This one Yellowjackets Season 1 finale sequence doesn't add up to Mari's fate in the third chapter

Showtime's fan-favorite thriller drama Yellowjackets recently concluded its third season with an intense episode titled 'Full Circle' that has left all the possibilities open for the show to have a fourth chapter. With solid RT numbers and positive audience as well as critic reviews, the survival drama piece remains at one of the top trending spots, not to mention how fan theories and explanations keep coming up.

One such potentital point of discussion is the character Mari Ibarra (portrayed by Alexa Barajas) who succumbs to wilderness in Yellowjackets Season 3 finale as a result of an unfortunate draw of cards - quite some manipulation. However, now that her fate has been confirmed in the third season, Mari's absence from a particular Season 1 sequence at the school leaves a lot of questions about her existence timeline. Follow this article to learn more about what went down with Mari Ibarra.

Mari was not seen in the school reunion video in the Yellowjackets Season 1 finale

The obvious question that comes to mind here - why was Mari not there in the renuion video in Yellowjackets Season 1 finale? To find a possible answer to this, let's roll back to the end of the first chapter where the 1996 timeline shows that Jackie Taylor (played by Ella Purnell) has lost her life after going out in the wilderness of snow at night - a result of a confrontation she had with Shauna over her affair with Jeff.

The untimely and quite unfortunate death of Jackie leaves the character in the limelight, not to mention how the (present-day timeline's) school reunion party plays a clip in memory of everyone's beloved Jackie. Now, from Mari's point of view, she was not as popular a face as Jackie, given the fact that the latter was the one to lead the soccer team and also had other prominent engagements in school.

But, now that we know that Mari has also been a victim of the wilderness, it would have been logical to commemmorate her as well alongside the other deceased students. So, one plausible explanation can be an age gap between Shauna and Mari when the unfortunate aircraft crash took place- to be precise, Mari was actually a junior in school.

Also, the reunion sequence in the Season 1 finale featuring the 'in-memory-of' video may be mostly centered on the batch (including Shauna, Misty, Taissa & Natalie) that graduated 25 years back. And given the above explanation is valid, Mari was not from the same graduating class and hence not in the same video (even though she was a part of the crash and eventually lost her life while trying to survive the wilderness).

Not only this, but viewers also learn that Mari Ibarra is actually the 'Pit Girl' and a deep-rooted mystery that we came across in the pilot episode of Yellowjackets Season 3 is eventually unfolded following her tragic death in the series finale. When a card game (meant to target newbie Hannah) goes awry, Mari Ibarra draws the Queen of Hearts leading to a dangerous hunt that land hers in a pit lined with spikes.

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