I was a little heartened by last week’s episode, but Episode 4 fell back into old, bad habits while simultaneously jumping the proverbial shark. Spoilers ahead.

The centerpiece is a trial in the woods in the 1990s. The girls, having now found Ben, elect to decide his fate by mimicking an episode “Law & Order.” They choose lawyers — Tai is the prosecutor and Misty is the defense — and fashion a makeshift courtroom.

In our recap, we review the big answers and new mysteries from Yellowjackets season three, episode four, "12 Angry Girls And 1 Drunk Travis."

I have to admit, this was a much better episode of Yellowjackets than I’ve come to expect from the show. The downward turn it took in Season 2 soured me to most of the characters and left a huge cloud of doubt hanging over everything.

In the third episode of this season of “Yellowjackets,” the Wilderness is playing mind games, but so are the girls. Which is worse? The fever dreams involving talking llamas and dangerous slap bracelets? Or the back-stabbing that comes with psychological manipulation? Honestly, it’s a toss up.

The fourth episode of Yellowjackets Season 3 reveals the terrible fate of a key character, so let's break it down scene by scene.