Recap / Yellowjackets S 2 E 5 Two Truths And A Lie

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Note: The events of the episode are grouped by timeline, not by the order of scenes.

Short recap

In the past: The survivors deal with the traumatized Javi and different attitudes toward Lottie and her rituals. Travis confronts Natalie about planting Javi's bloody clothes in her misguided effort to give him closure and blames her for the boy's Broken Bird status. Akilah continues to keep her pet mouse a secret. While performing the most disgusting chore (cleaning out the poop bucket), Crystal and Misty exchange secrets and it is all fun until Misty reveals how she destroyed the emergency transmitter, horrifying Crystal who ends up taking a step back and falling off a cliff to her death. Shauna is furious with Taissa for being Team Lottie. She goes into labor while she and Taissa are out and about. They barely manage to reach the cabin when a storm comes in seemingly out of nowhere.

In the present: Walter and Misty find the cult's compound and speak with Natalie, who denies being kept against her will. After she tells the pair to get lost, Walter reveals to Misty that he knows she lied about Adam Martin. Misty parts ways with him and presents herself at the compound, claiming she wants to join. Taissa reunites with Van. Van has problems of her own but seems to be the only one who understands what is happening with Other!Taissa. Callie discovers that "Jay" is really Matt Saracusa, Wiskayok P.D. and attempts to mislead him about Shauna's affair with Adam by telling Matt that Shauna slept with Jeff's friend Randy. To make the story more plausible, Jeff and Shauna orchestrate a plan so that the police thinks she did indeed have sex with Randy. And they almost get away with it. Natalie tries to disrupt one of Lottie's workshops with information gleaned from snooping in her office, but the bombshell is a dud. Lottie tries a technique to help Natalie so that they can figure out what Travis meant when he wrote that Natalie was right in his notes. Natalie flashes back to the last time she saw Travis, when she overdosed and had to be revived. During her near-death experience, Natalie realized that during their time on the wilderness, there was a darkness out there with them, and the survivors brought it back. As Lottie comforts Natalie, she sees the shadow of a figure crowned with antlers move around her cabin, frightening Lottie.

Long recap

Present

The first scene before credits shows an adult Van's place. She gets ready for the day, rewinds a tape, picks up the mail and shoves the ones marked PAST DUE in the trash. Then she opens her store and welcomes two customers who are unfamiliar with VHS tapes, asking if the "boxy things are all movies?" She confirms it and adds that they play on a VCR, also available for rent. A client comes in, raving about her new favorite movie, Party Girl and actress: "Parker Posey is my new dream woman. I would marry her today." Van agrees with that assessment and hand over a movie she set aside for the customer, calling it "Landmark queer girl cinema. The Watermelon Woman. It's so good. Cheryl Dunye." As the customer departs, Van sees Taissa coming inside her store and her smile drops. Taissa greets her with a casual "Hey, Van'' and stumbles. Credits!

Callie and Matt a.k.a. "Jay" are on a date at a bowling alley with a live band, Necking. Callie teases "Jay", who takes his turn and knocks all but one pin, gloating that "Nobody fucks with the "Jay-sus." Callie calls the shtick a little much. "Jay" explains that it's a movie quote. Callie, who has scored 23 points to his 102, proposes a bet: "If I get a strike, then you have to kiss me." He takes her on, figuring she can't possibly win, "No pressure." Callie does get a strike, shocking the hell out of him:

"Jay": Holy shit. Did you just hustle me?
Callie: I sexually hustled you. A girl can't wait forever, you know.

Jay, pulling an Oh, Crap! face, says he thought that they were both on board with taking things slow, given that they both are dealing with stuff at home, and Callie just dumped her boyfriend. Callie is offended and hurt because she "thought this was something that it obviously isn't" and gets up as if to leave. Jay claims that it is not that he is not interested in taking their relationship further, because he does.

"Jay": I really like you, and this is about the time where I start to screw things up because I'm going too fast. I just want to do this right.

She accepts his reasoning. Calling that a win, he excuses himself to use the restroom, warning her not to cheat. After the waitress brings their check and leaves; Callie peeks at the slip, which is made out to "M. Saracusa". A quick Google search brings up Wiskayok P.D. officer M. Saracusa helping at a toy drive. Back in his car, Callie is very quiet. When "Jay" asks if she's OK, Callie pretends to agree about taking things slow, since her head is messed up from how bad things are getting at home. Seeing an opportunity, "Jay" asks if it is related to her mom's affair: "Look, you can talk to me if... if it helps." Callie tells him that she found out with whom her mother is having the affair: Jeff's best friend, Randy Walsh (last seen being interrogated by fake FBI agent Walter). "Jay" sympathizes.

The citizen detective mobile a.k.a. Walter's car. Misty turns off the radio (playing a cover of "Staying Alive.") Walter again offers to let her pick the music: "A little Les Mis? Phantom?" She reminds him to concentrate because they are looking for anything purple or otherwise "cult-related". He proposes they play "Two truths and a lie" until they find what they look for, telling her he can multitask and calling it a "good way for them to get to know each other better." He goes first:

Walter: I once owned a small business where we sold artisanal small-batch goat cheese, and by "we," I mean myself and a goat named Billy. Two: There's a nonzero chance that Barry Manilow is my biological father. And three: I have $175,000 worth of stock in Taco Bell, and I have never been to a single one. The beans upset my stomach.

Misty's first guess is that he lied about Barry Manilow; her next guess is the one about the goat Billy, since "Male goats do not make cheese." Billy the goat is female. So his two-truths-and-a-lie are all true. He cackles. Misty thinks Walter does not understand the rules of the game.

Walter: There's only ever one rule: Win. And now you know a little bit more about me, so... win. So, since I gave you three truths and no lies, it only seems fair that you do the same for me?
Misty: Fine. I do not like monkeys, I think we're asking the wrong questions about the moon landing, and...

She interrupts herself to order Walter to turn around. Walter obeys, doing a risky and illegal U-turn. But the compound's gate bears a logo similar to that on the label in the honey jar from the B and B's welcome basket. "I think we found her."

Van's. She watches somebody's wedding video, as she is digitizing folks' VHS tapes. Taissa startles her. Van gets to the point:

Van: So, um... you gonna tell me why you're here, or are we just gonna pretend this isn't super weird?
Taissa: You haven't changed.
Van: What are you doing here, Tai? It's been... a long time. A really fucking long time. (Taissa says nothing) The sleepwalking?

Instead of answering, Taissa gives Van a gift: the trucker's novelty pen. Apparently, Van and Taissa swapped the guest book pen for one of those at Shauna's wedding. They laugh at Jackie's mom nearly having a stroke, Van imitating her saying "I can see her bosoms." Then Van asks outright how bad it is.

The Sadecki household's kitchen. Callie comes in. Shauna and Jeff got cinnamon raisin bread on sale and are making sandwiches, offering one to Callie. She declines and after making them promise not to freak out, blurts it out:

Callie: I've... been hanging out with this guy, and... I just found out he's kind of a cop.

Shauna is shocked that Callie is seeing a cop; Jeff asks how old is the guy. Callie continues: "...And I might have mentioned that you had an affair, but that was before I knew that he was a cop."

Shauna: Does he know that you're still in high school?
Callie: Oh, my God, you promised not to freak out. Besides, it's fine. I fixed it.

Callie explains that she told "Jay" that Shauna's affair was with Randy. Jeff is shocked, but Callie claims that it was "better than telling him it was the guy that she killed."

Shauna: You know, I can't believe that I'm going to say this, but... it's actually not a terrible idea.

Jeff thinks she is kidding: she's not

Shauna: I don't actually have to sleep with him, but if the police think that we are, it's...

Jeff makes an "oh, hell no" gesture and exits. Shauna instructs her daughter to text "Jay" to tell him that she just found out Shauna will meet with Randy that night. Since the cops are following Callie, they will probably follow her. She assures Callie (who might be now an "accessory after the fact") that she did fix it and did great indeed.

The compound. Natalie tries to get into Lottie's office, when two acolytes come up and ask whether she's coming to the workshop. She says yes, and even agrees to walk with the acolytes who asked her. Lisa and Natalie are paired up for the workshop. Lisa tells Natalie to focus: "Think of me like a mirror. Okay? You're projecting your own negative thoughts onto me. Giving voice to our darkest thoughts is how we gain access to our deepest truths. It's what we do." Lottie comes along, affirming Lisa's point. She encourages Natalie to go deeper, saying there's more there. She dismisses Natalie's question about her injured hand as "just an accident. But we are here to focus on you."

Natalie asks for a break, "before we go into the black recesses of my soul" and Lottie gives her permission. Natalie steps out, but is interrupted by an acolyte telling her that someone's there to see her. She arrives at the gate, shocked to see Misty and Walter:

Natalie: What the hell are you doing here?

Misty is grateful to see Natalie is safe, but Natalie does not know what she is talking about. "And who the fuck is this?" Walter introduces himself, " I've heard nothing but wonderful things about you."

Misty tells Natalie that they are there to "rescue you. I mean, you-you were kidnapped, right?"

Natalie: Uh, yes, technically I was, but it's no big deal, okay? Lottie sent some people for me, but I'm not being held against my will. Anymore.
Misty: I'm sorry, Lottie? As in Lottie? Lottie, who was committed to a mental institution in Switzerland? That Lottie?

Natalie confirms it is Lottie and explains that Lottie is running the place and "helping me reflect or whatever. So, you and your Hardy Boy can go home. [...] I'm doing a fucking thing here, Misty. I don't need you getting in my way." Natalie walks off in a huff. All Walter can manage is that "She seems really nice."

Van's place. Taissa has just told her about Simone finding the altar with Biscuit's head in their basement. Fortunately, Sammy never saw it. When Van asks if Taissa has seen a sleep doctor, Taissa imagines how it would go: "Yeah, 'Hey, Doc. If I happen to mention sacrificing anything on an altar, well, just ignore that part, okay? Thanks.'"When asked what is the plan, Taissa asks if she can take a shower. All that hitchhiking has left her less than sweet-smelling. Van says yes.

Walter's car. He has a feeling that Misty is upset, seeing her sulk. Misty is flabbergasted at Lottie flying under her radar. Walter looks at the bright side: Natalie is OK, and maybe Misty can move on. After all, Natalie did tell her to piss off, right? Misty claims it is obviously an act:

Misty: I mean, if they're really holding her hostage, the first thing they're gonna want her to do is cut ties with all her close friends. That's Cult 101. Maybe... Maybe Lottie is jealous of what Natalie and I have. I mean, you can't buy that kind of friendship, but you could kidnap it and try to...
Walter: Murder for it?
Misty: Excuse me?
Walter: Your friendships are a little more complicated than most. Kidnapping, cults, death. Adam Martin.

Walter checked out Misty's story about downvoting his Adam Martin disappearance posts because she did not want Adam's mother to learn her son died by suicide or OD'd. Except Adam's mom is dead. "I laid it all out to see why you would want to lie about something like that, and I deduced that you probably killed him. Maybe to help a friend?" Misty is shocked, SHOCKED, that Walter thinks her capable of murder, but he goes on:

Walter: You're charming and impulsive, which are traits of most serial killers. Only, you pull it off.

He even compares Misty to his grandmother, who got 30 years for killing his grandpa but "never failed to send me a birthday card. She was thoughtful like that. Like you. Look, all I'm trying to say is, I like you regardless of your extracurricular activities." Misty is not flattered and she tells him to get out. As she retrieves her suitcase, Walter is confused, since he is her ride and she is getting out in the middle of nowhere. She says she'll "figure it out. But this? You and me, whatever this is, it's over."

Evening at Randy's motel. Matt and Kevyn are on a stakeout, observing Shauna arrive and walk up to Randy's room, providing commentary:

Kevyn: Damn, that's cold.
Matt: I'll believe it when I see it.

Randy compliments Shauna on her appearance. Inside the room, Randy acts awkward: "So Jeff didn't really tell me much. Uh, that we're supposed to hang out for a bit, and not to touch you." He does ask if this is related to Natalie and tells Shauna that an FBI agent "invited me to his boat, asked me if I'd seen her around. But don't worry, they didn't mention the B-mail."

Shauna: What did I tell you about keeping that word out of your mouth?^note she threatened to gut him like a fish in "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" if he ever told anyone about the blackmail

He apologizes, and Shauna, finding it weird that the FBI would question Randy, asks him what did they ask about Natalie. "Just where she was and if she was hanging out with some purple weirdos." Shauna dismisses the issue and with a "Well, let's just get to it," pulls out a condom. This makes Randy's brain short-circuit as he thinks she is putting the moves on him and his wife just took him back. Shauna tells him the rubber is not for them but for him: "Just jerk off into it and throw it in the trash." She refuses to answer his questions. "After what you and Jeff did, you owe me. Go on." She barks out one final instruction before he heads to the bathroom: "Hey. Don't you dare think about me." He promises.

Van's place. In the bathroom, Taissa is done with her shower and finds a jar of oxycodone in "V. Palmer"'s name. Afterwards, she asks Van about it, calling it "heavy-duty shit".

Van: That's medication for me to mind my own business. You should take two.

Van explains that the oxy belonged to her mother Vicky, who moved in with her after getting cancer and lived there until her death.

Taissa: I'm sorry. I know you and your mom had a complicated relationship. At least you were talking again.
Van: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, The cancer scared the bitch right out of her. (chuckles) I guess people... reassess their choices when they know they're gonna die.
Taissa: Maybe you don't have to be dying to have regrets.

Van is not having it:

Van: You can't come up here and drop your fucking anvil into my life and then go all High Fidelity on me. "So what's the deal with what happened to us?"
Taissa: Is that Seinfeld?
Van: I'm mixing my pop culture metaphors 'cause I'm fucking upset!

Taissa immediately regrets coming to Van's.

Van: Oh, fuck you, dude. Don't make me convince you to let me help you. You know I'm not letting you leave here like this, so at least you could have the decency to actually ask for my help.
Taissa: I killed my fucking dog, Van. My wife is in the hospital. I'm losing my fucking mind, and I'm terrified! Like all the way. Like I haven't been since... I can't ask you for your help 'cause I don't want to hurt any more of the people I love. (crying)

Van embraces Taissa and tells her that they'll figure this out.

Randy's hotel room. Randy is in the bathroom, trying to take one for the team. Shauna asks if he's done. Despite Randy's best attempts and even a self pep talk, the loins sleep tonight. He glances at a bottle of hand lotion and gets an idea.

The compound. Natalie finally gets into Lottie's office and finds a box full of mobile phones, her shotgun, and files on the acolytes. A workshop is taking place, and Natalie, all storm and fury, walks in.

Natalie: Why don't you tell everyone why you have detailed reports about their personal lives? You have their phones and notes on their family and bank info. She's manipulating all of you! She's taking advantage of you, she's preying and profiting!

This is not exactly much of a bombshell, since they already know. An acolyte claims that they give their personal possessions willingly:

Natalie: She is clinically insane! And her delusions have hurt people.
Lisa: You should know better than anyone we can't define a person based on their past.

Lottie sends everyone away.

Lottie: You're not going to find what you're looking for in my office. 'Cause what you're looking for is in your head. Travis said that you were right about something, and it was obviously important enough to leave you a message about it. Don't you want to know what that is? Because I sure as hell do. (Natalie cries) I want to understand what Travis was going through. And I want to know what that note means.
Natalie: You know what he was going through. You started it.

Lottie admits that could be true, but she knows how they can work together to figure out what they need.

At the motel, Kevyn and Matt watch Shauna drive away. Kevyn figures they are done, but Matt thinks something is shady. Kevyn says Matt watched The French Connection too often, but Matt thinks they should check the room to "get confirmation they boned."

Kevyn: I know you're new, but they did teach you, without a warrant, nothing's admissible, right?

The lack of warrant does not stop Matt. They enter the room. Kevyn asks if he should contact forensics. Matt asks for a minute. Inside the bathroom, Kevyn calls Matt over ("Hey, Murder, She Wrote, get over here.") and asks if the visible used condom in the trash is enough evidence. Much to Kevyn's disgust, Matt pulls out the condom from the trash and sniffs at it. The filling smells of strawberry, like the lotion Randy used instead of his... DNA. With a celebratory "The 'Cuse is loose, baby!" Matt deduces that Shauna wanted to trick them into thinking she was sleeping with Randy instead of Adam. Kevyn rains on Matt's parade; since Callie deliberately gave him bad info, it means he has been made. Matt does not care: "She might be good, but I'm better."

Van's place. Both women have fallen asleep on the couch. Van gets up, turns the TV off, takes one of the oxycodone pills. She gasps when she feels Taissa behind her. Taissa plants a kiss on Van, except Van immediately realizes it is Other!Taissa and asks what does she want. Other!Taissa responds with "This isn't where we're supposed to be."

At the cult compound: Lottie is trying something with Natalie that involves flashing a penlight on and off in Nat's eyes.

Lottie: Just breathe. Listen to my voice... and watch the light, no matter how difficult. Allow yourself to go back and picture the last time... you saw Travis alive. What do you see?

Natalie last saw Travis at a house by the beach. "I hadn't seen him in a while. He had a job, was seeing some girl. Part of me wanted to ruin it. But another part of me just missed him." Lottie asks Natalie what happened. "What always happens."

In the flashback, Travis and Natalie are partying it up with alcohol and drugs. Natalie overdoses and Travis tries to get her to wake up. Lottie asks Natalie what she saw during her Near-Death Experience.

Natalie: I see the crash site, but it's different.
Lottie: Keep going.
Natalie: I see us. (shot of charred bodies) We didn't make it.
Lottie: None of us?
Natalie: We weren't alone out there. (the Antler Queen enters the cabin).

Back at the beach house, a paramedic at the scene gives Natalie a shot of Narcan, which works. Natalie finally wakes up.

Natalie: (to Travis) I saw it. I felt it. We brought it back. (panting) Trav... we brought it back with us.

Back to the present, Natalie is in the same Heroic B So D mode she was in the past when she revived. Lottie tells her she is OK, but Natalie is not:

Natalie: The whole time, there was something, some darkness, out there... with us. Or in us. It still is. That's what I was right about. (she puts her head on Lottie's lap)

Lottie soothes Natalie, but she hears creaking and sees the shadow in motion of a figure wearing the antler headdress and veil. Oh, Crap! face.

Misty reaches the compound. "Oh, finally." She asks if she can join.

Past

At the cabin, Taissa gets up after sleeping through the night. She commiserates with Shauna, who is exhausted from having to pee often during the night. Van calls her because "They're about to start." Taissa says she'll be right out and tells Shauna (not one of Lottie's followers) not to give her a hard time. "It's mostly just Lottie's woo-woo bullshit, listening to the trees." But Van attributes Taissa no longer sleepwalking to her attending the circle, which makes her happy, "Happy wife, happy life."

Outside, team members and Travis sit in a circle, eyes closed. Lottie asks the others what they feel.

Mari: The cold. It makes my cheeks burn. But it also makes me feel... awake. Like, really awake.
Van: It makes me feel... alive. (Akilah joins)
Lottie: Good. Now, what do we hear?
Travis: The wind.
Van: I can hear it in the pines. It's... peaceful. It sounds like a whisper.

Misty and Crystal simultaneously say that it sounds like singing and laugh. Lottie approves:

Lottie: Good. We're tuning in to nature. Into each other. That connection is what's gonna protect us, and we need to nurture it. Especially now. A new life is coming, and we can't wait to meet him.

All: We can't wait to meet him.

Lottie has them hold hands. "We'll try what we did yesterday. Try to tune into each other's breath, and then go past it. See what you can hear past that."

At the cabin, Gen and Melissa discuss Javi: the former thinks Javi found another cabin or even other people, the latter points out he'd have been rescued. The others try to get him to communicate:

Van: Hey, Javi, just nod if you found shelter.
Mari: Seriously, you owe us after stealing our bear meat.

Van tries to get Travis to help, but Travis says that Javi will talk when ready. The girls go back to trying to get Javi to talk. Natalie invites Travis to join her in checking the gill net. He declines with a curt "I'm good."

In the pantry, Akilah apologizes to "Nugget" the mouse for not bringing him more food. Mari overhears, and Akilah claims to be talking to herself. Mari is all "whatever", has her pick a card for her assigned chore, and goes to Crystal and Misty. The pair is having a good time playing a game where Crystal asks Misty which three famous people would she have at a slumber party. Misty's first two choices are Plato and Eric Nies^note Former The Real World cast member, and host of MTV's The Grind from 1992 to 1995" 'cause I'd want him to teach me how to dance." Crystal agrees with both. Misty hesitates to reveal her third choice: Jack Kevorkian, "just because I feel like what he does is so brave." Crystal supports that choice! Her family's pet beagle, Whimsy, had to be put to sleep, and "It's like, why should humans have to suffer more than beagles?" They even agree that in his youth, Jack Kevorkian was kind of hot. Mari walks in with the chore cards and tells them to "just pick your chore." Crystal's is not happy with her assigned chore ("Again?"), but Misty offers to help Crystal carry the bucket. Crystal thanks her "bestie".

Akilah and Taissa are doing laundry. They were both surprised to see each other at the circle. Taissa says that Van asked to attend; Akilah went because she was bored. Akilah goes on to describe a pre-game ritual she and fellow JV teammate Rachel (the one Yellowjacket who died in the crash) shared. It involved "Easy Lover," putting on their lucky gear, and tapping their cleats on the line at the same time. Taissa finds the ritual very cute but points out that they lost often.

Akilah: Well, maybe we would have lost more without it. Maybe it wasn't even the point. It just felt good. Like we could pretend it made a difference, like we would play better or they would play worse. I mean, it's not like we really believed in it, not deep down, but... we still did it before every game. I think I am gonna keep going to Lottie's morning thing.
Taissa: Yeah. I'll probably keep going, too.
Akilah:Well, yeah, because you're totally whipped.

Mock-outraged, Taissa splashes Akilah and Akilah splashes her back.

Somewhere else in the cabin, Travis offers the still speechless Javi some broth, calling it "good vitamin C."

Travis: Look. I get running away, especially that night. A lot of fucked-up things happened. Whatever you saw out there, why you're not talking to us, to me, you don't have to say anything if you don't want to. But please just tell me where you were, Javi.

Javi finishes his broth without a word, and Travis tries to walk it off. Natalie tells him that Javi will be fine, "he just needs time." Those words make Travis explode:

Travis: You don't think he got enough of that out there? [...] Quit acting like such a fucking saint.

He confronts her about planting Javi's bloody clothes: "Just say it." Natalie admits to it, but before she can explain why, Travis blames her for him stopping his search for Javi:

Natalie: I didn't think that he was alive. It doesn't make any sense that he is.
Travis: Well, maybe he wouldn't be so fucked-up if I had found him sooner, so that's on you.

Crystal and Misty are outdoors on their way to dump out the poop bucket at the "toilet" a.k.a. a designated spot far from cabin. At Crystal's suggestion, they play a game where they exchange secrets, rapid fire. The revelations begin. Crystal sometimes takes shortcuts when she is assigned to dump the poop bucket chores and just throws away the contents nearby instead of taking it all the way. Misty hates deodorant and after the plane crash, told everyone she ran out. Crystal let Justin Lee get to third base with her while backstage at a dress rehearsal of Bye Bye Birdie. Shocked, Misty tells Crystal about the time she walked in on her parents having sex and not being "completely grossed out."

Crystal: Well, Einstein says that curiosity is a sign of intelligence.
Misty: Well, maybe I'm a genius, then.

Crystal throws the bucket's contents over a cliff and tells Misty to grab some sticks for scraping the rest of it. Then she makes Misty pinky-swear about her biggest secret: her real name is Kristen! Apparently, on the first day of soccer practice, everyone heard it as "Crystal" and she never corrected them, because "they started calling me 'Crystal the Pistol', and no one had given me a nickname before, so I-I was afraid that if I told them the truth, they wouldn't like me as much."

Misty: I didn't think that people liked me very much either before the plane crashed. And then, all of a sudden, they started listening to me.
Crystal: Do you get how lucky we are? Some people never find someone they trust enough to share their deepest secrets.

Misty goes for broke and makes Crystal "swear on your mom's life that you will not tell anyone," which Crystal does with a laugh.

Misty: The night after the plane crashed, when everybody was asking for my help and... and treating me like I was actually useful... I found the plane's emergency transmitter. And I... I destroyed it.

But not correcting your misheard name is not on the same level as condemning your fellow survivors to months out in the wilderness. Crystal's face goes blank for a second, then she experiences her own invoked Fridge Horror:

Crystal: (horrified) You're the reason we never got rescued?

Realizing her mistake, Misty tries to pull a 'gotcha!': "Oh, my gosh, you should see your face. I, I totally got you." Crystal is not fooled:

Crystal: You're not that good of an actress.
Misty: Come on, bestie, you don't actually think I-I would do something like that, do you?

On the verge of tears, Crystal denies Misty is her best friend and calls her "a psycho."

Misty: What? No, no, no, Crystal, Crystal, stop, stop. Okay, you can't tell anyone. I mean it, okay? I-I'll do whatever you want. I will flush the toilet for you, and I'll do all your chores, okay? You just, you cannot tell anybody. Please.
Crystal: Or what, you'll poison me?
Misty: (snarling) No. I'll... fucking... kill you.

She advances towards Crystal, who takes a few steps backwards and off the ledge. Misty looks down and sees Crystal's body at the bottom. Her little whimper says it all.

At the cabin, Shauna wakes up to Lottie whispering, "You're gonna change everything" to her pregnant belly. "What the fuck, Lottie?" When others ask what happened, Shauna accuses Lottie of "whispering weird shit to my baby." Lottie defends herself, saying it is good to talk to babies while in utero. Shauna shouts that it is so that they "learn to recognize their mother's voice." Taissa defends Lottie, and a furious Shauna walks out of the cabin. Taissa follows her outside even though Shauna will not speak to Taissa. Refusing to leave Shauna by herself, Taissa asks if she is supposed to say sorry. Shauna accuses Taissa to be Team Lottie instead of being her friend. Taissa says that they are all on the same team. Shauna scoffs at that: "You can't think that's still true."

That Taissa, of all people, is now part of the Lottie prayer circle, angers Shauna. Taissa says she is only on it because of Van and Lottie. Shauna accuses Lottie of being obsessed with her baby. Taissa thinks Lottie is just excited, like everyone else.

Shauna: No, if anyone should be excited, it's me. But I'm rightfully freaking the fuck out about having a baby in the middle of the fucking woods, and news flash, having a bunch of psychos praying for me in some weird fucking tree cult isn't making my life any easier. I don't need your fucking prayers, I need you to have my back.

Taissa says she does have Shauna's back, but "for the first time in a really long time, I'm not afraid to fall asleep. And, yeah, you're right, it's probably not because I listened to the pine needles or whatever, but I'm gonna take what I can get, and I am not going to apologize for that." Shauna responds by crying out in pain and doubling over. The winds get stronger. Taissa and Shauna head back to the cabin.

Misty climbs down to where Crystal fell and is unresponsive. Crying, "no, no, no", she unsuccessfully attempts CPR (to the tune of Staying Alive), calling her both Crystal and Kristen. The wind starts blowing and snow starts covering Crystal's lifeless body. Misty apologizes, calling Crystal "bestie" one last time.

Outside the cabin, the wind blows. Inside, the Coach looks at Javi's drawing of a tree's roots going deep. Javi speaks without warning:

Javi: She told me not to come back.
Coach: Uh, who did?
Javi: My friend.

The coach asks Javi who is his friend, but we don't get an answer.

Misty runs up to the cabin, announcing that she lost Crystal when they became separated in the storm "and it all happened so fast. I kept looking for her and looking for her, and I was screaming for her name, but-but she just, like, vanished." Before they head out to look for her, Van remembers something: "Oh, shit. Tai and Shauna are still out there." Oh, Crap! Nobody knows what to do, so they all head outside and start calling for the missing girls' names. "Tai! Shauna! Tai! Shauna! Crystal!", but the wind muffles their shouts. Unable to see beyond a few feet in front of them, Taissa and Shauna have trouble finding their way. Shauna gets another contraction. Taissa tells the frightened Shauna to just breathe, and that she is going to get them home.

Back at the cabin, Lottie guides them. She asks Van what does she hear.

Natalie: What the FUCK does that have to do with anything?
Van: I hear the wind.

Misty hears her breath. Akilah hears the trees. Out in the storm, Taissa taps into her team members' words: "I hear my breath. I hear the wind. I feel our friends wanting to find us. I hear my breath. I hear the wind. I feel our friends wanting to find us..."

Back at the cabin, the survivors chant "I feel our friends coming back to us," repeatedly. Taissa keeps repeating "The wind. I feel the snow…" as she leads Shauna, who is doubled over from contractions. As soon as the others see them get closer, Lottie orders them to get both Shauna and Taissa indoors. Akilah asks if Shauna is in labor. Shauna responds by screaming. "Mother'' plays over end credits.

Tropes present in this episode

• Accidental Misnaming: Crystal's real name is Kristen, but a team member misheard it as Crystal, and she got the nickname "Crystal the Pistol".
• Badass Boast: Matt is cocky at foiling Shauna's attempt to make the police believe her affair was with Randy. Kevyn points out that it means she knows they are unto her. His response:
  Matt/"Jay": She might be good, but I'm better.
• Braving the Blizzard: Taissa and Shauna are arguing when Shauna starts having contractions. To get back to the cabin, they have to get through a sudden snowstorm and they get lost. They find their way when Lottie guides the team to tune in to the Wilderness and Taissa "hears" their friends calling out to them.
• By "No", I Mean "Yes": Misty tells Natalie that she and Walter are there at the cult's compound to rescue Natalie:
  Misty: I mean, you-you were kidnapped, right?
  Natalie: No. Uh, yes, technically I was, but it's no big deal, okay? Lottie sent some people for me, but I'm not being held against my will. Anymore.
• Captain Obvious: Misty and Walter are riding in the car after Natalie tells them to go home. Misty is sulking that Lottie slipped under her meticulous radar:
  Walter: I'm getting the feeling you're upset.
• Call-Back: In the Season 1 finale "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi", Shauna tells Randy (who helped his friend Jeff with the blackmail) that if he ever tells anybody about the black mail, she'll gut him like a fish. He takes her seriously. In this ep, he tells Shauna about being questioned by the FBI (not really, but he does not know)
  Randy: But don't worry, they didn't mention the B-mail.
  Shauna: What did I tell you about keeping that word out of your mouth?
• Devastating Remark: For Crystal, who realizes Misty is responsable for the group not getting rescued.
  Misty: The night after the plane crashed, when everybody was asking for my help and... and treating me like I was actually useful... I found the plane's emergency transmitter. And I... I destroyed it.
• Forceful Kiss: Taissa plants one on Van without warning, making Van realize it's Other!Taissa she's dealing with.
• "Just Joking" Justification: Misty realizes she's gone too far by confessing that she destroyed the plane's black box, and tries to play it off as a joke. She doesn't succeed.
• The Loins Sleep Tonight: To make their affair more plausible, Shauna hands Randy a condom and tells him to go to the bathroom and masturbate, leaving the used condom in the trash for the cops to find as evidence that they had sex. Except Randy cannot get the job done despite his best efforts, so he fills the condom with hand lotion. It almost fools the detectives.
• Mood Whiplash: Crystal and Misty amuse themselves while emptying the toilet bucket by exchanging silly secrets. Misty reveals that she destroyed the emergency transmitter simply because she wanted to feel important. The light-hearted mood disappears as Crystal realizes in shock and disgust that her "bestie" is the one responsible for stranding them in the wilderness for months.
• Primal Scene: One of Misty's revelations when she and Crystal are exchanging secrets rapid-fire:
  One time I walked in on my parents having sex, and I wasn't completely grossed out.
• Rapid-Fire "No!": Misty does this when Crystal denies her as a best friend and calls her a psycho. It happens again after Crystal falls and Misty gets closer to her friend's body.
• Spotting the Thread: On a date with Callie, "Jay" excuses himself to use the bathroom and the server arrives with their bill... in "M. Saracusa"'s name. This leads to her finding out he is a cop
• Undead Child: The team members are speculating as to what happened to Javi to turn him into a Broken Bird. One of them offers this trope as an explanation. Nobody takes her seriously:
  Melissa: Maybe he did die, and that's his ghost.
• Wham Line: Uttered by Natalie, after recalling what she saw on her Near-Death Experience:
  We weren't alone out there.
• Wham Shot: Lottie comforts Natalie after having her recall her near-death experience, but she freaks at seeing a shadow in motion, created by a figure in a familiar antler headdress and veil.
• You Do Not Want To Know: Inverted when Mari goes to Misty and Crystal with the deck of chore cards while the pair are amusing themselves.
  Mari: What are you two dorks dorking out about? (realizes she does not care) Uh... Actually, don't answer that, just pick your chore.
• You're Insane!: Misty tells Crystal that she sabotaged the transmitter. Instead of whatever reaction she expected, Crystal tells her, "You're a psycho."