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, Natalie and Misty visit Travis for questioning, while Taissa is concerned over Sammy's behavior.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.210 million household viewers and gained a 0.03 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
The episode received highly positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances, tone and editing.
Taissa (Jasmin Savoy Brown) finds a lake a few miles away, and convinces the survivors to march, hoping it will lead to civilization.
Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) follows Jeff (Warren Kole) after he leaves the furniture store, arriving at a hotel.
Suddenly, Taissa finds that Sammi (Aiden Stoxx) has become violent and attacked a classmate at a playground.
[2] This was a 25% increase in viewership from the previous episode, which was watched by 0.168 million viewers, earning a 0.02 in the 18-49 rating demographics.
Club gave the episode a "B" and wrote, "So much of Yellowjackets seemed set to deal with trauma, the ongoing nightmare that the girls, now women, are still trapped in, even decades after the crash.
But more the third episode, “Welcome To The Dollhouse” introduces us to the trauma they entered the woods with — in Taissa's case, it's something terrible that seems to have been haunting every stage of her life.
The blend of horror, grief, and weirdly appropriate comedic moments gave this one the push it needed to rank as another excellent chapter in a truly fascinating series.