Alright, you’ve seen it. We’ve seen it. None of us can unsee it.
After all those hints, the Wiskayok High School Yellowjackets have plunged face-first into cannibalism, tearing poor Jackie (Ella Purnell) to shreds after she was cooked on her own funeral pyre. In the scene viewers have been both dreading and anticipating, Yellowjackets Season 2, episode 2 saw the team eat their fallen friend in a state of ravenous hunger in the wilderness.
In the absolutely delightful behind-the-scenes clip above, we’re taken into the sets of both the real cannibalism scene and the surreal Grecian banquet scene that accompanies it.
“When we eat Jackie it might be a little controversial but it’s the coolest thing I’ve ever gotten to do,” says Sophie Nélisse, who plays Jackie’s best friend Shauna.
“We’re about to eat our dear friend, Jackie! Look at her! V tired,” says Samantha Hanratty, who plays Misty, in a phone video on the set.
For the disassociated banquet scene, the cast ate the forbidden fruit you see onscreen, but for the scene in reality in the wilderness, the props department made Jackie’s body edible, as you can see they dress it with jackfruit.
“Of course we called it Jackiefruit,” says Hanratty. “I’ve got a little bit of Jackie in my teeth,” she adds on set.
Yellowjackets Season 2 is streaming on Showtime, with new episodes streaming weekly on Fridays(opens in a new tab). Episodes also air every Sunday on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET.
