The series follows a New Jersey high school girls' soccer team that travels to Seattle for a national tournament in 1996.
While flying over Canada, their plane crashes deep in the wilderness, and the surviving team members are left stranded for nineteen months.
In the episode, Shauna finds that she is investigated for Adam's disappearance, while Lottie tells Natalie about her meeting with Travis.
Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) is still haunted by Jackie's corpse (Ella Purnell), mocking her and reminding her that her food supplies are running out.
While sleepwalking, Taissa (Jasmin Savoy Brown) releases herself and almost falls off a cliff, only to be stopped by Van (Liv Hewson).
He left and gave her instructions in emptying his bank account, also getting her to help hang himself temporarily to confront the darkness, but a malfunction caused his death.
Kevyn (Alex Wyndham) visits Shauna (Melanie Lynskey), questioning her about her relationship with Adam as the investigation intensifies.
While trying to locate Natalie, Misty (Christina Ricci) is contacted by the anonymous Citizen Detective, offering to help her hack the security cameras.
Showrunner Ashley Lyle said it was time to finally address it, "There was a part of us that felt like there could be nothing more boring as storytellers than to have an entire season where the audience is just waiting for that to happen.
The site's consensus reads: "Marking a point of no return for the Yellowjackets, "Edible Complex" manages to horrify while remaining playful enough to not completely turn over viewers' stomaches.
Club gave the episode an "A" and wrote, "As both of Yellowjackets' timelines apply pressure and squeeze, adolescence and adulthood begin slipping into one, and two very different ways of life start looking interchangeable.
For as much horror as the survivors have already experienced, co-showrunner Jonathan Lisco has already advised strapping in: Cannibalism is just the tip of the iceberg.
"[6] Erin Qualey of Vulture gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Yellowjackets has been dangling the possibility of cannibalism since day one, but there's an ocean of difference between ritual sacrifice and simple survival.
"[8] Bernard Boo of Den of Geek gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "In less capable hands, the visions of horror the show presents every week would be much harder to stomach, or worse, easily dismissible as silly or unbelievable.
"[11] Cade Taylor of Telltale TV gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "After spending the majority of Season One asking when we'll see the group resort to the inevitable, the writers have found a ghastly yet non-sinister way to portray the action.
At the same time, this is a nightmare-inducing episode; no matter how vague the supernatural elements remain, they are thoroughly creepy in a way that itches the bones.
"[13] Brittney Bender of Bleeding Cool gave the episode a perfect 10 out of 10 rating and wrote, "Showtime's Yellowjackets S02E02 "Edible Complex" was a wild journey through the decay of sanity in the wilderness that resulted in one of the series' most powerful scenes yet.