main and possibly still best character. In the wake of losing both her best friend and her baby boy in the flashbacks, she has become hardened, cold, even sadistic, leaning fully into the darkness because she can’t bear the veneer of peace and camaraderie maintained by the girls who haven’t suffered as much. This isn’t really a show about good characters and evil characters, considering the moral flexibility of practically everyone, but Shauna is kind of the villain now, in the wilderness and potentially even 25 years later.
The centerpiece of “A Normal, Boring Life” is a conversation between Shauna and Melissa, two people who once knew each other intimately. That’s right, Hilary Swank was playing Melissa all along, like everyone expected. She does a great job embodying an older version of the character, for the most part, though the backwards ba…
