Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Yellowjackets season 2 finale.

As the second season of Yellowjackets careens toward a wild finish, a simple declaration from an on-the-mend teen Lottie (Courtney Eaton) charts a path forward for the teammates still stranded in the Canadian Rockies in the show’s past timeline: “The wilderness chose who fed us. It’s already chosen who should lead us.”

While viewers have long theorized that Lottie is the group leader for the 19 months the team is stuck in the wilderness, it’s revealed she is actually referring to Natalie (Sophie Thatcher). In the previous episode, Natalie is spared from being hunted down and turned into the team’s most recent meal thanks to Javi (Luciano Leroux), who offers to help her find safety before falling through the ice of the frozen lake and drowning. The tragic turn of events is either a horrible coincidence or the result of some sort of supernatural intervention—and the Yellowjackets, with the exception of Coach Ben (Steven Krueger), certainly see it as the latter. According to them, the wilderness wants …