Hive Mind: Speculation

[peachmangosteen]

On 4/4/2025 at 3:12 AM, BitterApple said:

I'm guessing we're getting Pit Girl in the finale? 

I don't think it'll be the one from the pilot. They were in much more elaborate garb then, weren't they?

 

[Wicked]

I keep expecting a Lost "we have to go back" moment

[Anela]

On 4/5/2025 at 9:06 AM, Wicked said:

I keep expecting a Lost "we have to go back" moment

I was hoping they wouldn't go there, but they probably will. I didn't think they would have a current-day hunt, but they did. Sort of. 

I was on reddit again, and I find it funny that I've never cared who the Antler Queen is, but I've always wondered about Pit Girl. She was the hook. Other people don't care about Pit Girl, but are always trying to guess who the Antler Queen is. 

[peachmangosteen]

I never cared about the identity of either. I just feel like they're both pretty much irrelevant but we'll have to see how it all shakes out.

At this point, I think Shauna is probably Antler Queen. I don't know if that was the original plan though. I feel like they've made some big adjustments with Juliette leaving and then I just feel like the original plan wasn't to kill Lottie off so soon either.

It feels almost inevitable that Pit Girl is Hannah to me. But it could just be Mari, Gen, or the other random crying girl they have been showing a bit more this season.

Part of the reason I haven't cared about Pit Girl is because I just assumed they killed all the girls that way so her actual identity doesn't really matter; it was just to show how far gone they become.

 

Edited April 7 by peachmangosteen

[Anela]

1 hour ago, peachmangosteen said:

I never cared about the identity of either. I just feel like they're both pretty much irrelevant but we'll have to see how it all shakes out.

At this point, I think Shauna is probably Antler Queen. I don't know if that was the original plan though. I feel like they've made some big adjustments with Juliette leaving and then I just feel like the original plan wasn't to kill Lottie off so soon either.

It feel almost inevitable that Pit Girl is Hannah to me. But it could just be Mari, Gen, or the other random crying girl they have been showing a bit more this season.

Part of the reason I haven't cared about Pit Girl is because I just assumed they killed all the girls that way so her actual identity doesn't really matter; it was just to show how far gone they become.

 

She was to draw people in, like Drew Barrymore in Scream.  

[BitterApple]

I guess it's fun to speculate, but I agree with all the above. Pit Girl and Antler Queen were never meant to be big reveals. The former is either Gen, Robyn, Mari or Hannah and the latter could be anyone. The leadership role has changed multiple times since they crashed in the Wilderness. It's probably Shauna, given they don't have much time left in the woods. 

I'm actually more interested in the practical stuff. How do they do the body cleanup? How will they hash out their cover story and how the heck do they actually get rescued? In S1, Adult Tai and Adult Shauna imply that it's because of Natalie, so I'm excited to see that play out. 

[peachmangosteen]

Yea, I’m ready for the rescue to happen because that’s something we really know nothing about. 

I don’t see how they could kill the remaining 5 or whatever girls in the finale but I kinda hope they somehow do it so we can move on to the recuse next season.

[Anela]

I still want to know who pit girl is.  I just wasn’t expecting Travis to be the one to make it.  

[peachmangosteen]

14 minutes ago, BitterApple said:

How do they do the body cleanup?

I assume they are just gonna eat everyone now lol so no bodies to clean up. How they’re gonna explain why so many of the girls plus Ben and Javi’s bodies just disappeared though I have no idea.

I don’t know how they’d figure out a story and get it together if they just happen to get rescued so I guess maybe Natalie will leave alone to find someone or fix the phone and give them time to figure that out. But that doesn’t really make sense to me either. 

5 minutes ago, Anela said:

I still want to know who pit girl is.  I just wasn’t expecting Travis to be the one to make it.  

That made me be like wait Travis just made that in like 20 minutes to try to trick Lottie? That feels so unbelievable but then everything does so it tracks lol. 

Edited April 7 by peachmangosteen

[BitterApple]

1 minute ago, peachmangosteen said:

 

I don’t see how they could kill the remaining 5 or whatever girls in the finale but I kinda hope they somehow do it so we can move on to the recuse next season.

Same. At this point the cannibalism has lost the shock value. The two background girls barely have any lines, so their deaths will be even more forgettable than Krystal's. We know Hannah dies, so the only two fates I'm invested in are Akilah and Mari. Gen, I don't care about either way. 

Just now, peachmangosteen said:

I assume they are just gonna eat everyone now lol so no bodies to clean up. How they’re go explain how so many of the girls bodies just disappeared though I have no idea.

I should've said the bone clean-up, sorry. The bones would show cut and teeth marks. I'm assuming they'd have to get rid of them somehow in case the family members wanted remains. 

[peachmangosteen]

Good point. Honestly it’s a lot so I feel they might just gloss over it like they did with the girls building a village and starting a farm in a month or whatever.

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We know Hannah dies, so the only two fates I'm invested in are Akilah and Mari. 

It would be absolutely ridiculous and stupid but most of the show is so I don’t care, I want them both to survive lol.

[Thalia]

I know the show is set up to show us what happened in the wilderness and how it led to the present day.  They may not have planned to show us what happened in the months after they return to NJ.   But as time passes and, as @BitterApple said, the shock value of the cannibalism and murders lessens, I've become more interested in seeing how 1) are rescued; 2) how and why they explain what has happened over the past 18 months, including how everyone else died; AND, 3) what the heck happens in their first few months back. 

How do they handle their families?  How do they react to the families of those they killed and noshed upon ("I believe I could take a second helping there, Van!).  We've seen Lottie's parents, but I'm particularly interested in seeing Ben's lover, Jeff, and whatever decision the YJs made at some point to separate from each other.   It seemed like they were consciously staying apart up until the part the blackmail started in season one.  

[AstridM]

14 hours ago, Anela said:

I was hoping they wouldn't go there, but they probably will. I didn't think they would have a current-day hunt, but they did. Sort of. 

I was on reddit again, and I find it funny that I've never cared who the Antler Queen is, but I've always wondered about Pit Girl. She was the hook. Other people don't care about Pit Girl, but are always trying to guess who the Antler Queen is. 

Mention of either of those things makes me want to beat my own head against the wall repeatedly 😂. Make. It. Fucking. Stop.

[peachmangosteen]

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Edited April 7 by peachmangosteen

[JasonCC]

I tend to agree with the above that the Antler Queen and Pit Girl were more meant to show how far these descended. The animal masks, etc were all creepy as fuck. It wasn't necessarily a mystery but a teaser that "this is going to get twisted and DARK" if that makes sense. Not a guessing game or whodonit.

I do speculate how they trim down the 90s cast. Akilah doesn't seem like she wants to stay at all and is wising up about all the Wilderness supernatural stuff. For one hot second I thought maybe she stays with one or two of the background girls (Gen, Robin, Britt)

The ante now is a bit more the rescue logistics and the early integration into regular society.

Sophie Thatcher deserves an Emmy nom from the latest episode. That scene crying as the first snow fell? I cried too.

Edited April 8 by JasonCC

[Anela]

I'm about to watch. My wireless headphones that connected to my TV broke, but I have headphones that I can plug into my Roku remote, so I can watch now. 

I did see that one prediction about who killed Lottie, was right. 

[Brn2bwild]

This is out there, but does anyone think it would have been cool to see Jackie live and see how being in the wilderness changed her? I could see Jackie becoming hardened, but at the same time maintaining her moral compass and maybe eventually aligning with Nat in the sane/anti It camp.

[sistermagpie]

23 hours ago, Brn2bwild said:

This is out there, but does anyone think it would have been cool to see Jackie live and see how being in the wilderness changed her? I could see Jackie becoming hardened, but at the same time maintaining her moral compass and maybe eventually aligning with Nat in the sane/anti It camp.

There have been people asking for that practically since the show started. 

[AstridM]

19 hours ago, sistermagpie said:

There have been people asking for that practically since the show started. 

Definitely not me, lol.