Yellowjackets Finally Made It Home
I have to admit, the image of Alanis Morissette, patron saint of 90s rage, solemnly dedicating a song about falling out of the sky to a group of teens who literally fell out of the sky is the most Yellowjackets thing imaginable. The show has always treated the 90s as a haunted text, and this feels like the exclamation point on that obsession. This is nostalgia with teeth, the show admitting that the decade itself was the crash.
What I find interesting is the timing. The teens have finally made it home, but home is where the worst part starts. Alanis singing about a plane crash to them is the universe winking at the camera. I'd want to know if the showrunners planned this from season one or if it was a happy accident, because it lands with such precision. I think the reason this works is that Yellowjackets has always understood that survival leads into a different kind of wilderness. The song dedication is a reminder that the 90s never really ended for these characters, and maybe not for us either. It's a small, weird, perfect moment.