![]() But that guilt, much like so many other aspects of the Yellowjackets’ story could not, however, be denied forever. After all, “the wilderness decided” certainly helped her shove down the guilt of not even trying to save Javi’s life. Suddenly, once the team anoints her as Lottie’s successor, maybe Natalie began to believe, too. That elusive, supernatural-or-not thing that everyone except Natalie had bought into by that point. And now, this, too, could be decided by the wilderness. The wilderness decided, so she was supposed to die. Prior to that ritual coming into play, she was their best hope for hunting more traditional sorts of food. ![]() Photo Credit: Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIMEĪs we see in the 1996 timeline, Natalie was supposed to be the first teammate hunted and killed to help the others survive. A life for a life…for a life (L-R): Samantha Hanratty as Teen Misty, Sophie Thatcher as Teen Natalie, Jasmin Savoy Brown as Teen Taissa, Sophie Nélisse as Teen Shauna, Kevin Alves as Teen Travis and Luciano Leroux as Javi in YELLOWJACKETS, “It Chooses”. One that was destined to end far too soon - one cut off, yet somehow still spinning along in certain established cycles even after death, just as the slightest glimmer of hope was forming. When it comes to Natalie Scatorccio, that ouroboros manifests itself in a life that was never, not once, well lived. And it’s one whose beginning and end may just be one and the same. If Yellowjackets season 2 has taught us anything, it’s that trauma is a cycle. Call it inevitability, coupled with an endless circle of grief and denial, of convenient lies and horrible truths. One theme that I just can’t get out of my mind, though, is this sense of inevitability. (We’re looking forward to that third season…if and only if the studios finally give the WGA a fair deal.) And we expect many more to cross our minds in the intervening time between now and season 3. (Just on a bit of a delay, if you will.) Those aren’t the only ideas to consider. Equally expected is the special sense of loss that comes with watching a teenager beat incredible odds, only to still die way too soon. The knife to the gut is especially sharp if Nat happened to be your favorite. ![]() Sure, there are the usual notes of pain over losing a beloved character. There are layers upon layers of tragedy surrounding Natalie Scatorccio’s death in the Yellowjackets season 2 finale.
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