Considering all of Yellowjackets’ clear and present unanswered questions that have earned oodles and oodles of fan speculation, it’s almost unfair to have to consider all the non-blatant details that have been introduced over the past 16 episodes. But since rampant theorizing is actually one of the biggest joys of watching the Showtime horror drama, it’s hard to complain. Creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson obviously aren’t going to spill the (human) beans on every single clue and reference that have been on display so far, but there is one seemingly minor moment from the pilot episode that was used to set up a distant payoff that’ll apparently play out in the one of the remaining Season 2 installments.
Intriguingly enough, the series premiere moment that Ashley Lyle brought up when talking to Collider is part of the pre-flight timeline, which would presumably be a point before any of the soccer teammates would be under the potentially supernatural influence of the whatever dark entity is tethered to the area around the crash site. (Assuming the femmes weren’t already possessed by certain forces long before the team’s run for the championship.) Lyle brought up a moment from Nat’s acid trip, saying:
