My shot in the dark: our team will clash with whatever ritualistic group/cult is already living in that territory and carving symbols on trees, and it escalates to the Yellowjackets murdering/hunting the cult in self defense, then eating them out of necessity.
Maybe Misty’s citizen detective roots = infiltrating those forest inhabitants as a spy on behalf of the team. She looked pretty damn excited when her face was revealed in the pilot. She’s also sociopathic enough to gloss over the whole cannibalism thing if it’ll ultimately win favor with the Cool Group (see also: destroying the black box after hearing Van say they’d be fucked without Misty’s skill set)
Fwiw, I only considered this after watching the new promos and seeing how many Yellowjackets made it out alive. So when shit went down, they must have been eating outsiders, right?
Loved these reviews great way to remember things before the new season. I think this upcoming second season will give us a better idea on the shows chances to maintain quality for five seasons.
Yeah, it felt a bit odd that we got to the finale and there was no cannibalism when the premiere sets you up to think we'll get there. The resolution of the Jackie-Shauna story is great though, and maybe the best example so far of the wilderness as a setting that sort of amplifies and raises the stakes on what's normally just teen drama.
The only part of it that rang false? The idea that Ben just allowed the girls to banish Jackie outside for the night. Why on earth would the adult in the room let someone sleep outside, with all the risks that entails?
Maybe there was a first draft where Misty really did kill him out of spite after being rejected, and indirectly that's how the Jackie banishment happens unchallenged. The group loses its innocence with Jackie's death and also loses the adult who might otherwise steady the ship. As it is though, it'll be interesting to see how Ben navigates these girls drifting further and further out of control. I get the feeling he's alive in the present day - honestly feel like he'd be a really rich POV to explore in the present-day timeline, would be a waste to kill him off. But I also find it hard to imagine how they'd contrive him staying alive / surviving conflict with the group's decision to resort to cannibalism and other cult-y things / not becoming irrelevant.
After Laura Lee, perhaps he’s given up on controlling these young women. Remember in s1e1 when he recruited Jackie? That was foreshadowing of his inability to keep them in check...he needed an ally. And then they broke the frosh’s leg.
Really enjoyed reading these reviews. I'm looking forward to season 2 in a way I definitely wouldn't have been without having these as a reminder every week. Thanks!
I go back and forth on how feel about the failure to return to the cannibal cult of the season cold open. It feels like the kind of in media res opening that needs at least some kind of nod in the finale, structurally and narratively. I don't need to know who was eaten, or anything like that - just another 'flashforward' [it's hard to identify a time point as the centre of the show, 1996 or 2021, so the in-between is an interesting and murky space]. Something small, showing us more of that scene or part of the timeline - maybe even just one more character face reveal. And yet, I don't know where that would fit into the finale as structured. It's a good finale! There's just something structurally odd here.
Friday evenings, most likely. They chose to put them up on Fridays, they get reviews on Fridays. If they wanted Sundays, they wouldn’t be pushing people to non-linear.
My shot in the dark: our team will clash with whatever ritualistic group/cult is already living in that territory and carving symbols on trees, and it escalates to the Yellowjackets murdering/hunting the cult in self defense, then eating them out of necessity.
Maybe Misty’s citizen detective roots = infiltrating those forest inhabitants as a spy on behalf of the team. She looked pretty damn excited when her face was revealed in the pilot. She’s also sociopathic enough to gloss over the whole cannibalism thing if it’ll ultimately win favor with the Cool Group (see also: destroying the black box after hearing Van say they’d be fucked without Misty’s skill set)
Fwiw, I only considered this after watching the new promos and seeing how many Yellowjackets made it out alive. So when shit went down, they must have been eating outsiders, right?
Loved these reviews great way to remember things before the new season. I think this upcoming second season will give us a better idea on the shows chances to maintain quality for five seasons.
Yeah, it felt a bit odd that we got to the finale and there was no cannibalism when the premiere sets you up to think we'll get there. The resolution of the Jackie-Shauna story is great though, and maybe the best example so far of the wilderness as a setting that sort of amplifies and raises the stakes on what's normally just teen drama.
The only part of it that rang false? The idea that Ben just allowed the girls to banish Jackie outside for the night. Why on earth would the adult in the room let someone sleep outside, with all the risks that entails?
Maybe there was a first draft where Misty really did kill him out of spite after being rejected, and indirectly that's how the Jackie banishment happens unchallenged. The group loses its innocence with Jackie's death and also loses the adult who might otherwise steady the ship. As it is though, it'll be interesting to see how Ben navigates these girls drifting further and further out of control. I get the feeling he's alive in the present day - honestly feel like he'd be a really rich POV to explore in the present-day timeline, would be a waste to kill him off. But I also find it hard to imagine how they'd contrive him staying alive / surviving conflict with the group's decision to resort to cannibalism and other cult-y things / not becoming irrelevant.
After Laura Lee, perhaps he’s given up on controlling these young women. Remember in s1e1 when he recruited Jackie? That was foreshadowing of his inability to keep them in check...he needed an ally. And then they broke the frosh’s leg.
Really enjoyed reading these reviews. I'm looking forward to season 2 in a way I definitely wouldn't have been without having these as a reminder every week. Thanks!
Thank you for writing these up, I did my rewatch last weekend, so it's been great reading through these while I'm at work and not working.
I'm on board for this show, whatever it wants to do.
I go back and forth on how feel about the failure to return to the cannibal cult of the season cold open. It feels like the kind of in media res opening that needs at least some kind of nod in the finale, structurally and narratively. I don't need to know who was eaten, or anything like that - just another 'flashforward' [it's hard to identify a time point as the centre of the show, 1996 or 2021, so the in-between is an interesting and murky space]. Something small, showing us more of that scene or part of the timeline - maybe even just one more character face reveal. And yet, I don't know where that would fit into the finale as structured. It's a good finale! There's just something structurally odd here.
Question - with new episodes for season 2 available for streaming on Fridays but officially airing on Sundays, when do you plan to post reviews?
Friday evenings, most likely. They chose to put them up on Fridays, they get reviews on Fridays. If they wanted Sundays, they wouldn’t be pushing people to non-linear.
makes sense to me! I look forward to reading the reviews once they are up!
Not sure what time specifically, but they'll be posted on Fridays!