Yellowjackets (TV Series) Qui (2023) User Reviews

While I'm frustrated, this episode had satisfaction

[meghanndotta-120-574630 · 8/10 · 9 May 2023]

This was the first episode in the season I felt a lot more satisfaction from. The reason for that, I believe, is this sho's strength is these characters together. The mistake, to me, is they go from past experiences, which the audience generally likes, to the modern day, and they have all these individual side stories, that are sadly varying degrees of disappointing. But put these women together, and it magically gets a lot better and more intriguing and entertaining.

So, while I've been hard on previous episodes, I really enjoyed this one because it reminded me that there's still a lot of magic and chemistry when all these ladies come together. Please stop the useless side stories!! Sorry, Shauna! I struggle through the side story with you and your husband and daughter. But yes, we want to see you and Lottie face off. Let's cut the excess, of the show, so to speak. These women as a group are the intrigue and drama of the show. Put them together. It's so much better. Thank you.

Despite the stagnant pace, a rare good Season 2 episode

[hnt_dnl · 8/10 · 10 May 2023]

After a generally mediocre first half of the season (actually slightly more than that since there are only 9 episodes), this episode #6 entitled "Qui" is actually a standout, but more so as a standalone episode than moving the plot forward in a natural way. Starting at the end, this episode finally reunites the (now) main 6 characters Shauna, Nat, Tai, Misty, Van, and Lottie together at Lottie's cult hideaway. And the getting there was actually entertaining. In the present timeline, this episode features several well-written and acted interactions between Shauna and Jeff, Tai and Van, Misty and Lottie, and Nat and Lisa (my favorite of the new characters). Despite me not into this season overall, I think the best subplot has been Nat at compound and her scenes with Lisa and Lottie. Another strong staple of this episode was the humor. In fact, all of the humor worked in this episode. Modern humor is tricky because very often it ends up coming across as cringe and try-hard, but this show really nails it more often than not. There was relentless funny banter within all the interactions, but the 2 funniest moments were (1) Misty's bongo session with the cult and (2) Jeff's rebellious music outside the police station! Lol Speaking of, despite this police subplot being the worst of the present timeline, it was actually tolerable in this episode as Kevyn and the young detective played good cop-bad cop with Callie and Shauna, respectively, with a pair of well-written interactions, although I'm still not sold on the new cop character, who feels much less smart than the writing is making him out to be. As for the past timeline, it was pure gut-wrenching emotion and drama as Shauna finally delivered her baby in the wilderness with the group trying it's best to keep both her and the baby alive. These past scenes packed a real emotional punch and all of the actresses (and actors) really hit their dramatic marks, especially Sophie Nélisse as Teen Shauna. I suspect that this young actress will be a lock for at least an Emmy nod later this year based on her performance in this episode alone. The acting on this series continues to be it's strongest suit, which is too bad the storytelling and pacing hasn't lived up to it this season. As for the negatives, because this episode focused solely on the birth of the baby and specifically of course Shauna, there wasn't any movement for any of the other subplots like the deal with Javi, Lottie's visions, Tai's sleepwalking "friend", and the writers still brought up this vague "darkness" thing. And that overhead shot of the ladies meeting up and the compound setup looking like the symbol felt like a cheap, meaningless gimmick. At this point, I have no idea where the last 3 episodes of Season 2 are leading and unlike Season 1, I'm not really anticipating episodes anymore. But I can confidently say that this specific episode is in my top 2 of the season so far along with "Edible Complex."

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[bobcobb301 · 7/10 · 7 May 2023]

I feel like Yellowjackets is of the same quality in season two as it is season one and that is a methodical pace, but hopefully with a payoff at the end. I see some people that loved season one souring this year, but I think it is pretty much the same thing.

There are minor developments, and that works for a weekly show. We are engaged and wanting to see the next domino to fall, but there is no rush right now.

They have us wondering what will happen next now in two different timelines.

Not an epic episode, but another really solid one. I just wish they'd cut the run time by about 20 minutes because they could do that and not lose a single thing.

Will something happen already?

[prison_mike23 · 3/10 · 7 May 2023]

With season 2 I feel like I am watching the same episode over and over again.

-Something unpleasant happens in the woods -Natalie has a profound talk with the girl she stabbed -Shauna (or someone from her family) speaks to police -Somebody new coming to the purple retreat -One girl from yellowjackets meets other after a long time -"We did a lot of bad things there" -Somebody has a vision -Strange symbol appears somewhere.

This show goes nowhere. First season was way better. Every character feels flat. Feels like they know where plot should go in the end but don't know what to do in between. 6 episodes into the season and practically nothing changed from the beginning of the season. It's like marvel movies that don't have any impact on the overall plot. I'm sure that somebody who didn't watch first six episodes could watch the seventh one and will not feel lost for a second.

I had labor pains for almost an hour.

[Top_Dawg_Critic · 3/10 · 13 May 2023]

Another painfully slow episode riddled with unnecessary filler that could've been summed up in under 5 mins in any other episode. If anyone asked me what this episode was about, I can sum it up in one sentence, and that's pretty sad I had to sit through almost an hour for that sentence. There was zero suspense, intrigue or any thrills, just minor tidbits of insignificant and repetitive filler.

Then to make matters worse, that ending was the absolute idiotic writing I have eve seen; let's make Shauna hallucinate she had a baby. That has got to be the laziest and dumbest writing ever. A 5th grader could've come up with a better episode. If the writers don't up their game, I'm done with this show, and I would've wasted my time investing in the first season, that actually held my attention and curiosity. Now I'm just getting frustrated and losing interest, fast.