WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for Yellowjackets season 3, episode 9!It was already implied thatTravis was present at the feast of Pit GirlinYellowjackets’ opening scene, but season 3 now confirms an even darker role that he played in this sacrifice ritual. Though it may not be the most narratively important, arguably the biggest mystery ofYellowjacketshas beenPit Girl’s identity, with the mystery victim’s death being teased in the series’ very first scene. While the past timeline still hasn’t caught up to her death,Yellowjacketshas been gradually uncovering the context of how her ritualistic death came to be.
The opening scene shows Pit Girl running through the snow barefoot in a white gown, until she suddenly falls into a hidden pit with wooden stakes at the bottom. As the camera shows her fatally impaled by the stakes, it focuses on the necklace she’s wearing, which we later find out isJackie’s gold heart necklace. Pit Girl is then ritualistically eaten by other masked teens, surrounded by a central figure fan-nicknamed the Antler Queen. In addition to explaining certain details about the Antler Queen’s appearance in that scene,Yellowjacketsseason 3 has finally revealed the death pit’s dark origin.
Travis Was The One Who Built The Death Pit (& Tried To Use It To Kill Lottie)
Pit Girl’s Namesake Is A Trap That Travis Built
Yellowjacketsseason 3 already set up the death pit’s construction whenCoach Ben found a KUH-labeled survival boxunderneath a covered pit in episode 2. However, at that point, it hadn’t been lined with sharp stakes across the bed. InYellowjacketsseason 3, episode 9, Travis finds a secret new purpose for the already-dug-out ditch. In a dark twist,Travis decides to sharpen stakes and put them all along the bottom, cover up the pit with branches and leaves to make it blend in with its natural surroundings, and trick Lottie into fatallyfalling into it.
I’ve Changed My Mind About Who Pit Girl Is In Yellowjackets, Even Though It Would Be A Disappointing Twist
The identity of “Pit Girl” from Yellowjackets' premiere remains a mystery, but season 3, episode 7 changes which character is the most likely victim.
Highlighting the teens’ increasing desperation,Travis believed killing Lottie would rid them of one of their biggest obstacles to getting back home.Lottie, Shauna, and Tai all held their ground by refusing to leavethe wilderness, resulting in the others also being compelled to stay. Travis had seen Lottie kill Edwin, corrupt others regarding her cult-like support of the Wilderness, and, now, prevent them from being rescued, so he thought the only option left was to kill her. However, when Lottie walked over the pit which Travis had previously collapsed with a log, the Wilderness’ powers kept her from falling.
The Death Pit Is Travis' Tragic Offering To The Wilderness
Travis Gave The Wilderness A Twisted New Method For Death Sacrifices
Of course, while we know that the death pit doesn’t work to kill Lottie, it will take on a role in the ritual sacrifices that the teens partake in to please the Wilderness. Travis himself sits with the other maskedYellowjacketscharactersand eats the sacrificed victim, paying tribute to the Wilderness to protect him and keep him alive – as Lottie has been advising since shortly after they first crashed. While Lottie isn’t an “offering” that Travis gives up to the Wilderness that day,he does give It a dark method for chaos, bloodshed, and cruel death in their rituals.
It begins snowing inYellowjacketsseason 3, episode 9’s ending, meaning the blizzard that happens before Pit Girl’s death should be arriving soon.
Like Shauna bleeding the victim’s body, the Antler Queen presiding over the ritual, and an unknown character cooking the body, Travis’ unique role in the ritual we see inYellowjackets’ opening scene is the builder of the death pit.Even if Travis never personally and directly kills someone, he’s indirectly responsible for at least Pit Girl’s demiseby constructingYellowjackets' stake-lined pit.
