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Episode Details

Episode Title: Dislocation
Originally Aired: February 14, 2025
Network: Showtime
Director(s): Billie Woodruff
Writer(s): Rich Monahan, Ameni Rozsa

Recap

Who Believes Who: Mari, Coach Ben, Van, Taissa, Misty, Shauna, Natalie, Travis, Lottie, Akilah

Mari’s disappearance leads to multiple search parties, but no one finds Mari. Instead, Mari must contend with Coach Ben, who isn’t sure what to do with Mari. He knows she ate Javi and is likely as twisted as the rest, but does he have it in himself to kill her to remain hidden? He goes back and forth about this to the point of talking to himself and raising red flags for Mari, who, with dislocating her knee, can maybe knock down Coach Ben but may not get far from him quickly.

As for everyone else, with Misty forcing Natalie to pair with her to search for Mari and Natalie seeing traps Coach Ben likely set, she tries to protect his secrecy only for Misty to catch on and tell Shauna, who, as you can imagine, does not care about Mari being lost or dead.

But she might be alone in that. Van and Taissa care, with Taissa taking it a bit more seriously and partly blaming Natalie for things getting so bad. With that, Van asks if Taissa would want to lead, and she does, but it seems Van thinks the whole situation is unmanageable and perhaps the drama is inevitable.

Which leaves Lottie and Travis. With him hearing nature, thanks to the drug concoction Lottie has come with, it seems he recognizes with the trauma does come influence. As you can imagine, he doesn’t want to be eaten or sacrificed potentially, and with Lottie, the pseudo-priestess of the group, him leading her to believe he hears and knows something means safety. Unfortunately for Akilah, though, Travis points Lottie’s focus her way, which could mean dire circumstances for her.

Let’s Have Some Fun: Callie, Shauna, Jeff, Lottie, Misty, Taissa, Van, Walter

With Lottie showing up at Shauna’s door, the day Jeff is trying to make a major deal, it is a lot for her. Lottie is highly influential, Callie is in this place where she seems open to manipulation, and Shauna is trying her best to recreate normalcy, but it is getting harder by the day as more holes are poked into her bubble. So, the hope was Misty could keep Callie and Lottie separate while Shauna played wife, but Misty failed.

Callie, proving she is her mother’s child, drugs Misty to get closer to Lottie and hopefully the truth, for while everyone plays down the cannibalism, Lottie isn’t afraid to dance around that something did happen in the woods. Callie wants the whole story, and while she still has that tape that was dropped off, she hasn’t had the chance to find something that will play it. Thus leaving her just to foster a relationship, a rapport with Lottie, so she can eventually get the answers she is desperate for and completely rip the bubble her mom still thinks can be salvaged.

Speaking of that bubble, Shauna tries to be a good wife, but because she is worried about Callie, she doesn’t end up playing that role well for Jeff. In fact, she blows up the meeting as she gets tired of the buyers and focuses on someone who apparently is stalking her. That could be considered why she blew up the meeting, but despite her frustration, she goes slightly easy on Misty for failing the task and even coming off as a drunk.

Now, why Shauna would let Misty drive home drunk is anyone’s guess, but Walter has a definitive answer: Shauna doesn’t care. Misty refuses to believe these people, who only call when they want something, don’t care about her. In fact, Walter, being the complete opposite, foreign even, upsets what Misty is used to, and with that, she pushes him away and out of her house.

This brings us to Taissa and Van who continue to play house and try to rekindle their relationship. When it is fun they have fun but when it gets serious we’re reminded why they didn’t last and with each moment Taissa has where something not of this world feels like it is around her, we see a shift. What doesn’t help is her learning her server died, when Van pushes for them to pay, and that only adding to Taissa’s steps down a dark path.

What Happens In The Forest, Stays In The Forest: Melissa, Shauna

Shauna and Melissa in Yellowjackets: Season 3 Episode 2, directed by Billie Woodruff (Showtime)

In the past, Shauna just wanted to mourn her baby as an individual, not as a collective. So, she moved the body and created a secret burial plot. Melissa found it and added flowers, and Shauna was upset. Melissa dared to say she wasn’t scared of Shauna, so Shauna put a knife to her throat to try to get her to be scared. Melissa responded with a kiss, and the next thing you know, the two were making out.

Fast-forward to modern times, and we’re pushed to believe maybe Melissa has found Shauna or decided to reconnect with her like Taissa did Van. The only difference is that the single person is making an effort, and it isn’t clear if Shauna may reciprocate Melissa’s feelings this time.

Review

Highlights

The Drama Of The Past [84/100]

The past in “Yellowjackets” remains consistent, and whether it is Shauna seemingly having a serious queer moment, Misty perhaps betraying Natalie in the future, Taissa prepping for a takeover, or Coach potentially harming Mari, a lot is going on with no 100% idea what may or may not happen. For as much as we may know who may live or die, let’s not pretend Van’s survival wasn’t confirmed until the last season, and with new girls being introduced and some being a bit more featured, there is the need to question if more could pop up and potentially bolster the present.

Callie’s Pursuit Of The Whole Story [83/100]

Who would have thought the annoying child from season 1 would become the show’s saving grace for the adults in season 3? Her interactions with Lottie and Misty helped revive the adult storyline as Callie reinforces the main thing that adults have: the ability to talk about what happened from where the past left off to the present.

As noted in the last episode recap, there isn’t much for this show going forward—at least nothing concrete, as there are more teases than promises of anything interesting happening for the majority. So Callie reminds us the main hook of the adults is what they can more quickly give than those in the past, giving the adults a much-needed lifeline.

Shauna’s Stalker/ Ex? [81/100]

Though maybe we shouldn’t lump Shauna in with her peers. While Misty is trying to regain her prominent position, Lottie may be figuring out what’s next for herself, and Taissa and Van drown, Shauna could become the MVP. This episode showed she doesn’t necessarily need Callie as a life raft. Shauna in the past and Shauna in the present both have a wicked mean streak, and it is both understandable and vicious but also entertaining.

I’d even say, as others stumble and falter, with their characters seemingly lacking direction and having to get their groove back, Shauna remains consistent. Which, alongside what Callie is offering, might just be what the adult storyline needs and honestly, it pushes me to think Shauna doesn’t get enough credit for keeping the adult storyline from becoming utterly boring.

Take her having a stalker. Could it be Melissa who she had a secret relationship with in the past? Might it be, akin to Taissa and Van, she is looking to reunite? It is easy to believe and submit that Shauna could be closeted and her faith is what led to her attaching herself to Jeff. Who knows? Maybe cannibalism was one thing, but being out and proud was another?

Lest we forget, the crash was in, what, the 90s? It wasn’t like modern times when you could openly be queer in most areas, even New Jersey.

On The Fence

Taissa and Van [73/100]

I need something more out of these two. As a couple, I can appreciate them, even if Taissa is in a sticky situation with her ex. But as individuals, they seem dead in the water. Van is on a slow decline, health-wise, and her storyline is stagnant. Taissa’s life has blown up, yet we’re completely avoiding most of the fallout. Her political campaign, her marriage, and her nuclear family are all gone, and yet, that whole part of her life is just rumblings in the background, sent to the darkness with the shadowy figure that has haunted her family for generations.

Surely, as Misty starts to make a comeback and Lottie rebuilds, Taissa and Van can do something.

Trajectory

Trajectory (80/100): Climbing

While Taissa and Van, mainly in the modern times, partly in the past, need to ramp things up, it can be submitted everyone else is doing better than they were in the first episode. Now, will this last is hard to say, as season 2 showed, but we can only hope, based on interviews, season 3 will be better. Then, considering this is planned to only be a 5 season show, it means we’re halfway so the thrills should be coming soon.