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Yellowjackets – Season 2, Episode 8 It Chooses

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Yellowjackets – Season 2, Episode 8

It Chooses

Aired May 21, 2023

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Callie encounters an old flame; Van proves goalies never say, "die"; the adults intentionally commune in the sharing shack.

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Hattie Lindert

AV Club

05/19/2023

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Yellowjackets finally lifts the veil on one of its enduring mysteries: the significance of the queen of hearts.

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Erin Qualey

New York Magazine/Vulture

05/19/2023

5/5

Let me just say that if this show turns into a version of Orange Is the New Black, in which all the adult Yellowjackets collectively rule a prison, I’d be into it.

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Melody McCune

Geek Girl Authority

08/23/2023

“It Chooses” is, hands down, the best outing of the season thus far. Both timelines feature jaw-dropping plot twists and narrative-altering moments.

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Murjani Rawls

Draftkings Nation

05/26/2023

This string of Yellowjackets episodes feels like a reckoning is coming, albeit sometimes confusing. You hope that the choices made aren’t because of something imaginary.

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Cade Taylor

Tell-Tale TV

05/23/2023

4.5/5

Like most others, the penultimate episode of the season is enthralling enough to keep us on the edge of our seats. It features moments of endearment, heartache, disgust, terror, and pure befuddlement.

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Allyson Johnson

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

05/21/2023

7/10

Yellowjackets Season 2 Episode 8 is a particularly bleak episode, miserable in ways that seep into you. The series continues and likely won’t ever be able to escape it’s uneven pacing due to the divide of interest in the story...

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Synopsis

Callie encounters an old flame; Van proves goalies never say, "die"; the adults intentionally commune in the sharing shack.

Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Creator: Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson
Executive Producer: Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Jonathan Lisco, Drew Comins
Screenwriter: Sarah L. Thompson, Liz Phang
Network: Paramount+ with Showtime
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2023

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