Yellowjackets Season 3, Episode 3
"Them's the Brakes"
Writer: Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson
Director: Jonathan Lisco
Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Kevin Alves, Sarah Desjardins, Lauren Ambrose, Simone Kessell, Christina Ricci
Yellowjackets wears its influences right there on its yellow sleeve. Shooting a semi-prophetic dream sequence involving a talking animal? Hire Vincent "Big Pussy" Pastore to provide the voice, just as he did during the famous fish dream sequence in The Sopranos' second season. Playing a classic pop song as someone trapped in a web of mystery goes about their business? Use "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by Mama Cass Elliott, just like Lost did in Desmond's bunker during that show's second season. It may seem big and obvious — okay, it may be big and obvious — but this material is 20 years old and as much a part of the fabric of TV as Sam and Diane or Mulder and Scully. Reusing and recycling is fair play.