[Editor's note: This video and description contain spoilers through the Yellowjackets, Season 2 Finale, “Storytelling.”]
From the very beginning of Yellowjackets, it’s been abundantly clear that Christina Ricci’s Misty has a unique loyalty to Juliette Lewis’ Natalie. Perhaps at a point, one could explain it away as a special connection sparked because Natalie is the only one willing to give Misty the time of day and because Natalie had a mystery to solve that called for Misty’s Citizen Detective skills, making Misty feel needed. But, the more the show progressed, the clearer it became that Misty will put just about anything on the line for Natalie.
When Season 2 kicks off, Misty is hellbent on finding her missing friend, no matter what it takes. Even if it involves teaming up with Walter (Elijah Wood) and making Randy (Jeff Holman) think he’s being interrogated by the FBI. By Episode 5, “Two Truths and a Lie,” Misty does manage to find Natalie at Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) compound, but little does she know that by arriving at the property, she nudges them all closer to another round of death card roulette. A game with devastating results, yet again.
Why exactly does Misty seem more devoted to Natalie than any other surviving Yellowjacket? That’s exactly what I discussed with Ricci during her return to Collider Ladies Night.
Admittedly, I wasn’t expecting such a matter-of-fact, succinct, and confident reply when I asked Ricci why her version of Misty is most loyal to Natalie. Here’s what she said: “We find out what it has been the whole time at the end of the finale. She was the first antler queen and Misty served her, so that's what it is. She's the original antler queen.”
On top of that, when asked if Misty would have attempted to kill Lisa (Nicole Maines) if she had the gun pointed at any other character, Ricci simply replied, “No.”
There’s quite a bit to unpack there. First off, not only does Ricci’s response confirm that Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) assumes the “Antler Queen” title when Lottie (Courtney Eaton) explains to the group that the wilderness chose her as their new leader even though we never see Natalie don the headdress, but it also seems to confirm that Lottie was never an Antler Queen at all. Or at least not in Misty’s eyes. Perhaps present-day Lottie finds herself haunted by the Antler Queen not because she was the Antler Queen herself, but because it's yet another example of her good intentions being warped, sparking something sinister.
The other curious thing to consider is that Misty, in both timelines, appears to be a character who doesn’t believe in “the sound of the wilderness.” She may roll with the “wilderness chooses” idea, but only because it benefits her, not because she truly believes. So then why does present-day Misty put so much stock in Natalie being “the original Antler Queen?” Could the title alone really be enough to earn such devotion, or could something happen in the 90s timeline that we’ve yet to see that tethers Misty to Natalie forever?
Given the Yellowjackets cast often notes that they’re not given all the answers, I’m a big believer that the latter is true. While Ricci’s current statement could prove accurate, I do expect to see some sort of pivotal shared experience between Misty (Samantha Hanratty) and Natalie in the 90s timeline that leaves Misty indebted to Natalie from then on.
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