Sammy Abara-Turner

**Sammy Abara-Turner** is a character on the Showtime original series *Yellowjackets*. He is portrayed by Aiden Stoxx.

## Profile

Sammy is the young school-age child of Taissa Turner and Simone Abara. Although he seems well-adjusted at first on the outside, he has trouble making friends and admits that he doesn't have any. He has plastered the windows of room with a number of disturbing drawings, such as one of many eyeballs, a sobbing girl and a strange spiral. When Taissa asks him about these, he tells her that they're "So she couldn't see me," that "Hiding in the tree, she watches me at night."

Sammy's disturbing drawings

At the playground, Sammy hits a fellow child for calling Taissa a "cannonball," not realizing that he had actually called her a "cannibal" in reference to a recent attack aired aired by Taissa's state senate opponent, Phil Bathurst. At home, he is unrepentant when confronted about his actions. Later, after the word "SPILL" is painted on the doors of the family home in red paint, Taissa discovers a can of red paint under Sammy's bed. Taissa and Simone sit down with him to discuss the matter, but he claims that he did not paint it, that it was the "lady in the tree." Taissa tells him to stop lying and that there is no lady, but he shouts that he isn't lying and upends the contents of the table. Feeling that the pressure of the campaign is getting to Taissa, Simone suggests that she drop out, telling her that you never get the time back. Though she seems prepared to do so, when the time comes, she discards her prepared speech and insists that she is going to stay in the campaign despite the attacks of her opponents, revealing the word painted on her door.

Stunned at Taissa's behavior, Simone insists that it is time for Sammy to see a psychiatrist. She warns Taissa that she had best be at the meeting. They meet with the psychiatrist, a Dr. Sandlow, but Taissa seems distracted during the meeting and takes a message on her phone. As they are driving home, Taissa mocks the psychiatrist's claim that Sammy doesn't remember any of the things he's accused of, saying that she only had jargon but no fixes. She then freaks out both Simone and Sammy by very nearly running over a cyclist in a crosswalk. That evening, Taissa is outside, crouching by a tree and staring at blood on her hands, apparently herself the "lady in the tree."

Taissa talks with her fellow crash survivor, Shauna Sadecki, revealing that her sleepwalking has started again, like it did in the woods following the plane crash. She explains that the family's dog, Biscuit, is missing, likely because she left a gate open and that Sammy loves the dog. She later returns home and urges Simone to leave for her mother's place and take Sammy with her, as it's not safe for them to be around her. Reluctantly, Simone does so. Taissa later talks with Simone on the phone. When she asks to talk with Sammy, Simone tells her that Sammy is actually on a playdate with a boy named Elvis. She tells her that she'll call her tomorrow and she can speak with Sammy then. That evening, she swings by the family house with Sammy to pick up some clothes and toys for him. However, while Sammy is upstairs, she discovers a bloodstain in the basement. Going through a hallway, she discovers a bizarre shrine with Sammy's doll, a strange symbol seen in the woods the girls crashed in, a heart, several unlit candles, and Biscuit's head.

Following this, Taissa adopts a new dog, a puppy named Steve, to replace Biscuit. She waits for him in her car outside his school, Parkside Elementary. Upon seeing him exit, she calls out his name and holds up the dog for him to see. Smiling brightly, he races to the car and she introduces the two. However, upon seeing this, Simone rushes over, telling Sammy to stop.

Taissa apologizes for not calling, but she points her finger, warning Taissa to stay away from Sammy. Taissa asks her what is going on and Simone asks Sammy to wait by the fence, telling him that she and Simone need to talk. She pops a pair of headphones on Sammy as Taissa tells him that they have a crossed-wire situation and to do what his Mommy says. Simone then tells Taissa that she found the shrine in the basement. Taissa is confused, but Simone tells her if she doesn't get real help, she will never see Sammy again. When Taissa still doesn't seem to get it, she tells her that she will go to the press if she doesn't step down from her new role as senator and seek treatment.

Sammy comes to Taissa's house, telling her that he wanted to see her. She is stunned, asking if he walked all the way there from school. She tells him to play with the dog Steve while she calls Simone to come pick him up. When Simone gets there, however, there is no trace of Sammy anywhere. When they go up to his room, they find the window opened. Taissa suggests that it might be a cry for attention, but Simone, annoyed, tells her that they need to go find their son. As they are out driving, they receive a call from a woman at the school, telling them that Sammy is there waiting to be picked up and has been for over two hours. It turns out that Sammy never came, that it was Taissa's hallucination all along. Realizing this, Simone tells Taissa that she is very sick and she needs to get help. Something seems to come over Taissa and she swerves the car causing a truck to slam into Simone's side of the vehicle.

At the hospital, Simone is on life support, having undergone surgery. Taissa has another hallucination in which Sammy asks her if Simone is going to die. Following this, Taissa seeks out her old teammate, Vanessa "Van" Palmer and eventually reaches Camp Green Pine, an "intentional community" run by Lottie Matthews. It is unknown whom is left caring for Sammy during this time.