The Yellowjackets Cast Theorizes About The Show Just As Much As The Fans

One of the things "Yellowjackets" does well is give its viewers many mysteries to delve into and try to unravel: Who (or what) is the Antler Queen? What girls end up surviving their harrowing 19 months lost in the Canadian wilderness? Is there something supernatural going on? And, in that vein, who is the man with no eyes, and what the heck is up with that symbol we see carved into the trees and elsewhere in the woods?

It turns out that the show's cast is in the dark about the answers to these questions almost as much as we are. And in a recent interview with The A.V. Club, Nuha Jes Izman — who plays young Misty's BFF Crystal — confirmed that she and her fellow actors wouldn't know what was going on in an episode until a week out from shooting. "We get our scripts maybe a week before we film that episode — so we're figuring things out, like you guys as well," she said. "We have no idea what's in store in season 3, or what the explanation for a bunch of things are."

Same, girl, same. And just like the folks on Reddit and other corners of internet, the cast has their own chat going on where they theorize what the hell the writers are setting up with each episode. "We have a little group text with all of us, and every once in a while you'll get one of us sending theories like, 'Woah! Someone just put this on Reddit — maybe that's actually what's happening!'" she added. "We're all theorizing as much as everyone else, and love going on Twitter and Reddit and things like that."

One thing that Nuha Jes Izman apparently knows something about that we don't yet is the meaning of the enigmatic symbol the girls find carved into trees and other places in their forest encampment. Here's what she shared about the image:

"What can I say ... the writers really do dive into what the symbol means as the season progresses. At first, I honestly had no idea. It's this thing that the writers do so well: allow the audience to interpret something. Even with the whole 'Is it supernatural, or is it them losing their minds?' aspect of it all. I think that's half the fun. Like, you really don't know. Is it a good thing that Lottie's drawing this everywhere and putting this everywhere? Or is it doing them more harm than good? Why is it all around the trees? How did it get there before them? The audience gets to find things out along as we [on the show] do. It's either that, or they find things out before we do and kind of see us figure it out. But I've seen some people talk about getting [the symbol] tattooed on them, and I would just say maybe wait till we find out what it is before you get a tattoo of it on you! [Laughs]"

While Izman raises more questions than answers here, it seems wise to heed her advice about permanently inking your skin with a symbol whose origins might not be what you think. Hopefully, the meaning of the symbol will eventually become clear — we'll have to keep watching to find out, with new episodes of season 2 streaming on Showtime every Friday and airing on television every Sunday.