Previously on Yellowjackets...
♪ mysterious music ♪
No one has any right to my baby.
If you tell anybody about this,
I will fucking kill you.
- About what happened today... - I hurt you.
You're connecting with it, that's what's important.
Thing is, someone else here is already closer to it.
Hello, Shauna.
So, am I here to babysit?
S-Sort of. Keep Lottie busy.
Keep them from talking to each other.
Misty.
I can't believe Shauna
let you drive home in this condition.
Once again, your "friends"--
Stop air quoting my friendships!
Get out, go!
Misty--
I have... cancer.
♪ intense music ♪
Oh, we actually had the best meal here last night.
On our way out, we forgot to pay.
He had a heart attack last night.
All right, I'm gonna pull
so you don't have to put pressure on that leg.
I'm sorry, but you've already
seen me, I can't just let you go back to the others.
So we're gonna take a little walk.
♪ "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred ♪
♪ Too sexy for this cave, too sexy for this cave ♪
♪ Too sexy for this cave ♪
♪ I'm too sexy for this rope ♪
♪ Too sexy for these rocks ♪
♪ Too sexy to be murdered ♪
♪ I'm a hostage ♪
You should eat.
Just think of it like a...
like a Cornish hen had a baby
with a demon.
Of course,
I guess you're used to better these days.
Oh.
Oh, yeah. Right.
I'm sorry about that.
Mmm.
This is, like, so good.
Seriously, I-I think...
I actually like bat now.
It's really juicy.
In all the times I fantasized about us being alone together,
it was definitely never in a weird-ass cave.
Oh, my God, I can't believe I just admitted that.
I'm, like, so embarrassed right now.
Am I blushing?
No.
Maybe I'm low on blood.
Yeah, it's probably that.
You just had to know I had a major crush on you.
I mean, like, all the girls did, but mine was, like, epic.
Hey, you remember the, uh...
that time that you told me
"gym teacher" was Latin
for "pervert failure"?
Yeah, and you gave me detention.
So I got to spend even more time with you.
Mari, you once spread a rumor that I had,
and I do quote...
"raging gonorrhea."
Less competition.
It's so cold in here.
Maybe we could, uh,
you know...
warm each other up?
Oh, my God.
Mari, I'm gay.
But you know something?
Even if I wasn't,
I would rather take something very dull,
press it into my eye and keep pushing
until I hit the back of my skull
than ever touch you.
So whatever this is,
you can just knock it the fuck off.
Are you gonna finish your bat?
Don't move!
Okay, okay. Hey. Easy.
Just take it easy, all right?
Let's just take a second and calm down.
God!
Fuck!
I can't believe you maced me!
I'm fucking blind!
Me?!
You did this, you fucking idiot!
♪ "No Return" by Craig Wedren and Anna Waronker ♪
♪ It was cool, nothing fire ♪
♪ Nothing broke ♪
♪ Keep simple ♪
♪ Nothing tired, nothing old ♪
♪ Same as you ♪
♪ Oh, so cute, so revival ♪
♪ So alone ♪
♪ Birthday suit, just a smile ♪
♪ No one home ♪
♪ 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 ♪
So urgent care sent us your blood work from yesterday.
Got a feeling this isn't about my foot.
That's correct.
That's why I wanted to see you.
Now the blood work, while incomplete,
suggests your cancer has stopped metastasizing.
Your CA 125 markers are significantly down.
Now, I don't want to get your hopes up.
In Stage 4 cancers like yours, this is extremely rare.
I've read about it, but in my 22 years on the job,
I've never seen it happen.
This new schedule rocks.
Maybe I should go for broke and get expelled.
Well, if anyone can do it, you can, sweetie.
You seemed to be having fun last night.
What'd you and Lottie talk about?
Speak of the devil.
Good morning.
- Hi. - Hmm.
See?
I am the model houseguest.
I could have eavesdropped, but I announced myself instead.
Nice work, Lot. A-plus.
Do you want pancakes?
Oh, God, no.
The food on the 13th floor--
it's a euphemism for the psych ward--
it's loaded with lard.
It's a form of sedation, they'd never admit it.
No, no. I need to...
...reset.
Well, why don't we get lunch today?
Wherever you want.
We can really catch up.
Mm, sorry, I'm...
afraid my schedule is wall to wall.
Really?
You just left the "13th floor,"
apparently with nowhere to go,
and now you're just fully booked?
I'm afraid so.
Well, I am off.
- Bye! - Bye.
Wait, where are you going?
Oh, don't tell me you're not gonna eat either.
No, I'll be back.
I just want to do my makeup.
But can you put chocolate chips in those?
Otherwise, they kind of suck.
Fuck!
Fuck.
Why are you calling so early?
I thought you'd be hungover.
Please.
I can hold my liquor.
My kitchen smells like rotten coconuts.
Well, that sounds like a "you" problem.
What do you want, Misty?
You screwed up so bad last night,
I shouldn't even be talking to you.
I did not screw up.
- I was being strategic. - How?
By losing consciousness?
Well, I will have you know,
I have some very interesting intel.
Which is?
Jiminy Christmas, checkmate!
- What? - I-I-I can't talk here.
I'm at work. Um...
meet me down the block at Izzy's Café.
I will text you the address.
The scones are to die for.
It's okay.
What exactly was your plan?
You're still tied up.
I was kind of winging it.
I don't exactly have a lot of experience
with this sort of thing.
Yeah, well...
...that makes two of us.
Look, I get why you did it.
I mean...
...you are being held in a cave
against your will by a one-legged man.
Jesus Christ.
How is that even real?
I-I-I mean, I...
Shit, I grew up in the suburbs.
You know, I-I-I love
frozen burritos from 7-Eleven. I...
I've seen Dave Matthews Band three times
at the Garden State Arts Center, and honestly?
I don't even like 'em that much.
Hell, the only reason I started subbing
in the first place is 'cause I...
blew out my damn ACL, and I needed a way
to pay off my student loans while I figured out
what the hell I was gonna do with my life.
I swear...
I'm just... a normal guy.
♪ somber music ♪
So, seriously...
...how the fuck
is any of this real?
Is it real?
See, this!
This, right here!
Yeah, are you hearing this?
God, do-- What the fuck is happening?!
When I was 12, my little cousin got brain cancer.
I was with her when she died.
Her-her parents were down in the cafeteria.
We were watching her favorite show on Nickelodeon,
the-the one with the...
stupid puppets and the dragon.
I mean, she wasn't really watching.
She was pretty out of it.
Then all the alarms started going crazy,
and her heart just stopped.
Afterwards, I sat in the waiting room
waiting for my parents to come.
And the same show was playing there, too.
So I finished watching the episode.
She was four.
Why'd you tell me that?
I think...
maybe there are two versions of reality.
Most of the time, the-the other one, the bad one,
is-is... j-just hiding
or-or waiting,
but it's all real.
♪ ominous music ♪
Nobody's looking for you, you know?
Most people think you're dead.
I could tell them that I, that I fell
and I hurt my knee.
That I got turned around
in the dark and it took me a few days to find my way back.
I wouldn't even mention you.
You asked me what my plan was, but...
what's your plan, Coach?
How long are you gonna keep me in here?
Sorry. My mom sprung a "pop quiz" on me
about thermodynamics.
Luckily, she knows dick about physics. It was over quick.
It's not a problem.
You like to shop, huh?
Oh, you could say that.
Oh, hey.
What do you think?
No.
Yeah, it's kind of basic.
Why are we hanging out, Callie?
- What do you mean? - You find me intriguing.
Why?
Uh... you're an old friend of my mom's
who recently chased her through the woods with a knife,
and you're somehow still pals. That's pretty intriguing.
We both know it's more than that.
I guess what I'm really asking you
is to tell me who you are.
Okay,
if you could describe yourself without embarrassment
or shame, and especially without the fear
that you might say something that scares you...
what would you say?
Is this, like,
some game that you'd play at your cult?
No, it's not a game.
See, I think that you, unlike most,
have the capacity to answer that question.
That is, if you choose to.
Ooh.
This is what I see for you.
Um... [chuckles] Wow.
But I-- I mean, no, this has to be, like,
a million dollars.
It's fine, I'll help.
Lottie.
Don't you want to try it on?
Sure.
Where's the dressing room?
No, not here.
You can, uh...
you can try it on at home.
There are no sensors on the exit.
There are two security guards, one...
over there and another by the shoes.
She's undercover, but it's obvious.
Okay. Follow me.
They get their berries from Vermont,
and they're not just saying that. I verified.
- Yes. Good. Yum. - Right?
What happened with Callie and Lottie, Misty?
Oh.
Well, um, your daughter-- apple, tree,
I'm afraid--
is quite the schemer,
so you were right to be concerned.
She lulled us into believing that we were just
having an innocent sleepover, when really,
she was daring Lottie to spill our secrets
about the Wilderness.
Good news is, I put a stop to it.
What do you mean "daring"?
Well, we were playing truth or dare.
What? Why would you let that happen?
Hello? Reverse psychology.
Callie thought she was making inroads, when really,
I was manipulating everything
to put a kibosh on anything sensitive.
And then as soon as I had the chance,
I read Lottie the riot act.
I said, "Lottie, if you say a word about anything,
I will tell Shauna to throw you out on your ass."
Why did I have to come here for you to tell me this, Misty?
Well, I just wanted you to know
that I followed your instructions to the letter.
And, um, and...
I thought it would be nice if we could just hang out.
You know? We never do this anymore.
Yeah, yeah.
Look, I just-- I have a bunch
of errands I--
Oh! Well, it's kismet
because my staff meeting just got canceled.
So, I can help.
Well, you don't want to do that.
- It's really boring stuff. - Like what?
Trying to get a gift basket
for these fancy idiots
who might be doing business with Jeff.
I...
I might not have made the best impression last night.
Perfect.
Because I am great at gifting.
Are we going to Tony's or Francesca's?
Oh, please don't say Tony's. Ooh, Caspian's!
Caspian's has the best semi-hard cheeses.
Okay. Um...
We're just gonna have to be quick, okay?
Because I have a... um...
p-podiatrist...
...podiatrist appointment later.
Ooh, foot doctors. They're sexy, right?
But I can just sit in the waiting room
if you don't want me to watch.
I-- There's something
- I have to say to you-- - I have something to tell you,
but, shit, promise you won't freak out.
What? Just, what?
No, you, you.
- Tai, what? - No.
The oncologist just, um...
told me that...
the cancer's stopped growing, and, um...
it might be in, like, partial remission,
or headed in that direction.
I actually don't even know what the fucking words I'm saying...
- Oh, God! - They have to
do all these tests now, and, um...
That's incredible. It's amazing.
- They could be wrong. - Oh, God, shut up, Van.
Oh, God.
♪ tender music ♪
Oh, God.
What?
The waiter.
Who chased us through the streets.
He died.
Heart attack.
No...
I went back to make good on the check, and, uh,
when they, when they told me he died, I...
grabbed my credit card and...
Tai!
Listen to me. Listen.
♪ tense music ♪
No.
You're thinking it, too.
I know you are.
First Natalie,
then this guy.
It's been a long time, but it could be happening again.
The waiter was the sacrifice, and...
and your new prognosis...
well,
that's the gift.
Please, Van.
Just give in to the possibility.
We hear the Wilderness, and it hears us.
♪ low, ominous music ♪
Coach?
Get up, Mari.
I can't. Uh, my knee.
Mari, stand... up.
Please.
Please, Coach.
Go.
♪ tense, eerie music ♪
Ah, the open road.
Girl time.
Playing hooky off of stupid work.
God, we should do this more often.
You think you could close that window?
Uh, but we're Thelma and Louise.
Fine.
You're gonna go left up ahead.
If we go left, we're gonna have to circle the park.
Yes, but instead of four lights, there are three,
and two of them are shorter in duration.
- Shauna, slow down. - I know. I'm trying.
- The brakes aren't working. - Well, try harder, 'cause we're
- gonna miss the turn. Shauna. - What do you think I'm doing?
- Are you pushing-- - I don't know what's happening!
What is wrong with the car?!
- Put your foot on the brake! - Misty, I'm literally doing it!
- Oh, fuck! - ♪ Stick it up your, yeah ♪
♪ Stick it up your, yeah... ♪
Grassy knoll! Grassy knoll! Go up it!
♪ I did it all for the nookie ♪
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
- Kids! - I-I fucking know!
♪ Stick it up your, yeah, stick it up your ♪
Oh, my God, oh, my God.
♪ So you can take nookie ♪
♪ And stick it up your, yeah ♪
♪ Stick it up your ♪
Oh, my Lord...
Oh, that was a close one.
You did this.
It was you. You fucked with my car, didn't you?
How...
how could you think that?
In fact, I am the fucking idiot,
because of course it was you
who left the phone in the bathroom.
Phone? What phone?
Shauna, think.
Why would I do this?
I-I could've died, too.
Why do you do anything, Misty?
Why...
why trick me
into eating those stupid scones?
Why pretend your meeting was canceled?
Why make secret videos of Natalie in her motel room?
Why hold people hostage in your bunker?
Why carry around syringes of fatal fucking drugs?
Why...
Something must have warped you when you were little.
Your parents, someone did something to you,
because you are a verified psycho
and you feed off this shit.
I didn't-- I--
You're insane.
And I want you out of my minivan, now.
Get out, Misty.
Fine.
But you are the worst friend,
not the best!
And you are not what I deserve!
Thank you for opening up my eyes, Shauna Shipman.
♪ low, mysterious music ♪
What are you looking at?!
Stalk much?
Hey.
There you are. I've been looking for you.
Well, you found me.
Can we, like, um...
talk?
About what?
Melissa,
you can stay.
If you want.
Yeah, sure.
Cool.
You're not gonna turn out to be fucking boring, are you?
Oh, my gosh. Mari!
It's Mari!
Where were you?
Thank God you're okay!
Or, I mean, uh, thank the-the dirt or whatever.
I'm so glad that you're not dead.
Yeah.
Where were you?
I walked back to civilization so I could fuck your dad.
She fell in a hole
and fucked up her knee.
I-I dislocated it.
Like that girl we played from Manasquan last year.
The kneecap was
all the way over here, and I had to push it back in.
It fucking killed.
And the hole was, like,
20 feet deep. I thought I was gonna die in there.
Like Baby Jessica.
Baby Jessica didn't die.
And that was a well.
A well's a hole.
If your knee's so fucked, how'd you get out?
♪ low, somber music ♪
Coach Scott found me.
- What? - He's alive?
Fuck.
What happened then?
U-Um...
After he helped me out of the hole,
he tied me up
a-and took me to this cave he's been living in.
Cave?
He took you prisoner?
That's so scary.
I mean, yeah, kinda.
But--
Holy shit. I knew it.
I fucking knew it.
He has totally lost it.
- We don't know that. - Dude,
he tied her up and took her to his lair!
Do you know how to find your way back?
Okay, Wyatt Earp,
what do you want to do, go capture him?
Yeah. That's exactly what I want to do.
You guys, he tried to burn us alive.
You really want to just leave him out there?
Come on, this is crazy.
Funny, Nat,
it almost sounds like you don't want to find him.
Can you find your way back or not?
I think so.
Then I'm gonna look for him
before he finds a new place to hide.
Anyone that wants to come with me, great.
You should stay with us.
Try talking to It.
It's calling you, Akilah.
Travis saw it.
You feel it.
All of this is just a distraction.
Look,
I'm sorry.
I'm good.
After all this, you still don't believe?
♪ Nobody can tell you ♪
♪ There's only one song worth singing ♪
♪ They may try and sell you ♪
♪ 'Cause it hangs them up ♪
♪ To see someone ♪
♪ Like you ♪
♪ But you've got to ♪
♪ Make your own kind of music ♪
♪ Sing your own special song ♪
♪ Make your own kind of music ♪
♪ Even if nobody else sings along ♪
Hi.
Hey.
- What's this? - Hi, Mom.
There she is.
Uh, please, come in, take a load off.
We are taking care of you tonight as a "thank you"
for your family's hospitality.
What is Jeff's ETA?
Because the chicken harissa, that can wait,
but the green beans almondine really should be eaten crisp.
Mom, you have to try this.
- It's so good. - Okay.
Mmm.
♪ suspenseful, jarring music ♪
Oh, my God, is it too spicy?
Where did you get that?
Why? What's wrong?
Where did you get it?
I gave it to her.
How do you even have it?
And you, you give it to my daughter?!
It feels right, Shauna. I mean, don't you feel it, too?
No. I don't "feel it."
The only thing I feel is that I should've never let you
stay here because you're as fucked up as ever.
Mom!
Be quiet, you don't understand.
Get your shit. You are leaving right now.
It never meant what you thought it meant.
Mom!
Get the fuck out of my house!
Goddamn, this show was weird. I mean, a talking chair?
Mm.
- I never really watched it. - You're kidding.
Why do you have every episode on tape?
I have, like, a million VHS's, Tai.
I don't even know what's on half of them.
Well, I loved this show.
Every Saturday morning at 9.
I was usually slapping my mother out of her stupor
right around then, trying to get her to go to work.
Well, that's just sad.
You think?
Yeah. Yes, I think.
You know, you know what I think?
I think you were a sad little redhead,
with a drunk for a mom, living in a sad little house
just being sad all the time--
Shut up!
But look at you now. Look at you.
Oh, you're so happy and chill.
So fucking beautiful.
♪ gentle music ♪
Tai...
I can't believe I get to have more of you.
There's one low price
for all this and lots more
at the Land of Make Believe.
Route 80, exit 12 in Hope, New Jersey.
Your day calls for ice cream,
and what day doesn't?
Visit Ozzie's Homemade
- Ice Cream Parlor. - Van.
Our flavors will make your eyes pop.
Oh, fuck! Van, are you seeing this?
What is it?
It... it's the... no-eyed man. It's--
That's the guy from my vision!
You saw him, right?
- You saw him? - Yes, I--
Okay. Just calm down.
Holy shit, I must've seen that ad when I was little,
and the man and...
no eyes and then my grandmother died,
- and I... Okay. - What are we doing?
Okay, fuck, it's closed. Um...
Hang on, you just said they're closed.
Van, please. Now.
Uh, this, uh, has to mean something!
It has to.
This just... it, it, it, it could mean something.
It could mean something!
♪ suspenseful music ♪
Oh, be quiet, Caligula!
♪ dramatic music ♪
♪ haunting music ♪
For fuck's sake, really?
I'm not lost, okay?
I'm just remembering.
Hey.
It's fine.
Take your time.
You got this.
This has been great.
Yeah. Let's-let's go.
There's got to be another way in.
Tai.
Goddamn it.
You realize this is a crime now?
Wouldn't be our first.
Why?
Tai, what-what are you even looking for?
I don't know.
♪ slow, percussive music ♪
♪ suspenseful music ♪
What do you want?
We know what It wants.
It wants more.
That's it.
Over here.
Shauna, wait!
Are we really just... gonna go in?
What did you think we were gonna do?
What do you think happens when we go inside?
You guys, we don't have to do this.
Yes.
We do.
God.
Fine.
I'm going first.
You two, stand guard.
If you see anything, just scream your asses off, okay?
♪ pulsing, haunting music ♪
I don't remember those.
He must've done it on purpose to block us out.
Maybe it just collapsed.
- I don't think so. - Why?
I don't know. I just don't.
It's a double bluff,
like that scene in that movie with the two guys.
What? You mean The Princess Bride?
- Yeah. - How the fuck did you know that?
I say we try both.
Shauna, you, Van, Akilah,
you take the open path. Uh, the rest of us will
clear what we can here and climb over the rest.
Um, you take two lanterns, we'll take the other three.
If you run into trouble, just get loud.
We'll come find you. Same goes for us.
Be safe.
We'll see you soon.
You, too.
♪ slow, suspenseful music ♪
Let's go.
Shit. Okay, this is clearly not the way.
We just have to keep going, okay?
Fuck.
Fuck. Wait. No.
- What? - Oh, shit.
My light is out. My light is out.
No. I can't see.
Shit.
Mine's okay, mine's okay.
Hurry.
Okay.
Oh...
Jesus.
Stay close.
Are you guys seeing this?
Yeah, maybe we should go back.
Yeah, Shauna, we should...
Shauna?
Akilah, did you--
Akilah?
Guys?
♪ haunting music ♪
Oh, what the fuck?
Come on, man...
♪ eerie music ♪
Hmm.
Mmm.
Hi.
Hey.
Little baby.
Careful, they bite.
Sheep don't bite.
Everything with teeth bites.
Everything will defend itself.
They're calling you.
♪ ethereal music ♪
Mommy, Mommy. Mommy, Mommy.
Mommy!
It can be easy, or it can be hard.
But either way, It's gonna get what It wants.
♪ jarring music ♪
Are you in my dream?
Or am I in one of yours?
There's only one dream.
You want to try?
Let me try.
That happens sometimes.
You shouldn't play with dangerous things.
It's just a cut.
You don't have to be such a baby.
♪ jarring music ♪
Akilah, help her.
I can't!
You have to or she'll die.
We'll all die.
Where's Van?
Help!
You guys, please. Help!
It's poison.
And there's some kind of...
There's some kind of gas.
♪ "The Cold" by The Cure ♪
Don't move.
Sorry, Coach.
You're coming with us.
♪ I was cold as I mouthed the words ♪
♪ And crawled across the mirror ♪
♪ And wait, await the next breath ♪
♪ Your name like ice into my heart ♪