Season 2 begins with a montage of the Yellowjackets returning house after being rescued. The catatonic Lottie is institutionalized by her dad and mom and is inflicted with electroshock remedy. Then within the current, Natalie stumbles on her followers in animal masks burying somebody. After the premiere, although, these sinister hints cease.
Lottie (Simone Kessell) reveals that Travis’ dying was an accident and he or she had Natalie kidnapped to maintain her from hurting herself; it was unsure on the time if she was being sincere however now it is clear she was. Her cult does not do human sacrifice, however eccentric self-care. Rather than cannibals, they develop their very own meals, and Lottie herself is vegan.
During season 2’s 2021 timeline, Lottie is affected by extra hallucinations/visions — she’s apparently been conserving them at bay for years with treatment, however now they’ve returned. Episode 3, “Digestif,” ends together with her seeing blood popping out of beehives and marking her palms. In episode 7, “Burial,” it seems she’s been hallucinating her therapist.
That’s why she ultimately pushes for the random sacrifice after which the hunt; it is not out of malice, she’s delusional and satisfied that one of the simplest ways to assist her buddies is appeasing the Wilderness. The Yellowjackets all abdicate some accountability for what they did — there is a motive their sacrifice ritual is designed round letting the Wilderness select. Lottie has to imagine in that ritual all of the extra as a result of she took the concept of a better energy in her head and seeded it to the others.