'Yellowjackets' Just Committed the Ultimate TV Sin
Yellowjackets committed the ultimate TV sin by killing off Van Palmer and embracing the "Bury Your Gays" trope.
Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Yellowjackets Season 3, Episode 9.Season 3 of Yellowjackets has not been messing around this season. Whether it be by putting the characters through emotional turmoil, seeing them shift into completely different versions of themselves, or upping the death count to new heights. In Seasons 1 and 2 we lost some big characters, such as Jackie (Ella Purnell), and Natalie (Juliette Lewis), but Season 3 has seen the characters dropping like flies. From Lottie (Simone Kessell) to Coach Scott (Steven Krueger), and now, in a devastating turn, Van (Lauren Ambrose). After the death of Lottie, the rest of the survivors felt safe for the time being. After all, what were the chances they’d kill off two surviving Yellowjackets? But no one is safe in Yellowjackets, and Season 3 affirmed that. But in killing Van, Yellowjackets also committed one of the biggest TV sins of all time.
