Yellowjackets S01 | High Speed |

: The adult survivors—Shauna, Taissa, Natalie, and Misty—are haunted by their past and a blackmailer threatening to reveal the dark truth of what happened in the woods.

In 2021, Ricci plays Misty with a serial killer’s precision and a golden retriever’s desire for approval. She awkwardly flirts with a detective she’s holding hostage. She smiles while cleaning a murder scene. She is impossible to look away from. yellowjackets s01

What works (strengths)

Themes and subtext

The season explores whether the trauma they experienced was purely psychological or if something truly ancient and malevolent followed them back to civilization. She smiles while cleaning a murder scene

The show never explicitly says "this is the villain." The Antler Queen is the idol of the wilderness cult. By the end of S01, we don't know who she is (though Lottie Matthews, the religiously schizophrenic teen, is the prime candidate). She represents the loss of civilization. The show never explicitly says "this is the villain