‘Yellowjackets’ connects Seasons 1 and 2 with ‘Beaches’

You have to laugh a little and cry a little until the ritual cannibalism subsides a little.That’s the story, that’s the glory yellow jacket.

In case you missed it, yellow jacket Seasons 1 and 2 are tied together in one of cinema’s most iconic tales of love and long-lasting friendship, with several references to films that will forever bring you to tears. beach.

Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey as lifelong friends CC Bloom and Hillary Whitney beach was released in 1988, eight years before the Yellowjackets’ plane crashed into the wilderness in 1996. A story of lifelong and complicated best friendships, this movie has: yellow jacket: From the deep rivalry of Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) and Jackie (Ella Purnell) to the newfound bond between Misty (Samantha Hanraty) and Crystal (Nuha Jess Isman) as social outcasts. yellow jacket It also contains direct references to beach Script and soundtrack, so let’s dive in.

yellow jacket Season 1 reference beach in the finale.

Like Shauna and Jackie in Season 1, C.C. and Hilary develop a friendship through a complicated love triangle. They are with John, the CC show her business her boss. Hilary and John slept together, causing a rift between the two friends, but John later married CC — familiar, isn’t it, Jeff? Later in life, Hilary finds herself unexpectedly pregnant by her cheating husband and, before she finds out the truth, does what Jackie did with Shauna’s pregnancy. There is, but CC springs up to support her.

However, the biggest connection comes in the season one finale, during Shauna and Jackie’s final altercation.Shauna accuses Jackie of narcissism — ‘The rest of us are movie extras in your fucking life!’ — What Hilary struggles with on CC beach.

“Did I let you live in my shadow, Shauna?” says Jackie. yellow jacket“It must be hard to be so jealous all the time. You’re breathtakingly jealous of me.”

“Is it a quote? beach Me now?” Shauna sneers incredulously.

“What?! No,” Jackie answers heartily, as if she had internalized to believe the script was her own words.

“You are so jealous of me that I can hardly breathe.”

The line that Jackie seems to be unconsciously quoting is beach Hillary and CC have a cold-blooded altercation at the department store, and all they ever wanted to say to each other comes out. When the subject turns to the idea of ​​having children, the tension builds and Hillary makes a very loaded remark. someone like you From here, Hillary continues to make judgments, sparking an at-home truth session between the two supposedly best friends. as “jealousy”.

“Don’t tell me you’re not jealous because I live a life you didn’t have the courage to do,” she says. can not.”

With a more subtle additional nod, Jackie’s “Shadow” comment sounds like a reference to Grammy-winning Midler lyrics. beach Song “Wind Beneath My Wings” — “It must have been cold in my shadow”.

yellow jacket Season 2 reference beach in the first episode.

In Season 2, beach The soundtrack creates yet another connection within the Yellowjackets team. “Wind Beneath My Wings” topped the Billboard Singles Chart in 1989 and earned her Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1990. The team’s fictional hometown of Wiskayok, New Jersey.But, importantly, one of the songs from beach Season 2, Episode 1 of yellow jacket.

Although she is always despised by her teammates, Crystal enjoys singing even in the wilderness. In one scene, Crystal busts out in her hopeful version of “The Glory of Love” on Broadway when she believes she’s the one. This is the same song she used to hum in the cabin before Gen told her to stop.

“The Glory of Love” beachwhich marks the beginning and end of C.C. and Hilary’s friendship. It was the first song Hilary heard her new friend C.C. After , Midler’s CC sings a brooding ballad version at one of her concerts to close out the film.

“Do you know the song I just finished?” CC tells Hilary’s daughter Victoria after the show. “I sang that song the day your mother and I met in Atlantic City. We were exactly your age. Did you know that?”

of yellow jacket, Crystal bursts into “The Glory of Love”, thinking she’s playing a solo in the post-pee snow. She is surprised by Misty, who has been sent to collect ice that will become water. again Misty instantly channels Jen and instructs Krystal to be able to do it. However, the crystal easily changes Misty’s mind.

“I think it’s a nuisance for people like me who haven’t set foot in the theater,” she says, throwing the magic words to the audience. big listened to it in her adult life, phantom of opera Soundtrack before the kidnapping of Jessica Roberts in Season 1. Frankly, it’s the first offer of friendship and kindness Misty receives. Who At Camp Yellowjackets, she looks visibly humble with this real olive branch.

in multiple beach As a linking reference between the two series, Yellowjackets uses one of the most famous screen friendships of late ’80s and early ’90s cinema to parallel the connection between girls. Sadly, Jackie and Shauna won’t be able to enjoy a lifelong friendship like C.C. and Hilary’s, but there is hope for Misty and Krystal.

yellow jacket Season 2 is streaming on Showtime, with new episodes streaming every Friday(opens in new tab)Episodes air every Sunday on Showtime at 9 PM ET.