Doomcoming

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## Episode guide

**"Doomcoming"** is the ninth episode of the first season of the Showtime series *Yellowjackets*. It premiered on Showtime on Sunday, January 9, 2022.

## Summary

You are cordially invited to the Doomcoming. On the brink of death, the Yellowjackets opt to throw one last rager before careening into oblivion; an increasingly paranoid Shauna struggles between keeping her cool and being Shauna.

## Plot

### More like a doom homecoming

Shauna is still at Adam's flat, demanding that he tell her just who he is. She says he has two seconds to tell her the truth. He closes the door as she walks in. She tells him that she knows about the blackmail. He asks what she's talking about. Then, he thinks she's wants to roleplay. She tells him it isn't a game, demanding her journals. He pleads to know what she's talking about. She starts having flashes to her experiences in the woods as she starts rifling through his drawers, saying she can't believe she fell for it, for him. He shouts at her to stop. She says she let him into her life and her house and he broke into her safe. He asks how he could even do that. She says that the code is the flight number and anyone could have known, any fanboy.

Adam tells her that she's acting crazy. She asks if someone put him up to it. He begs her to slow down and talk to him. He asks her to wait, but inside a drawer, she finds a book: *Skin In the Game: The Unauthorized Story of Flight 2525*. She has more flashbacks and picks it up. She asks what the deal is. He admits he Googled her, that she went through something really messed up and he wants to understand. She grabs a knife. He backs up, saying that he doesn't know anything about blackmail and didn't even know she existed before her accident. He tells her that nothing has happened yet and they can fix it, that she needs to put down the knife. He lunges forward and she stabs him. As the camera cuts back, it is her teenage self that is standing there, then her adult self, flashing repeatedly. She pulls out the knife as blood come out of his mouth. He collapses to the ground, dead.

In the woods of 1996, the girls dig for grubs. The sizzle them over a fire and everyone eats, this being what they are reduced to. Shauna pleads with Jackie to eat, but she asks why, how it matters at this point. Mari stands up, saying she can't do this anymore. She grabs a bottle. Coach Scott asks what it is and she says it was some berries she was trying to save but she thinks it might have turned into booze. She says she doesn't know about the rest of them, but she could use a drink. Taissa asks if it's safe and Scott asks if they care. "If we have booze, let's have a party," suggests Jackie. "Yeah," agrees Taissa, "because we've got so much to celebrate." Misty says that there's a full moon tomorrow and it's almost homecoming. "We packed dresses, right?" points out Mari. Jackie says that if they have dresses and booze, it's a go. They can have a moon homecoming. "More like a doom homecoming," replies Taissa. "A Doomcoming" suggests Lottie. "Now that's a party idea," agrees Natalie. They agree that they'll have it tomorrow night.

In the present day, Shauna accesses her safe. She finds that her stuff is back, as Jeff comes in, asking if he's supposed to wear a tie to the reunion. Shauna stares at the glitter on the floor. "What is this?" she asks him, asking if he has any idea where it came from. "Uh..." he mutters, saying he can explain it. "Oh my God, Jeff, what did you do?" she asks him. He says she was never supposed to get involved, that it got of control. "The store..." he continues, saying that FurnitureFam.com was running him out of business. He asks what he was supposed to do. "So you blackmailed us?" she asks. He says he thought that either Taissa or Natalie had the cash, that he was going to lose the store. He says he first took out a loan from "these guys" and they were really bad, scary guys. She asks if they were loan sharks or mobsters and if they're going to kill them. He tells her they won't, that he paid them back. He promises her that it's over, saying they can just pretend and get past this. She shakes her head. She tells him they can't. "Why not?" he asks. She sighs.

### The bad loan people

In the woods, the girls get ready, making outfits for the Doomcoming. Misty goes over to Coach Scott. She presents him a bouquet, saying that she knows it's not a Sadie Hawkins, but she wants him to come with her. Seeing his reaction, she says she gets it, but she thought this could be her one chance. She says it's dumb, that she knows she's not pretty. She starts to walk away and he tells her to stop, saying he'd be happy to dance with her. He just needs her to be clear that their boundaries are still their boundaries, that anything else just wouldn't be right. She tells him she understands and hands him the bouquet. Shauna and Jackie walk and talk. Jackie asks her if she ever thought about what they'd be doing if they didn't crash. Shauna says she doesn't really think about it, but Jackie says it's all she thinks about. She asks what if this is it, that all of their mistakes are permanent. Shauna asks her what mistakes she made, that everybody loved her. Jackie says she was naive, that she realizes that now, so she's decided she's not going to die a virgin. "With who?!" asks Shauna, and Jackie stares at Travis. Shauna asks her what about Natalie, but she says they broke up weeks ago. "Do you like him?" she asks, jabbing at her that she would never want them competing for the same guy. She says it's time to pull out all the stops.

"What do you mean you killed someone?" asks Jeff, back in the present day. "I stabbed him and now he's dead," explains Shauna. Jeff asks who and she says it's the guy she thought was blackmailing them. "How?" asks Jeff. "Who?" She explains that it was Adam, the guy she got into the car accident with. He asks how she could think he was blackmailing them and she explains about meeting with him at the hotel. He asks what she was doing at the hotel. She tells him that she was following him. She says they need to just stop, that they know he was having an affair too, that she saw him with Bianca. Stunned, he explains that Bianca is with the "bad loan people" and scares him. He realizes that she said he was "having an affair too." She mutters that she can't believe he thought she was going to book club the whole time. "What? There's no book club?!" he shouts.

In the woods, Jackie is doing Misty's makeup. Misty asks her if she can ask her something about boys. Jackie tells her to go for it and Misty says it's about Coach Scott, that they have a really deep connection but he's been holding back. She says he's afraid of society and rules, asking how to get him to let go. Jackie tells her that her mom always says when a girl sets her mind to it, there's nothing she can't get from a man. Misty replies that her mother always said the way to man's a heart is through his stomach. Jackie says that her mother is on ten different kinds of downers, so it may be best not to take her advice. She says that Misty deserves to be with someone who really wants to be with her, that she's beautiful. Misty looks in mirror and thanks her. In the present, Shauna tells Jeff they're out of Xanax. Jeff hands her a number of a man from the furniture store, saying he can help her sell stuff for money she might need. She asks why. He says they both once watched Dateline every week and they know how it's going to end, that they won't get away with this. He says he's going to to go to the cops and tell them that he found out about his wife's lover, things got out of hand, and it was an accident. She says he can't do that, but he shouts that he won't let her go down because of stuff he did.

She tells Jeff to listen, that his wanting to take the fall for her is really sweet. However, if he goes down, there's a good chance the cops will find out about everything else. If it gets out that the Yellowjackets are being blackmailed because of what they did in the woods, their lives and Callie's would be over. She says they have to think, that there must be other options. She asks if nobody else knows about the blackmail. He tells her that Randy Walsh does. She asks if he's serious and he tells her he's his best friend, that he had to turn to someone. She asks why he wouldn't turn to her for help. He points out that she has a whole safe full of secrets she never told him about. She sighs. She asks when they became these people who lie, cheat, do awful things and just stay together because. "Because why?" He tells her that they've always been them, that secrets have always been a part of them. "Well, what do we do?" she asks. He suggests that if she thought the dead guy was the one behind the blackmail, there's no reason the other girls couldn't believe that too.

### Let the Doomcoming begin

In the woods, the girls continue to prepare for the Doomcoming. Misty looks through a book, *Medicinal Plants*. She finds a page labeled "Shrooms." Van sits alone in front of a tree. Taissa arrives and she tells her she's not going to the "stupid party." Taissa says she knows she's self-concious. She reveals a pair of theatrical masks that she made. Vanessa takes one and smiles. Shauna gets dressed and feels her belly, now very pregnant. She asks for someone to help her zip her dress up. Mari asks Misty to go help her. Misty sets down her bag of mushrooms. Javi tries to put on a tie and Travis stops him, telling him it's not how you do it. He helps him and Natalie walks off. Misty comes back down and asks if anyone saw the mushrooms. Mari says she was holding out on them and she put them in the stew. Misty stares at Coach Scott, blinks, then says that she was saving them for a special occasion.

In the present day, Misty is in the basement with Jessica Roberts. Jessica is sharing a story about how she caught someone on a drug-run. An alarm beeps and she asks if it's time to feed Caligula. Misty says she had no idea it was getting so late, that her stories are fascinating. Jessica says it's nice to share them with someone who appreciates them and she surely has plenty of fascinating stories herself. Misty shakes her head, but she says she survived a plane crash and spent a year-and-a-half in the wilderness with a bunch of teenage girls. She doesn't know what sounds scarier. Misty says they were all friends, but Jessica points out they've been in touch with each other, but not with Misty. She asks if they ever once reached out to her, asking how she's doing. She says she wasn't there and doesn't know, but if it were her, she'd feel left out. Elsewhere, Natalie is at a vending machine outside her house. She receives a text from Suzie, saying she's still working on Travis's bank account and to chill. Her snack, a Peanut M&M's, fails to dispense. She shakes the vending machine a bit. She walks off, returns with a fire extinguisher, smashes the glass, and takes the Peanut M&M's. She puts down the fire extinguisher and walks away calmly.

Taissa is outside a polling place in a vehicle. A woman, her campaign manager, tells her that this zip code is Team Turner and three out of those five people in line are voting for her. Taissa asks "What am I even doing here?" The woman tells her that she's smiling for the cameras as she participates in the democratic process. Taissa reveals that Simone moved out and took Sammy with her. "I took a 15-year marriage and set it on fire, for what?" she asks. The woman tells her that campaigns are hell even on the best marriages and Simone will come around. Taissa says that she doesn't know that, that she doesn't know anything about her.

In the woods, Lottie, dressed in a crown looking like antlers, lights a candle and declares "Let the Doomcoming begin." Javi rings a gong and everyone enters. Everyone is dressed up and looks beautiful or handsome. Van and Taissa delight everyone by entering as a couple. "Are they...?" asks Mari to Akilah. "Duh," replies Akilah. They kiss and everyone claps and cheers. They all start sampling drink and food, and Misty looks troubled, but then starts eating as well. Shauna pleads with Jackie to have some food, saying to have it for her. Natalie goes to stand by Travis and he says she looks nice, but then Jackie tells him to come over. Coach Scott tells Van and Taissa that in his official capacity as coach, he can't cannot condone underage drinking, but that he really appreciates what they did tonight. He toasts them, but then Lottie tells them all to stop. She says that they should have a moment of silence for Laura Lee. "Yeah," agrees Coach Scott. Taissa extends a glass. "To Laura Lee." They drink and have a moment of silence. "So, what now?" asks Natalie. Jackie quips that they need a DJ to pump up the volume, but Misty says that they need a slow dance. Lottie begins singing Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" and soon Van joins in. Everyone begins singing, off-key and jokey at first. Misty asks Scott for a dance, but he says his dancing days are behind him. He tells her Javi needs a partner. Soon, everyone else is dancing, and singing a lot better. Jackie and Travis dance. Natalie, seeing this, finds Coach Scott, asking if he wants to get out of there. She says she has real booze. They walk off.

### The hunting of the stag

Travis asks Jackie if this is what a high school dance is like. She tells him it's weirdly not that far off, asking if he's never been to one before. He says it never seemed like it would be much fun. She asks if this is making him rethink that stance. "Not exactly," he says. She says she thought this was every guy's dream, being stranded with a bunch of babes. He asks if she ever lets her humility hold her back and she notes that she said "babes." She asks if he wants to go for a walk. He agrees. Shauna watches as they depart. Back in the present, Shauna asks Jeff if he really read what she wrote about her time in the woods years ago. He says what happened after the crash, she could have at least talked to him about it. He thought she might, but she says it's not an easy topic to bring up. He tells her that they were young and traumatized. "All this time, you knew everything?" she wonders. She's surprised that even now, he still loves her. He tells her that of course he does. She nods and gets up. She tells him she'll be home soon. She calls Taissa. Taissa asks what she means that she has him. Taissa calls Natalie. "She found him, Nat."

In the woods, Natalie hands Coach Scott a small bottle of booze, saying she found it under the porch weeks ago. As he drinks, she says it's going to sound weird, but she hasn't really wanted it. He drinks some more. She asks him how much longer he's going to keep up the secret boyfriend act. He turns the question on her, asking about her and Travis. She says that it's obvious that Travis wanted her to be a completely different kind of girl. Scott clears his throat, then winces. He says he thinks Misty poisoned him again. Natalie doesn't look good herself and she says she thinks she poisoned all of them, but at least you can't die from shrooms. "You mean like shrooms, shrooms?" he asks. "Buckle in," Natalie tells him, waving her hand oddly. Elsewhere, the girls are giggling very oddly and their vision is becoming distorted. Van says that Taissa looks like a really hot tree. She laughs uproariously. "Or do the trees look like Taissa?" wonders Mari. "Ben," comments Misty, getting up to go look for him. Lottie asks if they feel something. Van says there's energy coming up from the ground. "Something's coming," says Lottie. Shauna feels the baby move. Taissa says that something's happening, but Lottie insists "Something's coming." She tells them "We won't be hungry much longer."

Jackie and Travis head up to the attic of the cabin. Travis calls it creepy, but Jackie says it's romantic. She kisses him. He asks what she's doing and she asks what he thinks they're doing. She asks if he doesn't want to. "Want to?" he asks. "Make a pillow fort? What else?" she asks. He asks what about Natalie, saying he thinks he's in love with her. She chuckles, saying he's so sweet and naive and dumb. She says she used to be dumb too, that she used to think certain things mattered, like a soccer game. She tells him that Shauna was having sex with Jeff, that her best friend was having sex with her boyfriend behind her back. He says he's sorry, but she tells him not to be. She says that she didn't even like Jeff that much, but now she realizes that friendship doesn't matter. Love doesn't either, that they're just things to pretend they aren't going to end up rotted out in an attic. They're just cells with nothing inside. She says the choice is his. He kisses her passionately. Misty wanders through the woods, shouting for Ben. The others wonder where everyone is. They wonder just what they are doing and Lottie says they should find them, that Travis doesn't belong to Jackie. They take off. In the cabin, Jackie and Travis have sex. The others run riot through the woods, hearing wolves howling and howling back in response.

Jackie and Travis lay together side by side. "So that was sex," comments Jackie. She turns to Travis, asking for a response, saying that she didn't mean anything, that it was nice. "We disappeared, though, right?" asks Travis. He asks where they are, if he's even there. They hear the girls crying out in the distance. She tells him to get dressed. They greet the arriving girls. Lottie asks what they were doing up there and Jackie says it's none of their business, asking Shauna what she told them. "Nothing," answers Shauna. Jackie pleads with Travis to stop them, but he comments again that none of them are there. Shauna kisses Travis and Lottie tells Jackie that she took something that didn't belong to her. Jackie asks if the spirits really care that Natalie called dibs on Travis. Lottie grabs her and she tells her to get off, but they force her into a closet, Lottie telling her "You don't matter anymore." She bangs on the door, cursing Lottie and they take off Travis's clothes and begin kissing him and otherwise molesting his body. Meanwhile, Van and Taissa make out in a corner. He pleads with them to wait, but they begin tearing at his clothes, even seeming to tear off his face in the madness of the mushrooms. He gets up and runs away. "The stag. We have to catch it!" declares Lottie. As they run off after him, Shauna encounters Javi. "Run," she tells him in a deep voice. Meanwhile, Van and Taissa retire to the woods to have sex. Taissa tells Van she needs to see her. Van needs and takes off the mask. Taissa tells her that she's beautiful.

### Murder cleanup

Elsewhere, Natalie tells Ben that they're about to starve to death and she's sitting there crying about a boy, that it's stupid. He tells her that it's not stupid, that it's true. It's love. "Holy shit," he says, "It's everything." He tells her that love is everything and it's the whole reason they're there in the woods. He says she has to go and find Travis and tell him how she feels. He says it can save them all. "Go!" he shouts. She runs off and Misty appears, saying that he's right, that love is the reason they're all there. She rushes him and he shouts, asking what she's doing. She tells him there's nothing to be ashamed of, that love is the reason they're there. He tells her to just stop, that he doesn't love her, he loves Paul. "Who's Paul?" she asks. He tells her that he's his boyfriend, that he's gay. "Yeah, that's right. You heard me. I'm gay, gay, gay!" He asks if his Mom heard that, his Dad and all his furry forest friends. "I'm gay!" Out looking for Travis, Natalie hears a shout for help and a banging. She releases Jackie from the closet. Jackie runs off. Meanwhile, the girls continue their chase of Travis. Travis finally collapses. Lottie, dressed in a veil, tells him to stop fighting. She shoves something in his mouth and Shauna says she knows what to do. They now see him as if he were actual stag. "It's okay, it wants us to," Lottie tells Shauna. She prepares to stab him, but Natalie shows up, shoving her out of the way, asking what the deal is. "Move!" Natalie grabs the knife and asks if Travis is okay. He tells he's fine. "It's in all of us, you know," says Lottie, but Natalie tells her it's enough of her weird bullshit, shoving her to the ground. She asks if she hasn't done enough, but Lottie just chuckles madly. Misty stares, blood on her face and looking very troubled.

In the present day, Shauna lets Taissa and Natalie into Adam's flat. Stunned at the dead body on the ground, Taissa asks Shauna who he is. She explains about how she met him in a car accident and started sleeping with him. They question why she never thought to mention him before. Natalie is stunned, noting that now he can't tell them anything. Taissa asks if she's even sure he did the blackmail. Shauna says he went out to get them coffee and she found the blackmail bag in the closet. He saw her with it and realized she knew what he did. She says she had no choice. Natalie asks where her money is, and she says she's not sure, that maybe he booked a cruise with it. Taissa asks how he knew anything about the symbol and she shows them her journals from the wilderness, that she couldn't get rid of them. She says he must have broken into her safe. Natalie asks if she really thinks he's the one who killed Travis. Shauna says she doesn't know. Natalie says she can't believe she killed him, that now they won't know anything. Shauna says he was going to hurt her and she thought he loved her. "Well, I needed answers!" shouts Natalie. Shauna asks now what, that they can't exactly *Weekend At Bernie*'s him. Taissa points out that Shauna's DNA is all over the place. Shauna says Taissa is a lawyer, asking what they should do. Taissa says that her practice wasn't murder cleanup. She says that Natalie is very silent, asking if she has any ideas. "Yeah, one," agrees Natalie.

At Misty's, Jessica Roberts is helping Misty to craft her image for the reunion. She suggests a different lipstick color and Misty asks when she can meet with the ghostwriter. Jessica says that she can get her a whole PR team. "I mean, you guys ate each other. That is what happened, right." She says they won't blame her, they'll feel sorry for her, just like the Andes crash. And they'll sympathize most with the person who first broke the 25 year silence. Misty agrees that they were just kids, innocents. "And of course, when we came back, we couldn't get help. We couldn't betray the team." Jessica tells her she'll be so good. Just then, the doorbell rings. Misty checks a camera and sees that it's Natalie. She goes to the door. Natalie says she looks pretty, but Misty says she can save the flattery, that she has nothing to say to her. Natalie asks why she opened the door. "Because I just had to say that," replies Misty. Natalie tells her she's sorry. Misty asks if she's making fun of her, but Natalie tells her she needs her. Misty asks if she means like she needs a ride home, or to get a hacker. Natalie says she's been an asshole, mean, and Misty doesn't deserve that, that she's been there in a way nobody else has, a real friend. She says she's really good at things. Misty tells her it's kind to say. She asks what she needs her help with. "Well, Citizen Detective," replies Natalie, "we need you to get rid of a body." Misty smiles.

## Cast

### Starring

* Melanie Lynskey as Adult Shauna
* Tawny Cypress as Adult Taissa
* Ella Purnell as Jackie Taylor
* Sophie Nélisse as Teen Shauna
* Jasmin Savoy Brown as Teen Taissa
* Sophie Thatcher as Teen Natalie
* Sammi Hanratty as Teen Misty
* Steven Krueger as Ben Scott
* Warren Kole as Adult Jeff

with

* Christina Ricci as Adult Misty

and

* Juliette Lewis as Adult Natalie

### Guest starring

* Courtney Eaton as Teen Lottie
* Liv Hewson as Teen Van
* Keeya King as Akilah
* Jane Widdop as Teen Laura Lee (footage from "previously on" segment only)
* Peter Gadiot as Adam Martin
* Kevin Alves as Teen Travis
* Alexa Barajas as Teen Mari
* Rekha Sharma as Jessica Roberts
* Jack Depew as Teen Jeff
* Pearl Amanda Dickson as Teen Allie

### Co-starring

* Luciano Leroux as Javi Martinez
* Mya Lowe as Yellowjacket #1
* Princess Davis as Yellowjacket #2
* Michelle Choi-Lee as Campaign manager

## Trivia

* Music featured in this episode includes "The World I Know" by Collective Soul, "Gepetto" by Belly and "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal and the *Yellowjackets* cast.

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