While flying over Canada, their plane crashes deep in the wilderness, and the surviving team members are left stranded for nineteen months.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.143 million household viewers and gained a 0.03 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
During this, Ben (Steven Krueger) discovers that a secluded Javi (Luciano Leroux) has been drawing a tree with a strange symbol.
Lottie (Courtney Eaton) is still recovering from Shauna's beating, and tells Misty (Sammi Hanratty) that if she dies, she does not want them to waste her body as they are running out of food.
Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) tells the group that the police found Adam's body, and that Jeff (Warren Kole) already knows, frustrating Misty (Christina Ricci) as she did not follow her plan.
With the body, Kevyn (Alex Wyndham) and Matt (John Reynolds) obtain a search warrant to check her house.
After Taissa apologizes for starting their problems, Lottie (Simone Kessell) explains that they have a greater purpose for their reunion, referring to "it" as wanting something from them.
Club gave the episode an "A" and wrote, "When everyone has an equal(ish) hand in carrying the crazy train, no one has to stand in the spotlight on judgment day.
But as season two moves into its back half, the jig in both timelines is mercilessly up; and the greater the pressure on the survivors to make hard decisions with their own bare hands, the stronger the pull to leave life, death, and justice up to the wilderness.
Hunger will do funky things to the body's major organs before everything goes into full shut-down mode, so everyone in the cabin is literally losing their minds as they slowly starve to death.
"[7] Proma Khosla of IndieWire gave the episode an "A–" and wrote, "This was not how anyone intended the sacrifice to go, but the chase and the ferocity change it forever.
It's might not be what adult Lottie means to invoke when she hands out a poisoned beverage in the future, but surely the others feel it too; The violence of the hunt feeds just as much as the spoils.
"[10] Coleman Spilde of The Daily Beast wrote, "“It Chooses” was outstanding enough to defer my suspicions past next week's finale, and into Season 3.
This season desperately needed something other than the inevitable cannibalistic feast of Jackie in its first half to quell my disappointments, and this harrowing hunting sequence certainly did the trick.
Full of brilliant editing choices and superb acting from the entire cast, this is an episode worthy of every ounce of praise it will likely receive.