9.5/10 — one of the season’s best, leaving you emotionally drained and desperate for the next episode.

Ultimately, "Qui" is an episode about the theft of agency. Javi has no agency in his death; he is a sacrifice to the group's hunger. Kevyn has his agency stolen by a blow to the head, a sacrifice to the group's secrets. The episode posits that survival in the world of Yellowjackets is a zero-sum game. For the group to continue, someone must be consumed. By the end of the episode, the barrier between the civilized past and the cannibalistic future has been torn down. The girls have eaten, the adults have silenced the truth, and the audience is left to reckon with the terrifying reality that the true horror isn't the monster in the woods, but the people sitting around the fire.

As the episode progresses, we see more flashbacks of the survivors' time in the wilderness. The group's behavior becomes increasingly erratic and disturbing as they struggle to survive.