Nat's digging with Suzie has gotten her in some trouble. So, again, the question we're wondering: who is Lottie Matthews in present day? We can just go off the evidence we now have. It's very easy to see how this could become the cult of sorts wrapped in furs that we saw in the first episode. We also saw those final shots of the season-Lottie is leading a (now small) faction of girls who are giving sacrificial organs to some sort of god of the woods, with Van and Misty in tow behind her. Episode 9 of Yellowjackets seemed to just about confirm that Lottie is our 'Antler Queen' from the first episode of Yellowjackets, as she donned the Antler crown on her head as all the girls ganged up on Jackie. But we certainly don't know who she is in the present-day, where we now know she's very much alive, and likely has very much to do with Travis' death.Īnd while we don't have any idea what present day Lottie is up to (though I will campaign heavily for Uma Thurman to play her), we do have an idea of where she's headed. So, we know who Lottie Matthews is in Yellowjackets in 1996. You've heard the term 'survival of the fittest' Lottie, so far, seems to be the fittest of the fit when it comes to our Yellowjackets in the woods. She gave a very confident prayer for their bear feast after she killed it with a knife herself. Laura Lee bonded with Lottie before her plane crash, and Lottie seems to be the new de facto leader of the Yellowjackets, particularly after Jackie falling out of favor and eventually freezing to death many of the girls seem drawn to her confidence in talking about their new scenario. She was the mysteriously-medicated member of the team before the crash-who may or may not have the power of precognition, as she at least once in her youth prevented her parents from getting into what would have been a fatal car accident-who, basically, became one-with-the-wild out in the woods as soon as the team's plane crashed and she ran out of her medication.

Obviously, anyone who watched Yellowjackets knows who Lottie Matthews of 1996 is. Luckily, the show didn't let Nat's story end there it's great for story reasons, yes, but also because Juliette Lewis is a joy to watch in this role. The biggest mystery-and cliffhanger-of our Season 1 finale comes around Natalie, who had reached her all-time low after further thinking and discussing Travis' death. Misty also seemingly committed a murder (killing Jessica with a Fentanyl-laced cigarette), but that's par for the course at this point. Our present-day women seem to have (at least for now) successfully gotten rid of Adam's body, but Shauna's daughter Callie is suspicious, and while Taissa surprisingly won her state senate race, her soon-to-be-ex-wife found a secret room filled with a severed dog head, a voodoo doll, and a heart. Jackie is absolutely dead, but not for the reasons we anticipated (she's not the girl running in the nightgown, but was basically exiled out by the group before freezing to death). But still, the finale answered enough questions to keep us satisfied, but still wondering. Yellowjackets is only touching the tip of the iceberg so far. We know enough about our main characters-Shauna, Taissa, Misty, and Natalie-to be firmly on the hook, but clearly there's a whole world here-and a potential main villain in Lottie-that we're only just beginning to explore.

They already have us on the hook-they need to keep us there without letting us get too frustrated, right? And that's a problem Yellowjackets doesn't have to worry about, as its brilliantly paced and utterly compelling Season 1 comes to a close. The Season 1 finale of Yellowjackets did exactly what you'd expect the first season finale of a big, expansive mystery show to do: tie up a few unanswered questions, while introducing so, so many more. The following story contains spoilers for the Yellowjackets Season 1 finale.

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