SPOILER ALERT: This story accommodates spoilers from “Storytelling,” the Season 2 finale of “Yellowjackets,” now streaming on Showtime.

The second season of “Yellowjackets” has come to a darkish and twisted finish. Within the 1996 timeline, teen Lottie (Courtney Eaton) handed over the function of chief of the wilderness to Natalie (Sophie Thatcher), as all of the younger women bowed to her, confirming she was, actually, the Antler Queen. Nonetheless, the celebration was lower brief as a hearth sparked in the midst of the evening. Whereas everybody escaped, the group was left standing exterior within the snow, watching flames encapsulate their house.

Within the current timeline, the group as soon as once more drew playing cards to see who the wilderness wished — an thought urged by Lottie (Simone Kessell). Earlier than they carried out this previous ritual, Natalie (Juliette Lewis) warned the remainder of the residents to go away, together with Lisa (Nicole Maines), to whom she had grown shut all through her time at Lottie’s retreat. After Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) drew the Queen and the group started looking her, Shauna’s daughter Callie (Sarah Desjardins) confirmed up within the nick of time to save lots of her mother.

Then, Lottie began itemizing all of the methods the wilderness continues to be out to get them, citing the numerous deaths they’d brought about. Upset, Natalie pulled out a knife. At that second, Lisa approached the group with a gun pointed at Natalie. She demanded that Natalie drop the knife, which she did, however Lisa stored the gun drawn. With that, Misty (Christina Ricci) ran in to inject her with phenobarbital — however Natalie stepped in entrance of Lisa, finally, dying at Misty’s hand. The episode ended with Natalie’s physique being eliminated, defined away as an overdose, and Lottie being taken to a psychological hospital.

It’s protected to say that whereas all of the characters can be affected by Nat’s loss of life subsequent season, your complete forged additionally felt the surprising twist, as Lewis has been on the present because the starting.

Thatcher, who performs the youthful model of Natalie, informed Selection she was “fairly devastated” by Lewis’ departure.

“It’s so heartbreaking, however then additionally creates extra ranges for youthful Natalie, as a result of the viewers can have that in thoughts,” she mentioned. “There’s one other layer to watching youthful Natalie I feel now and going ahead. However Juliette was my mentor, and he or she is so unimaginable. To lose her on the present felt actually like dropping part of your self. It was unhappy, however I feel it’ll be attention-grabbing to see the way it performs from right here on out.”

In an interview with Ricci, whose Misty by chance killed her self-proclaimed finest buddy, she shares her response to the ultimate twist, Misty’s devastating mistake and her general emotions about Season 2.

When did you discover out about Natalie’s loss of life and what was your response?

I didn’t know till very shortly earlier than we shot the episode. All of us love Juliette. I like Juliette. We’ve all gone by a lot on the present and gotten so shut, and fought and reconciled and love one another — and we’re like sisters. I feel we had been all all very upset and unhappy that Natalie was dying. And it was robust to shoot. It was very emotional. We shot much more than ended up within the episode of me holding Juliette whereas she was dying and stuff. These had been actually robust scenes, and actually upsetting. I bumped into Juliette the subsequent day within the airport, and we each began crying once more.

Do you are feeling like several a part of Misty wished to kill Natalie?

No. It was an entire mistake. She made an impulsive selection — one other characteristically immature, impulsive, egocentric selection the place she was going to kill the one that was going to harm her buddy. Not wanting her mates taken away, it’s about conserving what she needs. It was a disastrous choice.

Was there any second that the group was truly going to kill Shauna?

I feel that query is extra for every particular person actor enjoying every character. I can converse for what I really feel was Misty’s place at the moment. I feel there’s one thing extremely alluring and thrilling about performing out one thing that was such an enormous a part of their previous, one thing that was so impactful, and on the time, they had been so dedicated to it. I feel that most likely reenacting that evoked a whole lot of those self same emotions. However I feel given what Misty skilled in earlier episodes — she’s given one thing to stay for, is given one thing to guard. Lastly having one thing to lose in actual life makes her a bit bit extra pragmatic, and fewer apt to simply leap on this concept.

Once they do lastly get to that second, I feel one thing about that bodily reminiscence of it and emotional reminiscence of it comes again. So I feel she most likely would have taken half in it, however she’s not on the entrance of the pack. She’s simply following Natalie to verify nothing unhealthy occurs to her.

Through the finale, we discovered that Natalie is the Antler Queen, the particular person we noticed within the pilot. Had been you conscious of that?

We don’t see Misty emotionally reacting to what occurred to her up to now fairly often. She has form of this hyper-vigilant refusal to really feel unhealthy, or to let it have an effect on her on an emotional degree in any respect. However she will’t assist however act on the sentiments she had up to now, so her obsession with Natalie from the start is as a result of Natalie was the unique Antler Queen, as revealed in the long run of this episode.

Do you assume anybody in Misty’s life is aware of what actually occurred to Crystal?

No. I don’t assume that Misty believes that it’s her fault. I feel sure characters can conveniently apply the “wilderness” and its energy and willfulness when wanted to not really feel chargeable for sure issues. We do see a lot of the characters choose and select after they determine that it was the wilderness doing one thing, and never them. I feel that’s a kind of situations the place she would cope with it in that manner, in order to not likely, intellectually, really feel unhealthy about it. After all, subconsciously she does — that’s why she doesn’t need something to do with Walter as soon as he reveals that he is aware of who she is. However I don’t assume that’s a aware thought for her.

Talking of Walter, his power completely matched with Misty’s. How did you and Elijah Wooden create that?

I feel most of that’s actually within the writing. Elijah is such an incredible scene accomplice, and we simply actually had been in a position to match one another. It simply labored. It was actually excellent.

What was it like filming that massive dance quantity in Episode 7?

Nicely, initially I did some dancing, too! I joined them on stage, and so they didn’t use any of that, so I will need to have been actually unhealthy — which isn’t stunning. I don’t know very a lot about musicals, and I don’t contemplate myself somebody who enjoys dancing or singing. So it’s not stunning that I used to be lower out of that!

Folks would like to see a Walter and Misty spinoff sooner or later.

It’s a enjoyable thought.

Would you say that the investigation into who killed Adam is closed now?

I don’t actually know. I assumed the Adam Martin factor was form of over final time, nevertheless it wasn’t. Something can occur, actually.

Do you take note of viewer responses on social media? And in that case, have you ever observed any distinction within the reactions this season versus final season?

I do learn the evaluations of the episodes. Folks nonetheless appear to essentially love the person characters. They usually appear very intrigued by completely different elements. I feel that the 1996 storyline is so extremely compelling, and so properly executed. They’re such an incredible group of actors in that storyline. It positively seems like that’s the storyline that persons are principally writing about or speaking about.

Have you ever guys had a dialog about what subsequent season seems like with out Juliette, and what Misty goes by?

No. I’ve had no conversations about subsequent season. Each present has its personal manner it features, and its personal dynamic. And on this present, I feel the writers have such an enormous burden with not solely the complexity of the narrative, but additionally the quantity of predominant characters that they’ve and the quantity of storylines. So usually, we don’t get a whole lot of data earlier than we shoot.

This interview has been edited and condensed. William Earl contributed to this repor.