Yellowjackets Finale: What Lottie Says At The End (& How It Sets Up Season 2)

Warning: Contains spoilers for Yellowjackets season 1.

In the ending moments of the Yellowjacketsseason 1 finale, Lottie speaks two lines that help to set up Yellowjackets season 2, but one of them is in French. The Yellowjackets season 1 ending answered some questions but ultimately asked a lot more. It is clear that Lottie will play an important role in Yellowjackets season 2, both in 1996 and in 2022, but what Lottie says in the final moments helps to indicate what that role might be.

In the Yellowjackets season 1 finale, Lottie’s (Courtney Eaton) prophecy that the survivors would not be hungry much longer come true when a bear arrives, and she kills it, providing food for all. In the aftermath of Jackie’s (Ella Purnell) death, Lottie, Van (Liv Hewson), and Misty (Samantha Hanratty) are shown making an offering to the forest in a form of ceremony. Lottie places the large bear heart into the hollow stump of a tree and steps back speaking a line in French before sayings “and let the darkness set us free.”

The French phrase that Lottie says in the Yellowjackets season 1 finale is “versez le sang, mes beaux amis.” The phrase translates to “shed blood, my beautiful friends” (or, more literally, “spill the blood.” When combined with the English phrase, Lottie’s closing lines for season 1 which come after the revelation that she is connected to Travis’ death in 2021, are “shed blood my beautiful friends, and let the darkness set us free.” Through her interactions with Laura Lee (Jane Widdop), Lottie has built up her own belief structure that worships the old gods of the forest. These lines indicate her transition to a spiritual leader for the group and telegraphs her move to leading a cult in 2021. All of this suggests that Lottie will play a critical role in both time periods as she shepherds at least a part of the group of survivors towards cannibalism as the Antler Queen in 1996, and continues to live a version of this life all the way into the present day.

In what is shown of Taissa (Jasmin Savoy Brown) in 1996, she pushes back against any idea of supernatural interference, despite her own experiences with the Man with No Eyes. This is set to drive a wedge between Taissa and Van in 1996, but in the present day Lottie’s season 1 words suggest a closer connection between Taissa and Lottie. In the Yellowjackets season 1 finale, the shrine that is revealed in Taissa’s basement demonstrates her willingness to shed blood and with the implication that her sacrifice has helped swing the election, it is implied that she is embracing the darkness to get what she wants.

The importance of Lottie’s lines in the Yellowjackets season 1 finale are hinted at being particularly important by more than just their placement as the final lines of the episode. Lottie first spoke French during the séance in Yellowjackets episode 5, “Blood Hive,” when it was noted that she had previously not been able to speak French. At that time her lines are not entirely audible, but she does speak about blood even then. More importantly, the final episode’s name is in Latin, another romantic language: “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.” This phrase is usually translated as “thus passes the glory of the world,” but has ceremonial usage in the Catholic church where they are used in the selection of a new pope as a reminder that the very nature of life on Earth is transitory. Combined with the final lines that Lottie says in Yellowjackets episode 1, it is clear that there is some significant death to come in both time periods for Yellowjacketsseason 2.

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Faefyx Collington (They/Them) is a senior features writer for Screen Rant. They’re a British writer of both fiction and non-fiction, focussing on science fiction, fantasy, and mystery for the former and on culture, gender, and current affairs for the latter.
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