In season considered one of “Yellowjackets,” followers have been shocked to be taught that Shauna (Sophie Nélisse as a teen and Melanie Lynskey as an grownup), whereas trapped together with her teammates within the woods, is pregnant. Earlier than leaving on what was meant to be a visit to nationals, she had intercourse a number of instances with Jeff, the boyfriend of her greatest buddy Jackie (Ella Purnell). Within the current day, Jeff (performed by Warren Kole as an grownup) and Shauna are married and have a teen daughter Callie (Sarah Desjardins). However Callie was born in 2004, which implies she’s not the infant Shauna is pregnant with within the woods in 1996. And we all know that it takes 19 months for the “Yellowjackets” to be saved, which implies Shauna was now not pregnant when the rescue lastly occurs. In episode 5, launched April 21 on streaming, Shauna realizes she’s in labor earlier than the episode cuts to black.
Since “Yellowjackets” tends to be significantly demented, followers have nervous about what’s going to occur to the infant. The present hasn’t shied away from cannibalism, and Shauna even had stress desires that the infant got here out as a hen, able to eat. Might the women presumably. . . eat the infant? The present’s forged addressed that idea forward of season two.
In a March 2 interview with Leisure Weekly, Tawny Cypress, who performs grownup Taissa, confirmed that nobody will eat the infant. “They don’t seem to be going to eat the infant,” she mentioned, whereas including that different ugly issues — like her household’s beheaded canine — are “undoubtedly” nonetheless on the desk for the sequence. Co-showrunner Jonathan Lisco added in the identical characteristic, “If we do our jobs proper, the consuming of an individual is not going to be probably the most transgressive factor that these younger girls do within the wilderness.”
So what occurs to the infant? Followers have plenty of theories, in fact. In all probability the probably consequence is that Shauna experiences some sort of being pregnant loss. She’s malnourished, pressured, and never receiving any prenatal care. Followers predict one thing subversive to occur with this plot line, however simply because Shauna survived a airplane crash does not imply she’s not affected by extra frequent traumas.
Then there are the much less doubtless choices. If the infant survived the woods, did Shauna determine to let somebody undertake the infant after she was rescued? Or did somebody take it away from her? Grownup Shauna and Jeff have by no means talked about the kid in the course of the present — although Jeff seemingly is aware of the being pregnant occurred since he learn all of Shauna’s secret journals.
In the meantime, some viewers have some notably ugly theories. Might the infant be utilized by the Antler Queen (Lottie, performed by Courtney Eaton as a teen and Simone Kessell as an grownup) as a sacrifice to the forest?
It appears Shauna’s being pregnant will finish in episode six. No matter occurred, she nonetheless carries the ache of it together with her.
New episodes of “Yellowjackets” premiere on Fridays on streaming and Sundays on Showtime.
