The season 2 premiere of Yellowjackets on Showtime was a good one for Shauna’s husband, Jeff, delivering funny lines and moments including a Papa Roach needle drop and a classic dad joke.
In the first season of Yellowjackets, by far the funniest moment emerged suddenly out of a moment of tension. As Shauna tearfully confesses to her husband Jeff that she has not in fact been going to a book club, but rather cheating on him with Adam, a man she recently met, Jeff (Warren Kole) responds incredulously and logically: “What?! There’s no book club?”
It’s a great example of the delicate tonal balances in Yellowjackets, and part of what makes the show so good; in the middle of an emotional scene, with both actors either crying or on the verge of tears, there’s a line (and line delivery) so perfect that it forces you to laugh out loud.
And Jeff is back at it again in season 2, only one episode in.
[Ed. note: Spoilers follow for the premiere of Yellowjackets season 2.]
A little more than halfway through the episode, Jeff and Shauna team up to destroy the many, many paintings and drawings Adam had of her in his art studio.
