Digestif

## Episode guide

**"Digestif"** is the third episode of the second season of *Yellowjackets*. It is premiered on April 7 on streaming and on demand and on April 9, 2023 on Showtime.

## Summary

The girls experience an unusual hangover. Shauna learns the thrill of peer-to-peer car rentals. Natalie audits Lottie’s class in emotional apiology. Tai reflects, Misty hits the high seas, and you’ve never attended a baby shower like the one the Yellowjackets throw here.

## Plot

### Hangover

It is the next morning and the remains of Jackie's body sit outside. Coach Ben Scott lies listlessly in bed, having a flashback of being with his boyfriend, Paul. Paul asks him to taste a clam chowder that he's making. He does, telling him that it's good. "Good?" questions Paul, and Ben says that it's really good. He asks him what he thought of the cumin and Ben replies that it was fantastic, only for Paul to tell him that he didn't put any in. He asks that he focus and he tells him that he might be taking the Bowman family cook-off thing a little too seriously. He tells him it's a Chowderfest and that he is taking it seriously, that he can't relax about anything. Ben tells him that he knows a few relaxation techniques, coming over and giving him a shoulder massage. They kiss passionately.

Outside, Natalie stares at Jackie's body, rocking back and forth. The door opens, and Taissa comes out. She sees Jackie's body and curses, asking what's going on. She asks Natalie and steps forward, Natalie trying to pull her back as she shouts, asking what happened to Jackie. Van emerges, telling her that it's okay. "Something ate her," Taissa tells her. "Taissa! We ate her," Van tells her. "I didn't, I wouldn't," Taissa tells her and Van asks her what she's talking about, that she was sitting right next to her. Taissa gags and runs off. Van follows and she tells her she must have been sleepwalking. She asks her if she was asleep and Van protests that she talked to her, that she was looking right at her. She asks if she really doesn't remember. "Tai... you ate her face," she tells her. She has a flashback, gags again, retches, and screams in horror.

Back inside the cabin, Mari comments "I guess... no one wants breakfast." Natalie says that they should move Jackie and Travis asks where, pointing out that they still can't bury her. Natalie tells him that she'll take the body to the plane, that they can bury her with the others when the ground thaws. Coach Scott agrees that it's a good idea, that it'll look like she died with the others.

### The witness

In the present day, Lottie leads a woman named Trinity through a breathing exercise, as Natalie watches from a window. She walks through the compound, taking in the sights and observing Lottie's followers at work on various activities. She makes her way to Lisa, the follower that she attacked to try to escape. Lisa, petting a chicken, asks if she's looking for something. Natalie asks her what the building behind her, which is decked with antlers, is, and she tells her that it's "Charlotte's quarters," saying that she keeps it locked. Natalie wonders how this can be with all the growth and trust they have and she tells her that she still has to protect herself, that emotions can run high. She takes an axe and beheads the chicken. Natalie tells her that she should never swing an axe that close to her hand, that she could hurt herself, and walks off.

Taissa is at the hospital with Simone. She has visions of a nurse telling her that they may need to consider another transfusion and Sammy asking her if Simone is going to die. "Is this what you wanted?" asks Simone and she wakes with a start. She asks the nurse how Simone is doing and she tells her they're not out of the woods yet. She compliments the "interesting design" that Taissa drew on Simone's hand, asking what it means. Horrified to see the symbol, Taissa tells the nurse that it's for luck. The second that she leaves, she furiously smudges it off.

Misty visits a boat at a dock and a man calls out to her, greeting her as "Agent AfricanGrey." She asks if he stalks everyone on the boards and he tells her that he jumped at the chance to meet her, that she's incomparable. It calls it an honor to meet her, greeting her by name, and she surprises him by greeting him back with his own real name, Walter Tattersall. She tells him that they have to get one thing straight, that it's her case and witness and she will be asking the questions. He tells her to get ready and she turns, shocked to see Randy Walsh. She ducks into the boat, explaining to him that she's known Randy since elementary school and if he sees her, their cover will be blown. They agree to a new strategy - her talking to him on the phone and feeding him questions through earbuds. She hides and Walter offers Randy a seat.

### Spontaneity

Shauna and Jeff sit together at a cafe. Jeff reminisces about where he thinks he went wrong and became boring, causing Shauna to cheat. She, however, tells him that it had nothing to do with him, that she felt that she herself had become boring and that it made her feel like she didn't know what was going to happen. She continues that she liked not feeling like a boring version of herself.

Back in the minivan, Jeff makes a sudden U-turn, surprising Shauna. He tells her that he's taking them to Colonial Williamsburg, that he's being spontaneous. As he suggests that they might do blacksmithing, she cries out and he brakes, either having hit or nearly hit someone. They get out of the car and find a man on the ground. Jeff pulls out his phone, saying that he's going to call an ambulance. The man, however, stands up and pulls out a gun, telling him not to do that. He demands the keys and Jeff agrees, telling him not to shoot. He tells him to hurry up and Jeff tells him that they're in the ignition. He moves to go get them, but Shauna tackles the man, taking the gun. She points the gun at him, warning him not to get in. Jeff, however, tussles with her, telling her to give him the gun and the guy takes his opportunity, taking off with the minivan.

Jeff asks Shauna what is the matter with her. "You just handed him our car," she complains and he shouts that he had a gun. "I have the gun! I have the gun!" retorts Shauna, showing it to him. He tells her that she shouldn't, that it's insane. He asks if she was really going to get them both killed over their junky minivan. She tells him that her purse was in there also, their quarters, some cross-trainers she just bought and an old stuffed toy of Callie's that she probably loved more than she loved her. Jeff just stares at her then turns away, but she pockets the gun.

### A baby shower

Natalie is studying a chore schedule at the compound. Lottie encourages her to sign up for something, but she tells her she's not a joiner. She tells her she thought she might say that and takes her outside. She shows her the cult's original beehive. She tells her that in winter the bees cluster around the queen and vibrate to keep her warm. Upon hatching, the new queen will sting all of the other unborn queens to death. "I can see why you like them," comments Natalie, but Lottie tells her that it isn't brutal, but natural, what has to be done, that otherwise they starve. "We all do," she tells her, walking away.

Back in the wilderness, as Natalie prepares to set out with Jackie's body, Lottie comes up to her, telling her that she's doing the right thing and it's not easy. She offers her blessing drink, but Natalie shuns it. She tells her she just wants her to be safe, but Natalie dismisses this. Travis asks her if she wants him to come with, but she tells him she's fine on her own. She sets off, Shauna watching from the window and perhaps bidding a final goodbye to her best friend. Lottie tells her it's what Jackie would have wanted, for her at least, knowing about the baby. She says she thinks some part of Shauna knew that. She tells her not to blame herself, that they all did it together. Shauna tells her that she's scared, that everything feels out of control. Lottie promises her she won't hurt the baby, that she'll be a great mother. "We should do something to welcome him," Lottie tells Shauna. "Him?" questions Shauna and Lottie says it's for her. She says they need to start preparing anyway. The others ask if they're having a baby shower and Lottie says if it's okay with Shauna, that it could be nice. The others smile.

In the present, Walter sits with Randy, thanking him for coming. Misty feeds him questions. When Walter asks why he thinks he's there, he says "parking tickets" and Walter asks him if he thinks the FBI has time for parking tickets. Misty has Walter ask if he saw Natalie the night she disappeared, but he says she was probably in her room doing drugs. Misty tells Walter to hit Randy, and Walter excuses himself, saying he has IBS. He asks Misty just what she's thinking and she tells him that he's hiding something. Walter tells her he's scared, that he'll help if he relaxes a little, but she cites a school incident, saying that Randy can only be broken by "bad cop." He tells her that his attorney has instructions if it goes south, then returns to Randy, slapping him in the face repeatedly.

In the woods, Akilah helps Taissa to build some sort of crib for the baby. She tells her that her oldest sister has a kid, that he was only four months old when they left. Taissa tells her she's sorry she's missing out on him and Akilah admits she'd do anything to see him again. Meanwhile, Van mocks Mari's spiky dreamcatcher, saying that the baby can dream it's being stabbed to death and Mari tells her it's abstract. She asks if nobody else hears a dripping noise, but they don't. Misty, meanwhile, sits with Crystal, asking her just what an infant even wants. Crystal tells her the baby shower is more about the mother. She says it's too bad that the others didn't listen to Misty's broth idea. She tells her that she has a secret, that this isn't the first time she's eaten a person. She continues that she accidentally absorbed her identical twin in the womb, but she doesn't feel guilty about it, that she thinks she's channeling her when performing on-stage. Misty tells her that she's in awe of performing and Crystal tells her it's not hard, saying she has an idea for what Misty can do for the baby shower.

### The despair of Coach Scott

Coach Scott heads outside and encounters Gen. "Hungry?" she asks him. She tells him she still is and starts foaming at the mouth. He backs away and she growls at him. He shakes his head, snapping out of it. It was just another hallucination. "What?" Gen asks him as he stands at the doorway, panting heavily. He slips into another flashback in which he and Paul are making out heavily. Paul asks him if he knows what would really help him relax. He picks up a set of keys. "This," he tells him, reminding him that he said he would move in with him after the holidays and it's now May. "So?" he asks him and Coach Scott tells him he knows he wants to, that there's a lot going on, and that he thinks the girls could take states. Paul says that he always says the girls are "vicious little monsters," but Coach Scott tells him he can't just bail. He asks him if he gets that moving in with him would mean that everything changes. He says it's not fair for him to make that decision for him, and Paul says it is fair that he has somebody who's ready to live all of his life with him. He tells him that he loves him, but he thinks that maybe he should leave. Back in the woods, Coach Scott lies in bed, dejected.

Natalie arrives at the plane and deposits Jackie's remains. She tells her that she's lucky, that she thinks that things are likely going to get a whole lot worse. She quips that Jackie is making everyone jealous of her one last time and tells her she's sorry for what they did. She says that eating her could be the reason they survive the winter. "So, thanks," she says. She tells her to rest in peace. She hears a clattering outside and a large, white moose appears. She grabs the rifle and fires a shot, but misses. The moose charges the plane, then disappears. Natalie takes one last look, but sees nothing.

Back in the present day, Randy whines to Walter that he's answering his questions and there's no need for violence. "Two words: international waters," Misty says over the phone. She tells Walter to go for the kill and Walter tells Randy that he won't like the next part. He grabs a bottle with a spinny thing on top and whirs it, telling Randy that it's funny interrogating a witness on water, that the Al-Qaeda guys hated it because they don't have to be traditional. Putting some anger in his voice, he asks Randy if he saw Natalie that night. He shouts that he didn't and, prompted by Misty, Walter asks if there was anyone hanging around. After more prompting, he tells him that there was a group hanging around a van, that they were all purple like a club and that he called them dicks for buying up all the Fanta from the soda machine. "He's useless," comments Misty and Walter tells him he's free to go, but to remain in town.

In the woods, Crystal tells Misty that she's failing to find what's true about her character. Misty asks her what if she never finds it and she tells her that her acting coach would tell her she's found the biggest truth of all: we're all made of lies. That night, Mari continues to be haunted by the dripping. Meanwhile, Taissa wakes up, about to sleepwalk again. Van wakes too, asking if she can come with her if she lets her loose. "Yes," she agrees, telling her to come. They go walking through the woods and Van asks her how she knows where she's going. She tells her that she follows the "Man with No Eyes." Van asks if this is who she always follows. "Only when 'she' lets me," she replies and Van asks who "she" is. "Taissa," replies the sleepwalker. "Then who are you?" asks Van, and she just turns to her, stares, then sets off again. She leads them directly to another of the trees with the symbol. She demands to know how she knew about this. She shakes her and she wakes up. Taissa asks where they are and she tells her that she brought them there, that she told her that she was following the one with no eyes. She asks who that is, but Taissa claims not to know.

### Jeff and Shauna, off the rails

Jeff is in a gym, working out, when he spots Kevyn Tan. He gets up and goes to him, rebuffing a guy who tries to take his equipment, telling him he's still using it. He tells Kevyn that he really upset his wife. He asks what it was about and Kevyn says it was just to talk. Jeff tells him there's no way Shauna could have anything to do with Adam's disappearance. Kevyn asks if he's aware of the texts between Shauna and Adam and Jeff blames the accident. Kevyn tells him that someone told their investigators there was an affair. Jeff curses him, saying he knows his wife and trusts her unconditionally. He tells him that they got bad, terrible intel and that he feels bad for Adam, and their chances of finding him.

Meanwhile, late at night, Shauna is dropped off in a derelict part of town. Her ride-share driver asks her if she's sure and she assures him she is. She stares at a tracking app on her phone, then opens a gate, heading inside a chop shop. She pulls out the gun and finds the clerk, telling him she's there for her stolen minivan. He suggests she put down the gun, saying that it's one thing to point it, but another to use it, that he sees her hand shaking. She asks if he's ever peeled the skin off a human corpse, that it's not easy. She tells him he has the look people get when they realize they're going to die, continuing that her hand wasn't shaking because she was afraid, but because of how much she wants to do this. He tells her to just take the car, that the keys are right there. She does, though not without some hesitation.

In the woods, Coach Scott is having another flashback. Paul asks him what he means that he quit, that he thought he was flying to nationals with the team. Scott agrees that he was, that even got in the car to drive to the airport, but he sat there and kept thinking that if he got on the plane, he was committing to the saddest possible version of himself. Someone who ignored everything that he wanted to keep himself safe. Paul tells him there worse things than safe, but Coach Scott tells him that there is no safe, so he's going to live how he want to, how he's meant to. They hug, as a breaking news report comes on the TV that Flight 2525 never reached its destination. It's not a flashback at all, but a hallucination, a fantasy.

### Misty the performer

The baby shower begins. Van gives Shauna a "changing teepee," telling her you use to catch the pee if it's a boy, that she saw it at a party store once. Misty gets up, saying that her gift is a monologue from *Steel Magnolias*. Everyone is disturbed when the monologue turns out to Shelby's monologue about her dead baby. "Did she really choose a scene about a dead daughter?" wonders Taissa and Travis steps out of the room, telling the listless Coach Scott it has to be the weirdest baby shower ever. He comments that Scott seems weird, but he just stares at him, sighing, and Travis returns to the baby shower. Back inside, the girls actually seem to have been drawn in by Misty's performance. Crystal cheers enthusiastically and the others actually applaud as well. Misty smiles.

In the hospital, Taissa stares at herself in the mirror, only to find that her reflection is once again not her own. "Go to her," mouths the reflection, but Taissa is not sure what she's saying. "Tell me what you want!" shouts Taissa and the reflection places her hands over her face, apparently to indicate Van's facial scars. Taissa grabs her stuff and goes to her campaign manager, Sonya, who tells her that her tox report came back and didn't find anything other than Adderall, but they can easily spin that. She says the cops want to get her on running the red light, but that street cam footage will hopefully prove the other guy was speeding. Taissa asks her if she drove there, telling her she needs her car. She takes out her smartphone, placing call to Jessica Roberts, but gets no answer. She scoffs off Sonya's question as to whether she should be driving.

Misty tells Walter they don't have much to go on, calling the whole thing a bust. He offers her a drink. "Oh my God!" she shouts, saying that the people in purple could have used a credit card in the vending machine to buy the Fanta. Walter tells her he can do some hacking to check into it. He asks her why she's downvoting his Adam Martin posts, that it's tarnishing his reputation. She spins a story that she's friendly with Adam's mother and that Adam likely died of substance abuse or committed suicide and it would kill her if the information was public. He nods, saying it was nice of her to help. She says she knew he would understand, given how committed he is to finding great care for his own mother. He admits that the woman at the nursing home wasn't his mother, just some woman being evicted that he was helping, and he wanted to kill two birds with one stone. She asks why he would do this to meet her and he says that he was perhaps just looking for the Sherlock to his Moriarty. They part ways. That night, Shauna returns Callie's stuffed toy to her while she's in bed, apparently sleeping. However, after Shauna leaves, Callie grabs and cuddles it. Jeff gets home, and he asks her how the minivan got back. She just shrugs and sighs. Misty gets a text informing her that the credit card came from Cherry Corners, NY, asking her if she fancies a road trip.

### Blessings and visions

At Lottie's cult, Natalie witnesses the end of a sharing session between two acolytes, which Lottie calls powerful work. Lottie asks who is next, calling out Natalie, but she balks, saying she's not going up. Lottie tells her it's important everyone make an effort to be present, telling her it's a judgment-free zone. Natalie gets up, and Lottie calls it wonderful, telling her to close her eyes and focus inward, asking if there's anything she wants to share with the group. She curses, saying that there isn't. She tells her that she can't and Lottie asks her to stay, calling up Lisa instead. She reminds Lisa that Natalie hurt her, asking her to tell her how that made her feel. "Seems gratuitous," comments Natalie, but Lottie shushes her and Lisa says that she felt fear and disappointment, that she thought she knew she was trying to help her. "I don't need anybody's help," comments Natalie and Lisa shouts that they saved her life. She apologizes, but Lottie tells her not to, that she's told the group before that she has trouble expressing her anger. She tells her that she's feeling it and she wants her to explore it, and if she feels the need to hurt Natalie to do so. She, however, hugs Natalie, telling her that she forgives her.

In the woods, Lottie presents Shauna with a baby blanket, so that "he" doesn't get cold. Shauna is pleased with the gift, but Natalie is horrified to see that she has stitched the symbol onto it. She asks if it's supposed to be funny, asking her why she would do this when they found the symbol around the dead guy's corpse. Lottie says she thinks he was using it as protection. "He died, Lottie!" Natalie points out and Lottie tells her that something isn't evil just because you don't understand it. She tries to grab for it and Mari says that she trusts Lottie. "Newsflash!" shouts Natalie and Misty and Akilah agree that they do too, that Lottie knows things. "She's not God!" complains Taissa and Van groans that nobody is saying she is. Just then, Shauna gets a nosebleed. There is a loud thudding sound outside and they go outside to discover a bunch of dead starlings in the snow. "Did these guys just suicide on our roof?" wonders Van and Shauna drops the blanket. Natalie warns them not to touch them, that they might be diseased. "We should gather its blessings," says Lottie, and so they start gathering the woods.

Back at the cult, Lottie goes to the beehives and is horrified to discover the bees all dead. She lifts a lid and pulls out a honeycomb, shocked to find it covered with blood. As she stares at the blood on her hands, a female voice states "Il veut du sang" - the same French phrase from the woods - "He wants blood." "What?" asks Lottie and the cult member asks her if she's joining them for lunch. There is no blood on her hand, no blood on the honeycomb, and no dead bees. It was only a vision.

## Cast

### Starring

* Melanie Lynskey as Adult Shauna
* Tawny Cypress as Adult Taissa
* 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
* Courtney Eaton as Teen Lottie
* Liv Hewson as Teen Van
* Kevin Alves as Teen Travis
* Simone Kessell as Adult Lottie
* Lauren Ambrose as Adult Van (credit / opening titles only)

with

* Christina Ricci as Adult Misty

and

* Juliette Lewis as Adult Natalie

### Guest starring

* Nicole Maines as Lisa
* Nia Sondaya as Akilah
* Alex Wyndham as Adult Keyvn Tan
* François Arnaud as Paul
* Sarah Desjardins as Callie Sadecki
* Alexa Barajas as Mari
* Nuha Jes Izman as Crystal
* Rukiya Bernard as Simone Abara

and

* Elijah Wood as Walter Tattersall

### Co-starring

* Mya Lowe as Teen Gen
* Jenna Burgess as Teen Melissa
* Jeff Holman as Adult Randy Walsh
* Aiden Stoxx as Sammy Abara-Turner
* Michelle Choi-Lee as Soyun
* Josh Byer as Chop Shop Manager
* Erin Ormond as Doctor
* Paige Gibbs as Nurse
* Greg Csiszar as Uber Driver
* Austin Trapp as Gym Rat
* Yvonne Schalle as News Reporter
* Kyle Glenn Sutherland as Young Man
* Mya Wollf as Acolyte #1
* Katriina Cotten as Acolyte #2
* Nikki Bryce as Acolyte #3
* Caroline Shaw as Featured vocalist

## Trivia

* Michelle Choi-Lee is credited for the first time as being the character Soyun, Taissa's campaign manager. Her character was previously listed in the credits only as "Campaign manager."
* Songs featured in this episode include "Past Not Forgotten" by The Parachute Men, "These Are Days" by 10,000 Maniacs, "Full Time Jack Move" by Larry Thomas West, "Bells for Her" by Tori Amos, "Seether" by Veruca Salt, "When I Go Walking" by Pope Coke and "Take Me Down" by Sonica Disturbia.

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