YELLOWJACKETS Shows How Shauna Is Dealing with Jackie’s Death
The wilderness is calling and we are happy to answer. Yellowjackets is back for season two and things are already off to a chaotic start. While we’ve had to wait many months for its return, only two months have passed for our soccer crew in the woods. Everyone on Yellowjackets is going through their fair share of difficulty, but Shauna is having a particularly hard time dealing with the aftermath of losing Jackie. And what we see is both heartbreaking and disturbing. Let’s get into the Shauna and (ghost) Jackie happenings in Yellowjackets’ triumphant season two opener.
We discover that Shauna is spending a lot of time in the group’s meat shed. At first, this seems normal considering she’s known for her ability to skin and break down animal flesh. But, that is not what’s happening here. Shauna is talking to a ghost version of Jackie, with whom she’s playing a version of MASH. Interestingly, Jackie points out that future Shauna will be a housewife who marries Jeff and lives in New Jersey. Shauna rejects this and we quickly discover that she is not just talking to a ghost, but actually interacting with Jackie’s corpse. In the cabin, Mari points out that it is odd for Shauna to be outside talking to a two-month-old corpse. Lottie and the coach, among others, say it is okay for Shauna to process things how she needs to.
Meanwhile, Ghost Jackie insists on grilling her about the past, particularly the details about Shauna hooking up with Jeff. After Jackie presses Shauna about why she made the first move on Jeff, Shauna pushes her. She panics after realizing that Jackie’s ear fell off. Shauna puts the appendage in her pocket before going back inside the cabin. Later on, Shauna paces in the cabin while holding Jackie’s ear before she suddenly eats the whole thing like a potato chip, thereby becoming the first Yellowjackets member to participate in cannibalism. To be fair, she is pregnant and very, very hungry with little to no food options available.
It’s not clear what will happen between Shauna and the Ghost of Jackie in the future. But Shauna eating that ear will certainly have some kind of affect on her as Yellowjackets progresses, whether it is a growing taste of human flesh or profound regret over snacking on her former BFF.
