Yellowjackets: Court is in session, and the verdict is: yikes. A wilderness trial, a cryptic drawing, and a shocking murder in 2025 prove that the Yellowjackets' past decisions are still catching up with them.

Coach Ben is captured from exile, and the group immediately puts him on trial for attempted cabin arson. (No evidence? No problem.) Shauna, still grieving and maybe looking for a little recreational vengeance, takes over the proceedings with all the restraint of a mid-’90s Springer guest.

Misty is the surprise public defender, mostly because she still hasn’t fully processed her mentor complex. She punches Ben in the face first, then tries to save him. Jack McCoy she is not.

By the time the jury (Natalie in a makeshift Antler Queen robe) finishes deliberating, Shauna has bullied enough votes to get Ben convicted. He’s locked up, awaiting his fate.

Flash forward to 2021: If the wilderness demanded a sacrifice, Lottie may have been it. The question is: who cashed in her karma points?

Meanwhile:
Tai nearly convinces Van to stab a stranger to “feed the wilderness.” Van refuses, and now her hands are shaking. Guilt? Withdrawal? Something worse? Is she giving big “Tyler Durden realizing he’s Tyler Durden” vibes?

Shauna gets freezer-burned. Someone locks her in a walk-in freezer. Instead of being trapped on a ski lift afraid of being torn apart by wolves, Jackie is eating at her, telling her to give up and let it go already. Shauna fights back, but as Jackie smugly reminds her, she only sees what her eyes wants to see. Shauna, freezing and panicked, desperately fumbles with the handle… but did she even try pushing it? (Push it real good?) Alas, she doesn't understand freezers! She's just a simple woman trying to defrost a past I can’t escape! Randy saves her, proving once again that his greatest skill is being in the right place at the right time.

Misty finds out about Lottie’s murder through a true crime forum. That’s right, Misty had to read about her "friend" on the internet before anyone told her. Walter texted her suspiciously fast—does he know more than he’s letting on?

Jeff is deep into his “fix my karma” era, but instead of atoning for blackmail, he’s donating old junk and signing up for retirement home volunteer work. Best bingo caller since Saul Goodman. Still, he’s chasing karma by donating bootleg Rush Hour DVDs.

Van? Her shaky hand says she might know something.
Shauna? The trial energy is suspiciously familiar.
Walter? Knew about it before Misty. Enough said.

One Angry Shauna and 12 Scared Girls (to the tune of Ben Folds Five “One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces”)

You’re not the boss of me now, Nat, so sit your ass down,
I carved up Javi, I’ll burn this place down.
Ben’s on trial but he’s already dead,
I see Jackie at night, and she lives in my head.
Lottie’s got followers, Lottie’s got plans,
If she tries to lead me, she’ll bleed on my hands.
If you want mercy, well, you should’ve picked me,
Now it’s guilty guilty guilty like it was made for TV.

We break it all down in this episode of the pod, available wherever you get your podcasts… or on a bootleg VHS taped over a Daria marathon, a Napster MP3 labeled “New NIN Song (Real).mp3”, or a burned mix CD where track 7 just says “Moby” but it’s actually Stabbing Westward.

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