There's a scene in "Edible Complex," the second episode of "Yellowjackets" Season 2, in which Walter (Elijah Wood) shows up at the medical facility Misty (Christina Ricci) works at, and she takes notice of his muscular calves, of which we know she's a fan.
As he walks past her station, pushing his mother in a wheelchair, he gives her a little grin that could be read as flirtatious or menacing and she titters in a way that could, in turn, be interpreted as repulsed or intrigued. For a show with zig-zagging storylines, all of them soaked in duplicity and questionable motives, this brief exchange feels like a flashing warning sign. As we've learned in past episodes, "meet-cute" goes to "meet your maker" real fast for anyone affiliated with the Wiskayok High School Yellowjackets soccer team and referring to orgasms as "the little death" is not just poetics for them; it's a threat.
