The end of Yellowjackets' first season is explained

WARNING: Spoilers for the first season of “Yellowjackets.”Yellowjackets Season 1 brings the first part of the thriller drama series to a devastating and fascinating conclusion. Since its premiere in November 2021 on Showtime, Yellowjackets made a big splash with the story of a high school girls soccer team stranded in the wilderness and struggling to survive, while also showing the lives of the survivors 25 years later. Yellowjackets Season 1, Episode 10 revealed Jackie's fate and solved a few other puzzles. The parallels and the balancing act in between YellowjacketsThe two timelines are some of the most compelling elements of the series, but they can be difficult to keep track of.

The forest setting and the cabin in the past also provide a lot of tension, as the girls wonder whether there may be supernatural forces at work in the wilderness. The two timelines make history unpredictable for everyone Yellowjackets Characters, because even those who survived the wilderness are at risk of dying in the present. YellowjacketsThe end of the first season raises the stakes in both time series Key characters are killed and kidnapped and dark secrets about the survivors are revealed.

Jackie's Yellowjackets Fate Explained: Is She Really Dead?

Her ending was cold in more ways than one

After an argument between Jackie and Shauna and the other girls who also turned against Jackie, Jackie left the cabin and spent the night outside in the bitter cold. In a later scene, Shauna is seen going outside to apologize to Jackie and take her back to the cabin, but it turns out to be a dream that Shauna had. In reality, Jackie had been left outside in the cold all night and froze from the cold and the snowfall.

The discovery of Jackie's frozen body confirms that she is deadShauna is devastated and filled with guilt over the role she played in her best friend's death. At the beginning of the episode, Jackie's death is confirmed for the first time as she is honored at the school's 25th reunion. Although it is known that Jackie did not survive in the wilderness, the true circumstances of her death are unknown to the public, who are unaware of Shauna's betrayal.

Who kidnapped Natalie and why?

There is a familiar face behind it

In the present day, Natalie ends up in a dark place where she almost takes her own life. Just as she is about to do so, a mysterious group of purple-clad people break through her door and kidnap her. She misses the call from Suzie, who explains that she went into Travis' bank account and found this out Someone named Lottie Matthews was on his account and seems to be at the heart of everything that is happening in the present.

Natalie met Suzie in the years following her return from the wilderness.

This confirms that Lottie also survived the wilderness, is still alive in the present-day timeline, and is the one who had Natalie kidnapped. Lottie's beliefs about the wilderness have apparently been passed on to others, as one of the purple-clad people assigned to kidnap Natalie wears a necklace with the mysterious symbol of the wilderness. Between Lottie's involvement in Travis' death in Yellowjacketsthe kidnapping of Natalie and the final shot of her worshiping a bloody heart in the past, the adult Lottie seems to be a dangerous and influential figure and might have sinister intentions when it comes to Natalie.

What's wrong with Taissa's shrine?

Biscuit The dog's fate is worse than anyone could have imagined

Taissa's wife Simone discovers a shrine hidden behind a grate in the basement. The shrine contains the severed head of her dog, Biscuita heart, the wilderness symbol drawn in blood, and a broken doll. This is a disturbing answer to what happened to Biscuit, who went missing earlier in the season. In both time series, Taissa was shown to struggle with an inner darkness that sometimes comes upon her unconsciously, particularly when sleepwalking at night.

When this happens, the kind, compassionate and principled Taissa seen throughout most of the series is no longer in control as another side of her takes control, causing her to eat dirt and her own Dog kills. The discovery of the shrine is announced along with the news that Taissa has won election as state senator. This suggests that the sacrifices Taissa made for her shrine may have been pleasing to the wild and helped her win the election, although, much like the supernatural power of the wilderness, this remains unconfirmed.

Why Misty killed Jessica, the private investigator

She dug too deep

Jessica entered first Yellowjackets Season 1 under the guise of a reporter seeking answers to the events in the wilderness 25 years ago. It later emerged that she was a private detective who had been hired by Taissaas she wanted to know what, if anything, Shauna, Natalie or Misty had shared with others as she did not want compromising information to jeopardize her campaign. This did not end well for Jessica, as Misty held her captive and eventually released her, only to fatally poison Jessica's cigarettes.

In the wilderness and in civilization, Misty tends to react extremely and violently to problems.

Misty perceived Jessica as a threat for yourself and your friends. In the wilderness and in civilization, Misty tends to react extremely and violently to problems. After years of being away from Natalie, Shauna, and Taissa, Misty is excited to be among her peers again and feel like she has friends. She didn't want to let Jessica threaten to do this, so she decided to kill her to permanently eliminate this problem.

How Shauna Covered Up Adam's Death

Misty's help proves invaluable

Probably the biggest twist Yellowjackets In season 1, Shauna kills Adam, the consequences of which had to be dealt with in the finale. Shauna contacts her fellow survivors, with Natalie, Taissa and Misty being the only ones who understand her and can help her with what she did. Misty takes charge of the situation and protects her friends by instructing Shauna and Natalie to cut up the body while Misty and Taissa clean up the apartment and destroy all evidence.

Shauna is tasked with cutting up Adam's body, as during her time in the wilderness she was the best at using a knife and cutting up the animals they killed.

Adam's mutilated remains are later placed in the coffin of a patient who recently died at Misty's workplace. Adam's death is another dark secret that Shauna, Natalie, Taissa and Misty all shareforcing them to continue to rely on each other's discretion and unique skills. However, this secret is already threatening to come to light as Adam's disappearance has been reported in the news and Shauna's daughter Callie has been seen knowing her mother was having an affair with him.

The True Meaning of Yellowjackets Season 1 Ending – Is the Wilderness Supernatural?

The wild still has the adult yellowjackets under control

The Yellowjackets The end of the first season reveals the cycle of trauma in which the characters are trapped and struggles to break. In both the past and present, Shauna is responsible for killing someone she cared about, with Jackie and Adam suffering the consequences of her hurtful and violent self-preservation instincts. Shauna has not grown from the mistakes she made with Jackie. This and other traumas continue to fester within her and the other survivors, and the cycle continues through Taissa and the darkness within her that led to the creation of the disturbing shrine hidden in her home.

Even if they returned to civilization decades ago, The wilderness never left the surviving Yellowjacketscontinue to follow them and, in some cases, possibly help them. It is not yet confirmed whether the Wilderness is actually supernatural, but the season 1 finale makes a strong case for it, as Taissa's sacrifice is followed by election victory and Lottie, who has always loved the Wilderness, is in the position of power and has followers who obey her. This vicious cycle will continue unless the surviving Yellowjackets find a way to break it.

What the Adult Lottie Twist Means for Yellowjackets Season 2

Lottie is the key to stories past and present

The Lottie twist is expected to have a significant impact on the past and present. In the past, Lottie's survival is now guaranteed alongside Shauna, Natalie, Taissa, Misty and Travis. The fact that her current followers wear the wilderness symbol shows that she has not lost faith in it. In the past, she had her own followers as Misty and Van joined her in worshiping the Heart and the Tree. Lottie will likely gain more followers if her approach continues to help the girls survive.

The fact that Lottie is alive raises the possibility that other Yellowjackets also survived, as any of the girls still alive in the past could potentially be considered adults in the future.

In the present, Lottie is portrayed as a potential new villain Misty, Taissa and Shauna must find out what happened to their friend. The fact that Lottie is alive raises the possibility that other Yellowjackets also survived, as any of the girls still alive in the past could potentially be considered adults in the future. In the end, a reunion between Lottie and all the survivors seems inevitable Yellowjackets Season 1, and no one is guaranteed to survive it.