Previously on Yellowjackets...
Is she in labor?
Please. Something feels weird.
You lost a lot of blood.
Uh, oh! Oh!
Hear No Evil!
You okay, man?
It's a boy.
It's you and me against the whole world.
No!
No, no, no. What did you do?
What did you do?
He didn't make it.
Why do you want to up your meds?
I started having visions
for the first time in decades.
I think we found her.
We're here to rescue you.
And who the fuck is this?
- You need to go. - Wait.
- Misty? - Hello, Charlotte.
Shauna's phone.
Lottie is running
a wellness center,
and Natalie and Misty are there.
I think you should go.
I thought Lottie was barely coherent.
You need to drink some water, Shauna.
Come on. Just a little bit.
Lottie, what is it?
The snow.
It finally stopped.
It's moving.
Okay, don't let up. Pull up.
Shit.
Hey, someone grab a bucket.
- I got it. - Oh, my God.
Hey, this will be good for you, Shauna.
You can take a walk and... get some fresh air.
I can come with you if you want.
It's you and me against the whole world.
- Hmm? - Really?
I'm sorry, have you two joined a cult
since we last saw you, or...
We are an intentional community.
What is the intention, exactly?
Okay. About a week ago, I...
had my rifle in my mouth,
and I was gonna pull the trigger.
And that's when Lottie found me.
Oh, my God.
I had put walls up,
and they're finally starting to come down
because of this place.
It isn't easy, uh,
but now I understand that
it's really what I need.
You all need it, too.
I mean, we brought some really dark shit
back with us from that place,
so maybe now we can actually start dealing with it.
Hey.
I really thought he was gonna make it.
No, we were all hoping for that, Tai.
But even if the baby made it for a while,
it wouldn't change the fact that his mother is starving.
We all are.
I just think it's time we woke up.
What?
That doesn't sound like you.
Hmm.
I kept surviving
all this shit that should've killed me,
and I, you know, I just... I figured it meant something.
You know, like... maybe it meant that I had
some kind of purpose in all of this, but, uh...
Yeah.
I'm not fucking seeing it, Tai.
You helped me see...
hear...
and sleep,
and I would be dead without you.
I need you, Van.
I need you, too.
But I need to know why the fuck I'm still here.
When someone new comes in,
uh, we often let them choose a treatment without a description,
just whatever speaks to them.
Oh, my God.
Okay, no offense to anyone, but, um,
this is just not for me.
Oh, I thought the same thing.
Just give it a chance.
Um, look, I'm really glad you're alive,
and, uh, Lottie, that you're back from Switzerland.
Switz... That was, it was like over a decade ago.
Wow, really?
I mean, uh, good for you, 'cause...
- But I am just gonna... - I'll take "Renewal."
Shauna?
What is calling out to you?
Um... yeah.
All my rational instincts are just kind of, uh, screaming.
But of these?
It's just... Um, I...
"Self Care."
- I'll take "Forage." - Van?
All right, I'll take "Forage."
Misty, that leaves you with my... It's my favorite therapy.
It's "Guidance."
We're gonna move outside and get you started.
But before we do,
you can text this landline number
to whomever you think might need it.
You're gonna be giving up your phones.
Oh, you're kidding, right?
Our devices leave us captive to other people's priorities.
That's...
Mm.
Can't really argue with that, actually.
Right? Yeah?
Yeah, and I hate this fucking thing, so...
Wait.
This is Self Care?
Yeah, I was expecting like a massage or maybe a mud bath,
with some self-reflective questions while I, um...
Um, oh.
What are you doing?
Here.
- Here, just take him. - No!
Self Care means taking care of the goat
for the rest of the day,
and thus experiencing all the personal discoveries
and sacrifices that go along with doing so.
Sacrifices?
Hmm. Okay, I understand.
So, you want me to spend the whole day
looking after this goat and getting all attached,
and then at the end of the day you're gonna ask me
to slit its fucking throat or something?
No. No, thank you. I decline.
If you opt out of the treatment,
the alternative is mucking out the barn all day.
It's up to you.
Fine, fine.
Just...
- Got him? - Yeah.
Here you go.
His name is Bruce, by the way.
Paul?
Hey, there you are.
But...
he isn't ready.
What? Are you all right?
We need to talk.
Sit down, Ben.
No.
Why do people always say that anyway?
Who was on the phone?
Well, I'm going to sit.
Paul, what the fuck is going on?
Hey. You're scaring me.
I'm scared, too.
About what? I don't understand.
I know.
I have to go.
Where do you think you are, Ben?
You had to have known you couldn't stay here forever.
This was never meant to be your hiding place.
It doesn't matter.
What matters now
- is that you aren't welcome here anymore. - No, Paul.
Hey, wait. Wait. What did I do?
You didn't do anything. It's just...
It's just time.
I love you.
- We all love you, Ben. - Paul.
Paul, wait.
Paul. Paul!
Paul!
Coach.
Are you okay?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.
I'm gonna be just fine.
And if you're not comfortable with nudity,
we have clean swimsuits here.
So when you're ready, just climb in
and close the door.
So, I'll just be inside
that water-coffin in the dark?
- All by myself? - Mm-hmm.
I, uh...
I thought this was supposed to be "Guidance."
The most authentic guidance comes from within.
Oh, sure.
Sure.
Uh, my soul holds the wisdom of the ages.
Bingo.
Good news. I get it.
I mean, look at me.
I've, um, I've been here a while.
I'm all tuned in.
I'm just not,
uh, entirely sure that,
that this is absolutely necessary.
Well, you have been here for less than 24 hours,
and you haven't engaged in any actual therapies yet.
Okay.
Fine.
Um, but could I just use the ladies' first?
Um, I would hate for my bladder
to guide me into peeing in that thing.
Yeah. Yeah, just, uh, right where you came in.
Awesome.
- See you in a minute. - See you then.
I just keep thinking,
what if she'd gotten to a hospital?
What hospital, Gen?
Look, we did the best that we could.
I mean, Misty? she was amazing.
There's no way I could've kept my shit together
like she did at the end.
Yeah, that's true. She didn't even flinch.
Well, that makes sense.
You guys, I think she's even more psychotic than we thought.
I'm pretty sure she did something to Crystal.
What do you mean, killed her?
Why would she kill her only friend?
Yeah.
Um, I don't know, because she's Misty?
I mean, God, she tried to poison Coach Scott
when she was supposedly in love with him.
And think about it.
Now that the snow has stopped, wouldn't you think
that she'd be out there looking for her friend?
That is, if Crystal really did just get lost in the snow.
Thanks. Um...
Thank you all for gathering.
I know that we're all still very sad about the baby.
It was a... a terrible,
extremely sad and-and tragic thing, but...
we can't let it cloud our minds.
The snow has stopped, and we need to go out there
and we need to look for Crystal...
because she could still be out there.
Alive.
Misty's right.
If Javi could survive for a few months out there,
then maybe Crystal could make it through a few days.
But what if the wilderness, like, took her?
What if it took the baby, too?
Then maybe it'll give us something back.
What?
Like it made the blizzard stop.
That's the trade?
Two people dead for a... a break in the snow?
God, that sucks.
No, it doesn't work like that.
It doesn't trade or haggle. It...
The wilderness, it hears us. It gave us what we wanted.
Shauna lived.
Might do the same for Crystal.
We hear the wilderness, and it hears us.
I hope they find Crystal alive.
Yeah.
But, like,
if they find her and she's not...
I mean, that wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen, right?
You mean, we could...
Well, I'm-I'm not saying I want to.
I just...
You know, if that's the situation, then, um...
It would be disrespectful to the wilderness to waste it.
- Right. - Yeah.
Exactly.
But still, I hope that she's okay.
Oh, same. No question.
- Crystal? - Crystal?
Crystal?
Crystal? Can you hear us?
Crystal?
- Crystal? - Crystal?
Can you hear us?
You guys go ahead. We're gonna take a minute.
- Crystal! - Crystal!
Crystal?
You were the one who knew where Javi was.
I didn't know.
- And yet you still found him. - Crystal!
Maybe you can find Crystal, too.
Yeah, I don't think so.
Ever since I started doing your circles
and whatever,
I don't sleepwalk anymore.
And that other me,
the one who maybe knew where Javi was...
I think she's gone.
She's not gone.
And that's a good thing, Tai.
Write this down.
- So, with my teachings... - Lottie.
Lottie. Hey.
Hey. So look, I... I get that this is all just a warm-up
for whatever's gonna happen here, but can we just cut through the bullshit?
Because me painting this whole building with a fucking
makeup brush isn't exactly solving
- all my problems, you know? - Okay.
So tell me what your problems are.
I'm sleepwalking again.
I need help.
- That other you... - Mm-hmm.
she always had a deep connection to the wilderness,
and she had wisdom too.
That other me, she wants to hurt my family.
She may not want to.
She just doesn't want to be suppressed.
She's still a part of you, Tai.
She will always be a part of you.
Hey.
You okay?
Shouldn't you be in therapy?
Shouldn't you?
I'm caring for myself and a goat, which is just tied...
Fuck.
God, it must've chewed through the rope.
Fuck.
Damn it.
Oh, look, I have, um, I have some bait.
Oh.
I've been kind of hoarding food,
in case they decide to enforce calorie restriction
to induce out-of-body experiences.
My blood sugar can't handle that.
- Okay. - Goat?
Goat? Um, did it have a name?
It... Bruce. It was Bruce.
- Bruce. Bruce? - Bruce?
- Bruce?
Oh, God. I can't believe this.
Why do I give one single shit about this goat
when Lottie's goons are just gonna make me kill him?
Well, if it helps, you can just pretend
it's your arty-farty lover.
You seemed pretty quick to get stabby with him.
Oh, it's not a criticism.
Misty, that... He... he attacked me.
I- I know. I'm just joshing you.
Well, I don't want to be joshed about it.
I'm not like you, okay?
I don't... I don't think of killing as a... as a joke.
Hey, news flash,
I am the only person who took your killing
with the seriousness that it required.
I fixed that for you, and...
you're never even grateful.
I'm grateful, okay?
I really am very grateful
that your hobby seems to be
figuring out how to be the perfect serial killer.
Why does everyone keep saying that to me?
That... Well, because it's a fact.
Well, you're not that innocent, either.
I know that, Misty.
Do you think I don't know that?
Oh, my God.
There he is.
Oh, my God. Here is this dummy.
Come here.
Hey. Bruce.
Oh, my God.
Where'd you think you were going, huh?
Not to a Mensa meeting, that's for sure.
If you think I'm gonna carry you all day,
you are delusional as well as dumb.
Lisa's looking for you.
You're supposed to be in the tank.
Oh. Right.
I just couldn't figure out how to lock the door properly.
Crystal, can you hear us?
Crystal?
If you can hear us, just say something!
Hey, are you okay?
I thought that I was ready for this,
but I am just... I'm so afraid.
I'm so afraid that when we find her,
what if she looks just like Jackie did?
You know, all... all blue and stiff,
a little song frozen in her throat.
I mean, after seeing the baby, like, I just, I just,
I don't think that I can do that.
Okay, no, I... I think we understand that this is hard for you.
You should probably just go back.
Yeah. Sure.
You go on back, and we'll keep looking for your friend.
Just go.
That's really kind of you guys.
Thank you.
- Yup. - Okay.
Crystal?
I'm not gonna let them eat you, Kristen.
Oh, shit.
Jackie?
I really need you right now.
Please.
Jackie...
Um, Todd.
Hey.
So this dumb idiot ate some rope.
Can someone look at it?
The animal is currently under your care.
What?
Well, does it look okay to you?
I-I think it's acting weird, but also, I don't know.
All the insight required resides within the self.
The kid's care is entwined with your own.
What did you say?
The kid. The baby goat?
Your care is entwined with his.
Well, this is me caring for it.
Look, it ate a bunch of rope,
and part of me thinks that that might even be fine for goats,
but I don't know because you people took my phone.
So I'm just going off of stuff I remember from cartoons,
and that's a huge problem.
Because it is one thing if I stab this goat later,
but there's no fucking way
it's dying while I'm supposed to be watching it.
So someone is going to make sure this goat is okay.
Right now.
Plea...
Are you kidding?
I'm gonna take it up with her.
Lottie.
Uh, my Self Care
ends right here, right now, okay?
I don't give a shit what the big lesson is gonna be.
I'm not gonna kill this fucking goat.
Okay? Fuck you.
You don't have to kill the goat.
Wait. Really?
- I really don't? - Really.
Oh, Bruce.
I find it gives a person clarity
to have to care for something so innocent.
I'm not crying about the goat.
I don't really know, um, what's happening right now.
Um, I think it's just that I've always kept my daughter,
you know, Callie, like, at arm's length.
I think just out of fear that she would...
die, I guess.
Or maybe that she was never even real to begin with.
I don't know. I try to tell myself
it's okay.
That I'm safe to...
to think of her as-as mine,
you know, and to just be her mom.
But I think something is broken, Lottie.
I just can't do it.
Please get in this time.
What if I need to unlock it?
You won't, because there is no lock.
Look, it's super safe.
No catch, I promise.
Truly, no one cares that you are in the tank
or here at all.
Hello?
Misty Quigley.
Plan it, cookie.
Caligula...
That was amazing.
I know.
Talk to me, Misty. What's going on?
Caligula, when people look at me,
do they just see someone desperate for love?
Just some murderer?
When you look at yourself...
what do you see?
- I don't know. - Oh, come on, try again.
The truth is all around you. You refuse to see it.
You're looking at the floor when you should look at the magic.
How much do we all count on you?
How many times did you get the ball over the goal line?
Take it from a bird named after a Roman emperor
who was also unjustly accused of heinous acts.
You are not a murderer, Misty!
You're a closer.
- Walter? - Misty.
I... I, I just want to say...
Thank you, Caligula.
Okay.
Didn't get me. But nice try.
Hi.
Hi. I'm sorry if you've been texting me.
Um, my friends and I decided to, like,
unplug for a little girls' weekend, um,
but I wanted to call you
to say that you were right about the thing.
And, um, well, as a woman,
when it comes to trust, well, I...
It can be hard for me to take that leap with someone.
Um, but I'm growing
and, uh, and-and...
I... I'm sorry.
I should never have pushed you away like that.
And-and I miss you.
And your grandmother sounds really cool.
Uh, so... Okay.
I'm gonna hang up. Oh, no, you hang up first.
No, you hang up first. No, you hang up.
Okay. Okay. All right. Bye.
Okay.
Crystal.
Crystal?
Kristen. Kristen? Where are you?
Oh.
Where...
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I tried.
Ben, Ben, stop. You're too close to the edge.
I mean...
Coach Scott?
I'm not gonna keep losing everything.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
No, Ben. Hey, stop. Don't you dare.
Misty...
Yeah.
Could you just push me off?
No.
How could you even say that to me?
Look, Ben, we need your strength.
I mean, people are dying all around us,
and life is so precious, okay?
You can't just throw yours away.
No, Ben. Stop. Look,
if you kill yourself right now,
we will eat you.
I don't care.
I will savor every moment of it,
especially your high-calorie butt meat. Okay? We will...
I don't fucking care, Misty.
But when the rest of us get saved,
I will tell the whole world of our love story.
Every last bit of it. I will... I'll tell them even worse, too.
And I'll... I'll tell your parents
that you were the one who impregnated Shauna,
and that you... you tried to impregnate all of us.
Are you listening to me, Ben?
Okay, I will tell the whole world that you're gay!
Do it.
Tell them.
Wait, wait! Wait, wait.
Please.
Please, please.
I tried so hard, I swear to God.
I tried so hard to keep the baby alive.
I really did.
I am sorry.
Please, Ben, don't do it.
Please.
Pl... Please, Ben.
I can't have another death on my hands.
I don't see how marrying that rock's gonna solve
any of your problems.
Shouldn't you be wandering the woods
doing woo-woo shit like the rest of us?
Well, I chose "Forage" from Lottie's weird chore chart,
and so I went to my truck and did exactly that.
Nice.
Thank you.
Perfect.
Ah, this is nice.
Cheers.
Mmm.
I just can't believe I'm back here again.
Making offerings to the dirt.
Something like that.
- Wait. Shit. - No, sorry.
I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
- Oh, I didn't... - Oh, Van, I am so sorry.
Of course I have thought about it, but I...
It's just gonna be a long road before we...
Well, before I can...
I can't wait for you, Tai.
I would never ask you to.
No, I literally...
I don't have that kind of time.
I have cancer.
What do you mean?
What's the situation?
Uh... Well, you know, like when
someone says they have cancer, and then they say,
"But it's the best kind of cancer to have,"
or...
"They caught it really early."
This isn't one of those times.
Van, what are you telling me?
I have...
months.
Months?
What? Jesus fucking Christ, Van.
You're just deciding to tell me now?
What are you talking about?
You showed up on my door.
I wasn't going to tell you at all.
Why the fuck not?
Because we don't know each other.
What would you have done if I'd contacted you
out of the blue?
Send me flowers through your office,
or message me on fucking Facebook?
I don't know. But...
Van...
Oh, see? I don't want to have to see this face.
Van! Tai!
Come on.
Act fucking normal.
What? Van, wait.
Even more of them are here now.
Shauna, Van, Taissa.
This is proof of what I told you.
That this "It" is sending your old friends to you.
Well, not just to me, but to each other.
This is what it wants... us to be together.
For what purpose?
Uh, well, them being here...
I feel it in my body.
It's like, it's like something...
that's deep and primal.
I haven't felt that in years, and it feels...
wonderful.
And yet I also feel fucking terrified.
Charlotte, when does self-repression serve us?
Weren't you just saying as much to one of these old friends?
It could be that this reunion
strikes a primal chord with you because in the past,
when you were with these other women, you were free.
You were your truest, most authentic self.
What is standing in the way of you embracing that again?
We hurt each other.
People died.
Tell me, is there anything of value in this life
that doesn't come with risk?
Or loss?
- Or consequence? - What?
Are you saying what I think you're saying?
You tell me.
Does a hunt that has no violence feed anyone?
Charlotte?
Charlotte, are you in there?
Oh.
Well, I just wanted us all to gather
and talk about what we learned.
I hope you all got something unexpected out of today.
I mean, I know we're not the types of people
to just buy into bullshit...
and this place definitely has some bullshit,
I won't deny that...
but I just think it's more about discovery
and finding something within yourself
that you never really knew was there.
You know? Uh...
Okay, so, who wants to get started?
Shauna?
Mm, to be honest, I've kind of already gotten started.
Where did that come from?
- From Van. - Oh, you narc.
I usually don't like tequila, but this is pretty good.
You guys, the whole point of your therapies
was so you would get comfortable with...
- Oh, Nat. - ... and be more present.
I... Come on.
Natalie Scatorccio is telling us to not fuck around?
Like... come on.
Let's just... let's just hang out a bit.
Like, just for a minute. I learned a lot.
Okay. Fine.
No.
Geez.
I lost my goat, but I found him again.
I think you should all go home.
- What? - No.
- We just got here. - Lottie...
come sit with us.
Think about it like group therapy,
except not bullshit 'cause there's booze.
No, I can't. I...
Come on, Lottie.
We're all here.
Wh...
I think it might be time for you to stop resisting.
Okay.
Okay, Misty, what's up with that guy?
Is that your boyfriend?
Oh, we don't have to talk about that.
Well, I mean, okay. He's, um...
His name is Walter.
We met online, so, you know, it's pretty new.
So we haven't totally defined the relationship yet,
um, but, you know, when you know, you know.
Does he know?
Well, I'm happy for you, Misty.
- Thank you. - What does, uh, what does he do?
Oh, he doesn't have a job-job.
He's dedicated to his passionate pursuit of knowledge.
Nice. So, where does he go, to prison?
- Nat slept with Kevyn Tan. - I knew that one.
- I want new gossip. - Really? The Goth? How did... What?
Why? What was that like?
Well, he wasn't Goth when we fucked.
Ask Misty. She watched.
But that is not true. I did not watch those parts.
- Was she watching some parts? - Oh. Oh, okay.
Um, do... So that first summer,
do you guys remember when we were...
Whoa, whoa, whoa. "That first summer"?
What, do you want to casually reminisce
about our time in fucking oblivion?
No, you don't know what I was going to ask.
How about we never find out?
You know what, Misty? Maybe just later.
Okay.
Actually, I have a kind of weird question,
but I've been thinking about it a lot lately.
How much...
do you guys remember?
I'm... It's just... I remember.
It's just, um...
- some things are hazier than... - Yeah.
Like they've just been stuffed somewhere, deep down.
Well, that's a familiar cognitive response.
In an ecstatic state,
the human body can't hold memory that well.
Well, if I'm, uh,
repressing things I don't know about,
I am very okay with never figuring it out.
Yeah, that's fair, but...
they always end up manifesting in some way, don't they?
I mean, compulsive behavior, addiction, disease...
Cutting your own bangs.
Yes, Lottie, I know we're all
deeply familiar with the terrible parts.
Thank you, Lottie.
Mm.
Hey. So, I know a specialist at Johns Hopkins...
Oh, my God.
You guys, I love this song.
Misty.
Yeah. Up.
Yeah. You.
Come on.
Madam...
Come on.
Please?
Why are you singing that?
Where did you hear that song?
I don't know. I...
Uh, I think that Crystal was singing it.
Oh, my God, you guys, is it snowing?
It is!
- Oh. Oh, shit. - It's snowing.
- It's snowing... - It's snowing!
You killed my fucking baby!
Shauna, stop! Missy did everything she could.
No, shut up! You all fucking ate my baby!
I saw you! You were covered in blood!
Shauna, stop it! You're acting insane.
Ow! God! She fucking bit me!
Travis, take Javi to the bedroom.
Lott?
Shauna...
I know there's a lot of pain right now,
but let it out.
Shauna, we need you. Let it out.
Lottie.
What the fuck?
Towels. Get...
Charlotte. Charlotte.
Uh, sorry to interrupt.
Uh, there's an urgent call for one of your guests.
For who?
- Uh, Shauna. - Shauna?
It's your husband.
Is Callie okay?
Shauna. Hey.
Do you, um, recall
that missing man from your recent auto collision?
Well, I have some difficult news.
Uh, he's dead, and, um,
the authorities...
believe that they have found his re...
remains, uh,
buried at Hacklebarney State Park.