is the fifth episode of the first season of the American thriller drama series Yellowjackets . It originally aired on Showtime on December 12, 2021 . Directed by Eva Sørhaug and written by Ameni Rozsa , the episode serves as a pivot point, intensifying both psychological and supernatural tensions across two timelines. Plot Overview

The episode balances the survivors' struggle in the 1996 wilderness with the fraught lives of the adult survivors in 2021.