This post contains spoilers for the first episode of "Yellowjackets" season 2.

The wait is over, winter has come, and "Yellowjackets" is back for a second season! Travis and Nat are still hunting for food, but now with the added perk of being "blessed" by Lottie before each venture into the wilderness. She puts ashes in their hands, smudges smoke around them, offers a bit of bloodletting, and some non-descript tea. Is Lottie actually supernatural or just dabbling in "teen girl discovers vague witchcraft 101?" The jury is still out, but she does draw the mysterious symbol in the fogged-up windows, so regardless of what anyone else believes, Lottie is all-in on the dead man's cabin superstitions.

In a shocking development, the episode does a brief flash forward to 1998, after the rescue. It seems that after the team was found, Lottie completely shut down. She stares off in silence as her parents...