
Yellowjackets is fun because while the events in the wilderness seem otherworldly, there could be plausible explanations for all of them, unlike, say, the smoke monster in Lost. The mushrooms in the Doomcoming broth prompted the strange orgy-like ritual, underground hot springs could explain that one tree trunk with no snow, and the river of “blood” may actually be a result of mining runoff. But Season 2 Episode 3 introduces a different phenomenon.