Warning: Major spoilers ahead. While most of the buzz around Yellowjackets centers on the show’s stark exploration of trauma and the more gruesome, stomach-churning scenes, the Showtime series is also a showcase of complex female friendships. In season 2, resident misfit Misty, played in her teens by Samantha Hanratty, finds a kindred spirit and new bestie in one of her fellow stranded teammates, Crystal (Nuha Jes Izman). Their relationship changes forever in episode 5, when Misty finally opens up about why the high school soccer team hasn't been rescued from the wilderness. But by the end of the confrontation, Crystal is dead, more or less by Misty’s own hands.
Here, Hanratty chats about that big Misty and Crystal reveal, what Misty would have been doing if the plane crash never happened, and how she protects her mental health while filming the brutal thriller.
