History Recap / YellowjacketsS1E8FlightOfTheBumblebee

The Coach stresses that there was never anything between him and Misty. Natalie never thought they did, since she has figured Coach Ben is gay. She asks if he has a boyfriend, and after getting over the shock of someone knowing, he admits that he did, a guy named Paul who had wanted Ben to move in with him. Natalie asks Ben if he thinks Travis might be gay, given that the last time they tried to be intimate, [[TheLoinsSleepTonight Travis was unable to get an erection]]. The coach attributes it to nerves and also reassures her that Travis is crazy about her. He advises her to be chill about it and that most likely, if she wants to give Travis another chance to be with her, he'll be happy. Agreeing not to tell the others that he is gay, Natalie walks off.

Natalie tries to get Travis to talk to her. He ends the silent treatment with two words: [[Recap/YellowjacketsS1E4BearDown Bobby Farleigh]]. He is angry at her for lying about only having had sex with two guys. She says that she only did it because she knew he would hate her for it, and that it was from before she met him,and that she had no idea at the time that Bobby had been the one who gave Travis [[EmbarrassingNickname the loathed nickname of "Flex"]]. She says that it was a mistake but he breaks up with her. Shocked and hurt, Natalie goes for the jugular: "Then I guess it's a good thing you couldn't get it up. This would've been a lot harder if we'd actually fucked." Travis walks out. Natalie realizes that it was Jackie who ratted on her and tells her to fuck herself.

Once the makeshift runway is ready, Laura Lee hugs everybody good-bye. They all wish her well, except for the Coach, who begs her one more time to not do it. More determined that ever to save her team, Laura Lee boards the plane and with her teddy bear Leonard as co-pilot, she takes off while everybody cheers for her. She flies out over the lake but without any warning, Leonard ignites. Laura Lee can only watch helplessly as flames spread through the cockpit. With the group staring in horror, the airplane blows up into a giant fireball, along with their hope for a rescue.

The Sadecki residence. After spending the night at a friend's home, Callie comes in to change and finds Adam's wallet on the living room floor. She confronts Shauna on cheating on Jeff on their own home. Shauna apologizes for her actions but rationalizes that Jeff is not an innocent victim, since he is cheating too and covers it up with a lame excuse about an inventory database. Callie brings up that she cannot find any information on the alleged starving artist or any indication of Adam promoting his work on social media. "I'm saying that everything is on the Internet... except for your boyfriend. What if he's conning you, Mom? Sleeping with a Yellowjacket so he can turn around and sell the story?" Callie leaves for school. With doubts planted by Callie, she calls Pratt University, pretending to be from another university and needing information on incoming student Adam Martin. She learns he didn't attend. Jeff comes in with a bag from a fancy boutique where he bought an outfit for Shauna to wear to next day's class reunion. (Shauna: "If this is an anniversary present, you are three months and my entire personality off.") The dress is short, tight, and not really something Shauna would wear. Jeff figured that since he had been homecoming king, as his wife she should look the part. He just thinks of her as that sexy.

Jessica hears a phone other that hers or Misty's ringing. Misty tells her that what she is hearing is a live feed from Natalie's room. Jessica has come to accept something like this ("All right. Naturally") as normal for Misty. While spying on Natalie, Misty catches her buying drugs. She [[RapidFireNo just says no a lot]] and storms out.

Right before Natalie inhales the coke she just bought, Misty bursts into her room - ''still'' sputtering disappointed "no"s, and shoves Natalie away from the coke. Natalie yells at her to "Get off my coke, you.." but Misty ''snorts the coke herself'' ("Oh, it burns. Is that normal?") Natalie is not appreciative of Misty's attempts to protect her, going as far as physically preventing from inhaling airborne bits of cocaine and ordering her not to breathe in. Natalie is mad with Misty for wasting $300 worth of cocaine. Misty, frantically trying to take her pulse, justifies her actions with "I couldn't just sit there and watch you destroy your life." The word "watch" makes Natalie realize that Misty was spying on her. Enraged, she accuses Misty of being a [[ThePeepingTom perv and getting her kicks from watching her and Kevyn have sex]].

** While preparing to fly out, Laura Lee addresses "copilot" Leonard, her teddy bear: "We need to get to 55 before we take off. Kind of like ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', remember?"

Taissa surprises the Sadeckis by showing up at their home with the excuse that while in the middle of canvassing, she decided to drop by. Jeff makes a wisecrack about it being "a nice surprise after 20 years. Taissa makes to go away since they are having dinner but Shauna insists she joins them. When they are alone, Taissa confesses to Shauna that she has been sleepwalking for a few weeks due to the stress from the campaign, being blackmailed, and her marital issues. On top of that, Taissa thinks she is responsible for their dog Biscuit missing. And Sammy has seen her sleepwalking,

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: A plane that's been in the woods for who knows how long being flown by a teenager whose only "experience" is reading the flight manual. It's amazing Laura Lee got as far as she did before it crashed.

* WhamShot: Laura Lee's plane flying over the lake and then exploding into a fireball.

!!Flashback time:
Action temporarily goes back to a happier, simple time in TokenReligiousTeammate Laura Lee's life. All the kids at Bible Camp are having fun at a swimming pool. A younger Laura Lee dives into the shallow end of the pool, cracking her head against the bottom. Knocked out cold and bleeding, she floats unnoticed in the crowded pool. Cut to Laura Lee lying on the deck, coughing up the water she swallowed and regaining consciousness. She looks at the lifeguard who rescued her and whispers in gratitude and wonder, "You saved me." The lifeguard refuses to accept any credit for lifesaving even though that's his job. Instead, he tells Laura Lee that "God saved you" and smiles beatifically.

Once the makeshift runway is ready, Laura Lee is set to go on her mission. Everybody hugs her good-bye and wishes her well, except for the Coach, who begs her one more time to not do it. More determined that ever to save her teen, Laura Lee boards the plane and with her teddy bear Leonard as co-pilot, she takes off while everybody cheers for her. At the shore, they watch her fly out over the lake. But without any warning, Leonard ignites and Laura Lee can only watch helplessly as flames spread through the cockpit. With the group staring in horror, the airplane blows up into a giant fireball, along with their hope for a rescue.

Right before Natalie inhales the coke she just bought, Misty bursts into her room - ''still'' sputtering disappointed "no"s, and shoves Natalie away from the coke. Natalie yells at her to "Get off my coke, you.." but Misty ''snorts the coke herself'' ("Oh, it burns. Is that normal?") Natalie is not appreciative of Misty's attempts to protect her, going as far as physically preventing from inhaling airborne bits of cocaine and ordering her not to breathe in. Natalie is mad with Misty for wasting $300 worth of cocaine. Misty, frantically trying to take her pulse, is not contrite: she intends to reimburse Natalie, and "I couldn't just sit there and watch you destroy your life." Natalie focuses on the word "watch" and realizes that Misty was spying on her. She accuses Misty of being a [[ThePeepingTom perv and getting her kicks from watching her and Kevyn have sex]].

Misty points out all the work she's put into finding out who killed Travis. She finally reveals what she learned from Jessica: Travis's bank account was emptied out the day after he died. Natalie still does not trust Misty and accuses her of being "full of shit". Done with the lack of appreciation, Misty tells off Natalie:

Shauna then reveals to Taissa that she's having an affair. "Sorry. I don't know why I told you that." Taissa pumps her for details hoping it is not ChewToy Randy Walsh or else "I am gonna burn this whole fucking town down." Shauna described Adam as younger, an artist, and really earnest. And while sex is great, Adam makes Shauna feel "it". Taissa admits that Simone doesn't make her feel "it" anymore but she is content with what they have which she finds stable and safe. "It's like if someone made me feel "it"... it wasn't gonna be good for anybody, you know?" Shauna gets it.

She hangs up and proceeds to lose it, screaming and crying, until she sees some coke on the carpet that escaped Misty's notice earlier, and she '''snorts it off the carpet'''.

Misty's basement. Misty comes down and finds Jessica, Caligula in hand, threatening to wring his neck if she is not released right away. She is serious. Caligula squawks in protest. Misty tells her to go ahead, "Fine. Go ahead. I'll just get another one." One squawk later, Misty hurls a can at Jessica, forcing her to release the parrot. As he flies away, Misty starts crying and begging forgiveness from her "poor little boy" and swearing she didn't mean a word. Jessica looks concerned and asks Misty if she is OK. Misty says that she is fine, just having a bad day, and offers to make food for both of them.

Since the bank won't help her, Natalie attends a meeting of Narcotics Anonymous and corners Suze, one of her old sponsors who just happens to work at the bank. Suze is not happy to see her ("Oh, Jesus Christ, not you.") but Natalie gets her to agree to meet the next day. At a café Natalie compliments Suze on getting promoted at the bank. Suze wants to know why Natalie, who hasn't seen her in ten years, all of a sudden wants to see her. Natalie gets to the point. She thinks that the authorities' ruling it a suicide is wrong. He would never have killed himself due to a promise he made to her once. "And when I was on the brink... he, um... He made me swear that I would never do that, and then... he promised me the same. And even though my words don't mean much... I-I know I'm a liar. He always kept his word. Always. I know he didn't kill himself." Suze finds herself believing that for once, Natalie is telling the truth. Natalie asks Suze to find out who closed Travis's bank account after his death. Suze refuses because disclosing personal financial information to an unauthorized party would get her fired. But Natalie was prepared for a refusal and goes for Plan B: blackmail. Suze can either give Natalie that information, or else Natalie will inform the bank about how the two of them used to sell customers' personal information to identity thieves to fund their drug habits. Since this is AnOfferYouCantRefuse, Suze ends up agreeing, telling but Natalie on her way out, "I wish I'd never fucking met you."

** When Natalie is talking to her old sponsor about why Travis is do important to her, Suze is flabbergasted that Natalie is being honest, since she has never witnessed it.

-->'''Jackie:'''Relationships are bullshit anyway. Trust me. Let's face facts, Nat's standards are pretty low.\\

* MortonsFork: Callie calls out her mother for cheating on her dad. Shauna feels that given that things in her marriage are bad (she suspects Jeff is cheating), Callie is being too judgmental:\\
->'''Shauna''': First you judge me for looking the other way, and now that I'm doing something about it... [[NotHelpingYourCase admittedly, not the best thing, not... just a bad thing, but fucking something]], okay, you're judging me even more.

->''"If I don't do this, we're... We're all gonna fucking starve."''

Everybody works on clearing a path for the plane to take off. Shauna is upset that Jackie had her tell everyone about her pregnancy before she was ready. But Jackie tells her that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo she had no choice]] and that what matters is the chance to get Shauna and her baby out of there. [[SugaryMalice "It's not really the time to be keeping secrets,"]] she tells Shauna, sounding very earnest.

Once the makeshift runway is ready, Laura Lee is set to go on her mission. Everybody hugs her good-bye and wishes her well, except for the Coach, who begs her one more time to not do it. But Laura Lee is more determined that ever to fly out and get help. She boards the plane and with her teddy bear Leonard as co-pilot, she gets the plane to take off while everybody cheers for her. At the shore, everybody watches her fly out over the lake. But without any warning, Leonard ignites and Laura Lee can only watch in horror as flames spread through the cockpit. With the group staring in horror, the airplane blows up into a giant fireball. Burning debris falls into the water to the sound of their screams.

Since the bank won't help her, Natalie attends a meeting of Narcotics Anonymous and corners Suze, one of her old sponsors who just happens to work at the bank. Suze is not happy to see her ("Oh, Jesus Christ, not you.") but Natalie gets her to agree to meet the next day. At a café Natalie compliments Suze on getting promoted at the bank. Suze wants to know why Natalie, who hasn't seen her in ten years, all of a sudden wants to see her. Natalie gets to the point. She really needs to talk to Suze about Travis, reminding her about him being in the plane crash with Natalie. And now that he is dead, Natalie thinks that the authorities' ruling it a suicide is wrong, and that she knows he would not kill himself. "Because he made me a promise. And when I was on the brink... he, um... He made me swear that I would never do that, and then... he promised me the same. And even though my words don't mean much... I-I know I'm a liar. He always kept his word. Always. I know he didn't kill himself." Suze finds herself believing that for once, Natalie is telling the truth. Natalie asks Suze to find out who closed Travis's bank account after his death. Suze refuses because disclosing personal financial information to an unauthorized party would get her fired. But Natalie was prepared for a refusal and goes for Plan B: blackmail. Suze can either give Natalie that information, or else Natalie will inform the bank about how the two of them used to sell customers' personal information to identity thieves to fund their drug habits. Since this is AnOfferYouCantRefuse, Suze ends up agreeing, telling but Natalie on her way out, "I wish I'd never fucking met you."

->'''Jackie:'''Relationships are bullshit anyway. Trust me. Let's face facts, Nat's standards are pretty low.\\

Since the bank won't help her, Natalie attends a meeting of Narcotics Anonymous and corners Suze, one of her old sponsors who just happens to work at the bank. Suze is not happy to see her ("Oh, Jesus Christ, not you.") but Natalie gets her to agree to meet the next day. At a café Natalie compliments Suze on getting promoted at the bank. Suze wants to know why Natalie, who hasn't seen her in ten years, all of a sudden wants to see her. Natalie gets to the point. She really needs to talk to Suze about Travis, reminding her about him being in the plane crash with Natalie. And now that he is dead, Natalie thinks that the authorities' ruling it a suicide is wrong, and that she knows he would not kill himself. "Because he made me a promise. And when I was on the brink... he, um... He made me swear that I would never do that, and then... he promised me the same. And even though my words don't mean much... I-I know I'm a liar. He always kept his word. Always. I know he didn't kill himself." Suze finds herself believing that for once, Natalie is telling the truth. Natalie asks Suze to find out who closed Travis's bank account after his death. Suze refuses because disclosing personal financial information to an unauthorized party would get her fired. But Natalie was prepared for a refusal and goes for Plan B: blackmail. Suze can either give Natalie that information, or else Natalie will inform the bank about how the two of them used to sell customers' personal information to identity thieves to fund their drug habits. Since this is AnOfferYouCantRefuse, Suze ends up agreeing, telling but Natalie on her way out, "I wish I'd never fucking met you."

'''1996'''

Van survives being attacked by wolves. The group splits up: Taissa stays with Van while the rest go back for help in bringing Van to the cabin. Once there, Van is subjected to RoadsideSurgery. The next morning, Laura Lee announces that she will fly out the plane they found and get help. Jackie announces Shauna is pregnant but chooses to shut down questions about who is the father. With Leonard (the teddy bear) in the passenger seat, Laura Lee actually takes off. However, Leonard catches fire. The plane explodes right in front of the survivors.

'''Present:'''

Natalie calls up Travis's bank to ask who emptied Travis's bank account after he died. Since she is a friend and not next of kin, they refuse to give her information. She then rages and tosses the phone, then breaks down sobbing, cursing at them and begging them to just help her.

Callie confronts her mother. She found Adam's wallet. She points out that he is an artist who does not promote his work in social media. Shauna calls Pratts, university Adam claimed to have attended, and realizes that he lied about attending their art program. She goes to his apartment and asks him point blank, "Who the fuck are you?"

!!Examples of tropes present in this episode
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Laura Lee uses a PrecisionFStrike when she talks about why she has to take on her mission of flying out and get help. This is the same girl who couldn’t bring herself to speak out loud the bad word she had called her piano teacher.
* WhamShot: The airplane exploding right above the lake.

Shauna calls the university Adam claimed to have attended and realizes that he lied about attending their art program. She goes to his apartment and asks him point blank, "Who the fuck are you?"

'''1996''' Van survives being attacked by wolves. The group splits up: Taissa stays with Van while the rest go back for help in bringing Van to the cabin. Once there, Van is subjected to RoadsideSurgery. The next morning, Laura Lee announces that she will fly out the plane they found and get help. Jackie chooses to announce Shauna is pregnant but chooses to shut down questions about who is the father. With Leonard (the teddy bear) in the passenger seat, she actually takes off. However, Leonard catches fire. The plane explodes right in front of the survivors.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The prim Laura Lee uses PrecisionFBombStrike when she talk about why she has to take on her mission of flying out and get help.