Van's Cruel Twist Of Fate In Yellowjackets Season 2 Episode 7

Understandably, Taissa doesn't know how to handle the news that the first love of her life is dying. "You know when someone says they have cancer but they say, 'but that's the best kind of cancer to have' or 'but they caught it really early?' It's not one of those times," Van told him. When Taissa finds a bottle of prescription painkillers in Van's medicine cabinet, Van throws them away, claiming they belonged to her mother before she died of cancer. Later, she takes them out of the trash. I should have known Van was lying, not about taking the pills, but about the cancer.

I also hid my pills when I didn't want people to know I was still sick.

Taissa's eyes are filled with tears as she tries to accept this information, but Van is very pleased with her reality. "See, I didn't want to have to see that face," she says before ordering Tai to "act normal" before spending time with the rest of the group at Lottie's compound. I imagine the scene packs a punch for those watching at home.

It was definitely for me, but it was less about Van having cancer and more about seeing her being so comfortable with it. Van accepted, processed, and some might even say she embraced her inevitability. She had time to sit down with it. For Taissa it's new and painful, but I don't blame Van for a second for not wanting to waste what little time she has holding someone's hand while they figure out how to deal with what's happening to them. . /em>.

Again, I should know. I went there.