“It’s like a funeral,” Samantha Hanratty says of the on-set tradition.
Warning: This story contains spoilers forYellowjacketsseason 2, episode 8, titled “It Chooses.”
There’s one upside to your character dying onYellowjackets: You get a death party.
Luciano Leroux as Javi on ‘Yellowjackets’.Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME
“They can get emotional.
There’s usually, not for myself, but for other people, lots of drinking.
It’s also just a celebration of like, you did an incredible job.”
It’s a hard show to do, so why not let loose?"
The person that drew the queen of hearts would then be killed… and eaten.
Natalie (and her teammates) then watch as he drowns.
The Wilderness had chosen.
But on set, it was a reason to throw a death party.
“We had a death party for Luciano,” Courtney Eaton, who plays teen Lottie, says.
“We bring flowers.
It was really fun.”
Jasmin Savoy Brown adds, “At two of them there’s been a DJ.
There’s games, and there’s been dancing.
We have to dance it out.
We have to find levity within the insanity.”
And if we knowYellowjackets, we’re sure there are more death parties to come.
New episodes ofYellowjacketsdrop Fridays on streaming and on-demand and air on Showtime Sundays.
