Melissa wonders aloud if the deaths of the baby and (presumably) Crystal will now bring them something good.

The concept of death potentially paying for life is explored via Gen and Melissa, the once-peripheral characters who have now become a de facto Greek chorus in the wilderness. Just like there are stages of grief, this song underscores that there are also stages of life, and both the video and the intense lyrics affirm that life is a cycle of give-and-take that isn’t often fair, but everything balances out in the end. The music video for the song focuses on a woman giving birth with an angel hovering nearby and another woman dying at the same time. “Lightning Crashes” was released in 1994, so it was a cultural touchstone for the Yellowjackets before the crash. Yet, while Nirvana sets the solemn tone for this moment, the themes of “Lightning Crashes” by Live - yet another stellar ‘90s needle drop that comes later in the episode - provide a narrative backbone writ large. As the snowstorm rages on outside, the group hunkers down, unable to escape the aura of unimaginable grief that saturates the air inside the cabin. The episode begins with a chilling Nirvana needle drop as “Something in the Way” plays over the direct aftermath of the baby’s death. However, directly on the heels of the devastating loss of Shauna’s baby after “ Qui,” Shauna is moving through the stages in a textbook manner as she’s shifted from a state of denial to straight-up rage. For most people, these phases do not occur in any specific order, and individuals can cycle through each emotional state more than once. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, there are five stages of grief: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. “Burial” is available to stream now via Showtime Anytime it will make its Showtime network premiere on Sunday, May 14, at 9 p.m. Photo: Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME/Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME

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