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Previously on Yellowjackets...

What the fuck, Lottie?

She was whispering weird shit to my baby.

It's a boy.

It's you and me against the whole world.

You fucking ate my baby!

I saw you! You were covered in blood!

Shauna, we need you. Let it out.

I am at a residential wellness center.

Where you're getting help?

Where everyone is getting help,

from one Charlotte Matthews.

Where'd you say that place was?

Shauna's phone.

Lottie is running a wellness center.

I'm on my way there right now.

I think you should go.

I thought Lottie was barely coherent.

Why do you want to up your meds?

I started having visions

for the first time in decades.

I'm not worried that I'm ill.

I'm worried that I've never been ill.

I think you should all go home.

No.

We just got here.

I think it might be time

for you to stop resisting.

Charlotte. Sorry to interrupt, uh...

There's an urgent call for one of your guests.

For who?

Shauna. Hey.

Do you recall that missing man?

The authorities believe

they found his remains

buried at Hacklebarney State Park.

It is sending your old friends to you.

Are you saying what I think you're saying?

You tell me.

Does a hunt that has no violence feed anyone?

Okay.

All right, we got you.

Okay, just...

...try to relax

and just let it go. Okay?

Yeah, good, Lottie.

Good, good.

Oh, there's... there's blood.

It could be an infection, maybe in her kidneys.

Oh, it stinks.

Shauna kicked her pretty hard.

Then maybe Shauna should be doing this.

Okay.

Easy. Easy. Easy, easy.

Okay.

Okay.

God, it's making my eyes water.

Oh, my God. Would you shut up about the pee?

God. She is in danger, here.

And after everything that she's done for us.

But no, you have to be a little brat,

just like you always are.

You know what? If you're so grossed out by it,

just take it downstairs and empty it.

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I know there's a lot of pain.

You need to let it out.

Lottie?

Hey.

Can you hear me?

Get the door.

Hey.

Hi, Nugget.

When we get home, I'm gonna have you meet my baby nephew.

But don't worry, he's gonna be super gentle with you.

I'll make sure of that.

And then we'll go to the beach,

and we'll get french fries soaked in vinegar,

and funnel cakes.

And then I'll buy you your own little house,

with tubes for you to run through.

Oh, and we'll get you a wheel for exercise.

How does that sound?

What's that in your hands?

- Oh, nothing. - Let me see it.

You cannot touch him! He's mine!

It's okay.

That thing is dead, Akilah.

What are you talking about?

Wha--

Taissa, I swear to God...

What-- What the fuck?

"No Return" by Craig Wedren and Anna Waronker

It was cool, nothing fire

Nothing broke

Keep simple

Nothing tired, nothing old

Same as you

Same as you

Oh, so cute, so revival

So alone

Birthday suit, just a smile

No one home

Same as you

Same as you

vocalizing

No return, no return

No reason

No return, no return

No reason

No return, no return

No reason

No return, no return

No reason

That song is gonna be stuck in my head for a while.

Oh, we're getting refills. What do you want?

What are we drinking?

What's with the frowny face?

- I'm not. - Jeff did not come through

on the phone sex?

Shauna? What happened?

Jeff, uh, just told me that the police, uh,

found the body of our friend Adam Martin

in Hacklebarney Park. It was on the news.

Oh, wow. Shauna, that's...

It's really fucking unfortunate.

Is he positive that they said "Adam Martin"?

Yeah.

Who's Adam Martin?

Uh, just some guy Shauna knew.

Yeah. So, uh, Lottie,

thank you so much for having me

at your place and, um,

for the goat time, and whatever the hell this was,

but I-I just really need to be with my family. Okay.

Shauna. Uh, don't you think the better plan is to stay here?

We have some stuff to figure out.

No. I ne-- I need to get home, Nat.

I don't understand.

You measured the grave to the standard six feet?

Well, I didn't have a fucking tape measure.

But yeah,

he was in there really deep.

I should have done it myself.

So, okay, you guys didn't know him?

Not really.

Well, what's with the panic vibe, then?

No one's panicked, uh, except Shauna, and sh--

Her friend just died.

Well, why are Misty and Natalie all whispery?

Jesus, how would I know?

You're lying to me.

And I want to know why.

Did you guys have something to do with this?

Fine.

Whoa.

Van!

Are you insane?

I'm starting to feel like it, yeah.

We haven't seen each other in years,

and clearly there's something going on here

with you four that you're not being honest about.

So no, nobody's going anywhere

until you tell me and Lottie what's going on.

And obviously it was important enough

for Jeff to call you here.

So, what, you both knew this Adam person well?

Yeah. Shauna, why is Jeff the one calling you about this?

Does he know something about it?

About it? You guys fucking did this, didn't you?

Shauna, answer the question.

Yes, okay? Yes, I told him.

He knows about the-the "Adam incident."

I was very specific about my instructions.

- Why would you tell him? - That was so fucking stupid.

So Jeff can know what's going on.

Oh, my God. I am trying to protect you.

Okay. S-Stop. It's all right.

- That's bullshit. - Okay, ladies.

We have a lot to discuss here,

but out in public is not the place.

I will meet you all up at the Sharing Shack.

- No. - Thank you.

Now.

Do we have to?

You should.

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tense music

You okay?

Yeah.

Just light-headed.

Mari.

I found this in Jackie's luggage.

It's leather.

That could be protein, right?

Belt soup. Yum.

Sure, go ahead.

You're not using it, and Lottie's cold.

Now you give a shit about Lottie?

Hey!

Lottie took it from her to protect us.

Don't let that be for nothing.

Maybe Lottie dying wouldn't be the worst thing.

I mean, if she's in pain, then...

Yeah, maybe for the best.

Everyone's just so...

I don't know. They've changed, because of her.

It's like

she has some weird control over them or something.

Sounds like you're jealous.

Right.

Even Javi's gone to the dark side.

Oh, come on, Nat. He doesn't even talk.

He doesn't have to.

I saw him, like, bowing to a symbol tree the other day.

Which tree was it?

Not far from the creek.

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It's back.

The dripping, I-I just... I just heard it.

I hear it, too.

Really?

You do?

Yeah.

I think...

It sounds like maybe it's coming from over there.

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Oh, my God! Oh, my God! They're dead!

They're dead. They're dead, they're dead!

Mari, there's no one there. There's no one there, I promise.

They were.

No. Their blood was dripping on the floor.

You heard it.

You-you...

It's the hunger, Mari.

No.

It's just the hunger.

- That's all. - No.

Hi, Jeff.

What's this?

What's going on?

We got ourselves a search warrant.

Adam Martin's body was found.

And considering Shauna's history with him,

she's now officially a suspect.

Well, let's get to tossing, boys.

Hey.

- Mind if I ask a few questions? - Yeah.

Yeah.

So, who are we pretending to be today, Matt?

Two more up, and you'll hit my panty drawer.

Gonna take a sniff, creep?

Don't worry, there's only one deviant in this room.

Nice try lying to my partner

about how we slept together, by the way.

It didn't work, but I applaud the effort.

The other just-as-problematic cop has your back.

Congratulations.

And who has yours?

Mommy Dearest?

Good luck with that in court.

All a jury needs to hear is how you,

an old-ass man, seduced me, a teenage girl.

How you... preyed on a child.

Oh, yeah?

'Cause I think when they get a whiff of how much

of a liar your mom is,

they'll realize that the psychopath apple

doesn't fall far from the fucked-up, man-eating tree.

So, uh, do I, like, call a lawyer now, or...

You Sadeckis, you're always asking about lawyers.

Makes it seem like you're hiding something.

Well, we're not.

Yeah.

So, uh, where is Shauna anyway?

Uh, Shauna's at, uh, a spa with a few of her, uh, girlfriends.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Yeah, it's one of these, like, new-agey spas,

with the massages and the, you know, the sound baths.

It's all that shit, you know?

I thought maybe you, um...

you'd kicked her out after she admitted to the affair.

So much for that, uh, that unconditional trust.

We're figuring it out.

Mr. Sadecki.

We wanted to show you a few photos.

Okay.

I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, man.

They're pretty gruesome.

My goodness.

Decomp really started to set in.

Mm.

But not so bad we couldn't tell

how cleanly he was dismembered.

See here?

Those marks on the bone were created

by a serrated blade.

But the separation of limbs was precise.

Surgical, almost.

Very hard to achieve with an electric kitchen knife.

Well...

Well, I mean, there you go, guys.

Th-There is no way that Shauna could have done this.

She's no doctor.

But she does have certain... survival skills

that would lend themselves to a situation like this.

Jeff, whoever did this

had the foresight to remove his head, feet and hands. Okay?

Mm.

They even used something to take off his tattoos.

The coroner thinks it was a fucking cheese grater.

Mm.

Made it almost impossible to identify him.

Well, then how do you even know that this is the guy

that you were looking for?

I said "almost."

They did a bone marrow test, Jeff.

A friend of his had cancer a few years ago,

and Adam donated his marrow.

Okay. Uh... Yeah.

You know what, guys? This is... Uh, we're done.

Jeff, listen.

I know she's your wife,

but I got to level with you,

'cause this is some really fucked-up shit.

Did you ever think Shauna could be capable

of something like this?

I'm not gonna say another word without a lawyer.

You don't have to protect her, you know.

There's still time for you to get out of this.

You and Callie.

Okay.

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So, this is what you've all been doing with your lives?

Chasing blackmailers and murdering lovers?

Mm. Well, that's a little reductive.

I think we can agree that it's in everyone's best interest

that Adam is, uh, gone.

But especially yours, right?

Right, 'cause I'm the only one here

who has secrets that he was threatening to reveal.

So you just decided to share more

of our secrets with your fucking husband.

I... I was scared and...

feeling really fucking crazy.

I just needed Jeff on my side.

We all need things we can't have, Shauna.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

Is that what you were telling yourself when this happened?

How did you two find each other again, anyway?

That was easy. Tai just hitched a ride

on an 18-wheeler to my place.

That was totally normal.

I thought you said that you had lost touch,

that you didn't even know where she lived.

It's not that hard to find that kind of thing out these days.

Yeah. I've had Van's address for years.

You could've just asked me instead of outsourcing.

Would've been so much cheaper.

I didn't.

Hold on. What do you mean "outsourcing"?

You want to tell them, or...?

Okay. I guess I will. Um...

Tai is the one who hired Jessica Roberts

to look into all of us.

Who?

Jesus Christ, Tai.

I hired her for oppo research, that's it.

You paid somebody to dig into our past?

Are you fucking kidding?

Have you forgotten what she could've found out?

I needed to know you weren't gonna talk

if someone made the right offer.

And fuck, Shauna, it's not like

- you couldn't use the money. - Oh, fuck you.

I mean, Natalie is a fucking drug addict. Look, I--

I just needed to know I could trust you guys.

Trust us? Oh, the irony.

Seriously, what if she decides to go rogue?

Oh, we don't have to worry about that.

Okay. How do you know this, exactly?

'Cause I took care of it.

Like I always do.

Oh, my God, Misty.

So, you're welcome.

Hey, Ben.

That knife is really sharp.

Do I need to be worried about this?

No.

You see, I'm just...

making my crutches a little more snow-friendly.

Look, Misty, if I was gonna do anything,

why would I be putting in the effort?

That's, um, that's really good. You know?

Some fresh air can help clear the bad thoughts.

Exactly.

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They're not that pretty and...

they don't change color in the cold or anything, but...

they might help.

There you go.

Need something?

No.

You're a good person.

And I'm sorry for...

ever making you feel otherwise.

gentle music

Lottie.

Lottie, hey. What's wrong?

What--

Okay, okay.

Just try to take a nice, deep breath,

like you have us do all the time, okay?

Nice, deep breath in.

If I die...

No, you're not gonna.

...don't waste my body.

Promise me.

No. I--

No, we're not even gonna think about that right now.

Promise.

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Well, what was I supposed to do, let her go?

I'd already held her captive in my basement for like a week.

Sounds like your hands were really tied.

Oh, wait, maybe those were her hands.

Look, the only reason I kidnapped her in the first place

was 'cause I thought she was the blackmailer.

I was... trying to protect us.

Little did I know that, meanwhile,

Shauna was being seduced

by this adorable grifter whose only real intent

was to get his mitts on her old journals and extort us.

Why am I the only bad guy

when Misty has been holding someone captive in her dungeon?

And the FBI has been going around

asking questions about Natalie.

The FBI?

What?

Okay, stop. Just stop.

The FBI was me.

Technically, it was my boyfriend Walter Tattersall.

Well, we were trying to find out who had kidnapped Natalie,

and we knew that Randy had been staying at the same motel,

so Walter impersonated an FBI agent

and interrogated Randy on his boat.

Walter's boat, not Randy's boat.

Misty, you are nothing if not proactive.

Thank you?

It wasn't a terribly fruitful interrogation,

at least not at first.

He was, like, paralyzed with fear,

which is strange... for an innocent man.

And then he, he mentioned Jeff.

I mean, they're best friends, so probably...

No, it was more like in a, in a worried way.

Like...

like they had done something that he was nervous about.

And I didn't really give it much thought at the time,

but there's another person who had access

to those journals the whole time.

You found glitter in your bedroom closet.

You assumed it was from Adam, but, really,

it makes a lot more sense if...

it was from Jeff.

Shauna, was Jeff the one who sent the postcard?

Was your fucking husband the one blackmailing us?

Nothing's gonna harm you, no, sir

Now while I'm around

Demons are prowling everywhere

Nowadays

I'll send them howling

I don't care

I've got ways

No one's gonna hurt you

No one's gonna...

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Not while I'm

Around

Callie?

That you?

Hey.

I thought you were at Lottie's thing.

Well, I was, but...

...with everything that's been going on,

I just needed us to be together, Jeff.

You're the only one who really understands me.

Oh, Shauna.

Ow! Ow.

Oh. Sorry, babe.

What the fuck?

What happened to your hands?

Oh. Don't pretend that you don't like this.

Why the fuck would I like it?

Because it's exciting.

No! No. No, it is not.

It is fucking dangerous.

Now get rid of it.

I can't get rid of it.

These are a part of me.

I thought you loved all of me,

like I love all of you.

I... I'm scared.

Just relax, or you'll end up like Adam did...

buried in the park,

no head, no feet, no hands.

Skin grated off like a rind of pecorino.

No.

I...

I couldn't sleep.

That's not gonna help.

Dad?

Yeah?

Am I like Mom?

Well, sure, yeah.

I mean, you're smart.

And you're-you're good at stuff, and...

you don't take any shit.

That's not what I mean.

Mom is, like, seriously fucked up.

Well...

She is.

Look...

your mom went through a lot out there in the wilderness, Cal.

I mean, s-she lost a lot of people... her best friend.

Yeah. Jackie. I know.

Yeah, Jackie.

She lost somebody else out there, too.

She had a baby out there.

It was our baby.

It was hers and mine.

We, uh...

She was pregnant when that plane went down.

J-Jesus.

So, like, I had a-a sister?

A brother.

Yeah. She had a baby...

...a little baby boy.

Oh, my God.

Hey. Listen...

my point here is that all that stuff,

all right, that's your mom's burden to bear.

And mine, too, I guess.

But you don't have to make it yours, okay?

Come here, come here.

Hey.

It's gonna be okay. We're gonna be okay.

Close your eyes

Start a journey through a strange new world

Leave all thoughts

Of the world you knew before

gentle music

Hey. How's Lottie doing?

She's, um...

She said that if...

if she dies...

...she wants us to make use of her.

To stay alive.

Did she really say that?

She must be really fucking sick.

I can't imagine being here without her.

Me, either.

Then let's not.

Lottie isn't gonna die.

The wilderness won't let her die.

It may not want her to, but if she's starving...

there's no way she's gonna live.

The same is true for all of us.

Okay.

We need to find a way to stay alive.

And it can't be her.

You lied to me.

I didn't know what else to do, okay?

I thought that if you guys knew the truth,

you-you might actually try to kill him.

That's insane, Shauna.

Is it? I mean, Misty "took care of" the person

she thought was the blackmailer.

Exactly. And who knows, you might have done something

to him while you were asleep.

No. You are not putting that on us.

We put ourselves in danger for you.

You've been using us!

I'm sorry, okay? I really, truly am.

I don't know what has been happening to me.

I guess I-I started seeing Adam

to try to shake things up, or...

And because I thought Jeff was...

It doesn't matter. Um, anyway, ever since then,

I've been trying to fix...

No. I have been telling myself

that I've been trying to fix things

and make the problems go away, but the truth is...

I've just been doing stuff that makes it worse.

I almost killed two just random people.

I told my daughter everything, and now she's

some kind of fucking accomplice?

And I...

I-I think I might've said too much to the police.

I knew it.

I lied to you all because...

I knew that if the tables were turned,

like, if-if one of your spouses or whatever

turned out to be the blackmailer, that...

I probably would've fucking killed them.

Thanks for your honesty, Shauna.

You're not wrong. We're all pretty messed up.

It's time we finally fucking talk about it.

We're not gonna solve shit with talking, Nat.

This isn't something that therapies can fix.

Something guided you all here.

And it wasn't guilt, and it wasn't some psychological need.

It was something greater,

and it has been guiding me, as well.

First, I tried to ignore it.

I tried to bargain with it. I tried to will it away, but...

...it's too powerful.

And now we have to give it what it wants.

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It's okay. It's okay. We're okay.

Turn around.

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Wait. Wait.

Wait.

You're gonna have to look me in the eye.

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Run.

No! She's getting away!

"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins

The world is a vampire

Ah! No.

Sent to drain...

Go. Go, go, go.

Go, go, go!

For my pain

Natalie!

Betrayed desires

And a piece of the game

Even though I know

Like old Job

Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage

Someone will say, "What is lost

Can never be saved"

Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage

None of that was real, Lottie.

No? Do you feel like there is something

inside of you, a feeling that you know

is making you do that?

It's no secret we're all a little fucked up, but

Natalie's right, look at what we lived through.

But you have to consider

that it's been with us all along

and we've been denying it,

and that is why we're all so fucked up.

And just like before,

the only way to get ourselves out of this

is to give ourselves fully to it.

What exactly are you suggesting?

We give it what it always wants.

One of us.

Wait. Whoa. [chuckles] What?

In one of these cups

is a phenobarbital solution.

We use it to euthanize animals that are suffering.

It is quick and it is painless.

It's also what the Heaven's Gate people used, so...

Yeah, I think that you might be taking

this whole, like, cult leader persona thing...

a tad far.

Our lives aren't that bad.

Am I the only one that's been listening here?

All right.

Tai, you have pushed your entire family away.

You killed your dog,

and you almost killed your wife.

Shauna, at this rate, you will lose your family, or worse.

Misty, you did actually kill someone.

And it made sense. It was practical.

I did it for the good of the group.

And what good has it done?

Natalie. Natalie is in so much pain,

she tried to kill herself.

Van, you used to be so full of life,

and now it's like something has broken within you.

Why don't you just volunteer to drink it, Lottie?

You know that's not how this works.

We don't get to decide.

It chooses.

And we'll know which one of us it is

after we pick up a cup

and we drink it.

It's convenient that you know which cup is poisoned.

Feel free to shuffle them around.

And if it makes you feel better,

I will choose last.

This is how we have always given back.

It helped us survive then,

it will help us survive now if we give it what it wants.

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Oh, my God.

Natalie. Stop!

I know where we can go.

What are you talking about?

I don't hear her.

Shh. Listen.

This way.

There's a place. The others don't know about it.

I... I can take you there.

You can trust me.

Okay.

We're almost there. Come on.

Come on!

- Javi! - Holy shit!

Stop. Spread out so the ice doesn't break.

Javi!

Take my hand!

Help me!

Stay back, stay back.

Stop! Stop! Natalie!

Natalie, stop!

Stop! Stop.

Natalie, please!

Natalie!

Go around!

If you save him, the others will get you.

We can still get him out of there.

Wait. Wait.

Natalie.

Help.

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Grab him.

Come on! Come on!

Go! Pull! Pull!

- Pull! - We're trying!

Pull!

The wilderness chose.

"Poor Sucker" by Low

Some poor sucker

At the bottom of the lake

Took the wrong way up

When the ground began to break

It's a long way back