Silo Season 2 Episode 10 Breakdown | Ending Explained

[@heartofdawn2341]

That scene where there's a long shot of Bernard looking shellshocked while all the vents loom large on the wall behind him was very well done. It really showed how small and powerless he actually is in the face of the Silo itself.

[@karimkenawy8353]

I had to double check it was still Silo at the end. 😅

[@jguo52]

Same. I also wondered if this was real time with what was happening in the Silo, like only Georgia has the silos and the rest of the country was fine and watching the Truman silos. It took me quite a while to orient myself in the timeline.

[@fabayoazore7508]

Me too

[@patrickjeffers7864]

Yo I was like "wait, what's this new series??" 😅

[@peant5811]

@@jguo52 I went through the EXACT same thought process, losing my mind at the end lol

[@GiacaloneSalvatore]

Same. Thought apple was playing games again.

[@henryblackburn3031]

I think the scariest thing about this series is that the scenario is actually realistically possible. Nuclear fallout, only human society is living underground, AI controls everything. This series has given me chills throughout. Bring on S3!

[@dffndjdjd]

No it isn’t actually. If I asked you how many nuclear bombs have been blown up on the earth’s surface, you’d say 2 right? No, when testing is added in, it’s over 500, and almost all of them many times more powerful than those dropped on Japan. Are you living with daily radiation? Nope. There’s only maybe 4x that many warheads possible from every ICBM on the planet. They could destroy cities, destroy economies, cause famine and chaos. But radiation isn’t one of the long term issues. Plus h bombs produce less lingering radiation than early bombs but are overall more destructive. Does this mean nuclear war is okay? No, but it’s certainly not a literal end of the world jsut a figurative one. We probably couldn’t even put a dent into life on this planet no matter how hard we tried. That said, it’s common to see this trope in fiction, but it’s actually not true. I think N.G. Tyson did a video on it

[@ragnarocka6070]

No , just wait for season 3

[@traww6176]

No​@@ragnarocka6070

[@johnmonk66]

ah...nope, everything you are thinking is wrong, lol. hint? in the end when it shows the past they said a dirty bomb, in other words small nuke, went off. but when he asks the doorman in the city where it went off if the radiation detector EVER saw radiation, the guy says NEVER it was not a dirty bomb, it was another type of weapon

[@robertbradbury7921]

@@johnmonk66 right , the nanobites

[@chriswillis7154]

Her level of empathy for the characters in the other silo is crucial. She didn't judge, write off, or condemn those people but helped to give them empathetic perspective which saved them. Empathy will save the world.

[@GiovanniWerneck]

I think Jules’ response to Jimmy (Solo) about going back to Silo 17 was phenomenal writing. Fantastic way to say “I don’t know”, without the bitter part.

[@ericherrera6653]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!!! Lets gooo. Happy finale day pete!!!

[@mr.duanesharpe]

Oh

[@chrisrodriguez3978]

me tooooooo!

[@vinnieharper]

Likewise.

[@Ach7ven]

Sam darnold crushed my dreams. In JJMC we trust

[@Kzx828]

😎✊🏽

[@scpatl4now]

Interesting tidbit at the end...the Congressman represents Georgia's 15th district. I am a Georgia resident and we only have 14 districts, so that tells you it's in the future.

[@paulytetris8306]

It’s not the future, in the books the founders silo has cryogenic chambers that allow certain people there to sleep for hundreds of years… which means Donald can still be alive in the same time frame as Juliette

[@ross-carlson]

From Georgia as well - I was just happy to see a politician from Georgia who isn't an insane right wing nutjob. Though that would have been very accurate given the people around here...

[@natecaplin4374]

Book 2 Shift is set in different time periods but earliest of them which is consistent with show’s ending scene with Congressman (Donald) and Helen is 2049.

[@josephvanwyk2088]

Oh - that crap completely flew over our heads - internationally. Such poor writing.

[@Critical-Thinker895]

@@ross-carlson I'm glad we don't have any Far-Left Anarchists in here. The comment section would get a bad name. Those people are in the minority but they still don't believe it.

[@SilverScale.]

The only thing I didn't like in the finale was that the ONLY full doctor in the silo blows himself up. First of all, how is there only one full doctor to 10K ppl in a silo. Second, that person is allowed to just blow himself up like this? Makes no sense.

[@stupidminotaur9735]

we have seen more doctors i think? theres doctor on lower levels

[@iphone_4s]

@@stupidminotaur9735 tbh they make it out as if there is like maybe 4-10 doctors for entire silo so kinda like 1-2 doctors for each thousand people. Julietts father was the head doctor i believe so he wouldve had a shadow or previous shadows (this is guess but maybe he trained 1-2 doctors in his life.) and we saw a trainee doctor during season 2 and i think 2 seperate medical doctors in season 1

[@johnmonk66]

allowed to blow himself up? is he a slave?

[@PetePeppers1]

He's not the only doctor. They brought him to the Down Deep because the one there had been visiting family and got stuck above the barricade. There should be several others.

[@estherkitabire8609]

THEY ABSOLUTELY NAILED THE LANDING...One of the best finales I've seen in so long! Feel like they trusted us their audience with extra tidbits--i.e. the Bernard-Juliet convo, the pre-silo scene(anyone else get immediate whiplash at that point?)...i pray by some miracle we can get next season next year but genuinely so satisfied with the acting and storyline this season!

[@tagalilly]

1,000%😃

[@natecaplin4374]

Yes! Book reader here…. Nailed the DC scene which was appropriately mind blowing and jarring and opens up so many unknowns if you’re just hearing the story for the first time with the show.

[@Turplemaple6318]

Disappointed that it didn't start from Kyle's interaction with the algorithm, wasn't it the cliffhanger from last episode?

[@mr_daihatsu]

It was one of the best season final I have ever seen. I literally paused with 9mins left to clap for 3mins. So amazing. Great job

[@KaoukabiJaouad]

You made a mistake at 14:00 when Juliette was on the top of the hill and everyone was astonished/spooked for some like they saw a ghost, the burst in joy was before she showed the message"it isn't safe out there" It is one of the big cliffhangers of the series, we didn't see what they were thinking about here message, + the biggest cliffhanger at the end, are they alive both(in the fire decontamination chamber), or just her because she had a firefighter suit, and also the last one which why the algorithm chose Camille and not her son also, her husband you could make theories for it, but both the husband and his son, that is weird, great breakdown it is just sad we have to wait another 2 years to have the third season.

[@dffndjdjd]

Show is currently filming season 3

[@KaoukabiJaouad]

@@dffndjdjd Thanks for the good info, hope it will start airing next year, long but it's worth the wait.

[@dffndjdjd]

Yeah the issue with this show was the first season needed to see how viewers reacted to it before they pulled the trigger on another season. Did they watch it? Did they stop watching it and never finish, etc? Then with this season, they authorized scripts and pre production before it aired, meaning the studio was betting it would be better received than the first season having slowly built an audience. And I’m guessing that was confirmed since they went ahead and extended it after the first episode aired

[@conors4430]

This season was a hard watch. I was very very very close to throwing the towel in because of the amount of filler, but I have to say, they have nailed it with the last couple of episodes. And especially with the real world reveal at the end. As somebody has read the books, I was wondering when this stuff was going to come in and how it would be Integrated, also, while I knew where the end of the season was going, again, they changed just enough to keep me as a book reader on my toes about what exactly was happening because it wasn’t identical. I just really hope they can avoid the nonsensical filler going forward.

[@jimjeremiah3388]

Seems the most reasonable origin for the Silo - to build 51 of them in my head canon is "one for every state", "built with government contractors", and "DC silo is the control silo".

[@jamesbrown9057]

Nice

[@mr.duanesharpe]

You know what’s funny about all of this. Only one suit. Imagine if there were two and Hope went with her. What an impact huh.

[@dffndjdjd]

ah fr. Would be a great change from the books. Tbh the books have a great premise and some great characters but the mystery is mostly solved by book2 and the rest is frankly a below average drama, so wouldn’t mind some surprising changes from the books, they could use it.

[@federicomarintuc]

Was expecting this. They somehow find a working suit and bring Hope into 18 as proof there are other silos. I imagine a firefighter suit would be enough to convince the people of 18 there are other silos with people alive out there

[@josephvanwyk2088]

Yeah - the writing is quite dumb in this season. I think they fired the 1st season writers.

[@DiogoNevesDN]

That would've been great, a true twist to the people in her silo

[@iphone_4s]

i was highly expecting this too! but seeing how season 2 ends i think, juliette wearing the improvised protection/fire fighter suit might protect her in decotamination room (works by burning all gas/oxygen in room then sterilising with heat from flames being burned from flammable gas) that spare suit in other silo had holes and was falling apart just from sitting in a bag for 11-13 years soo i wonder how fireproof the cleaning suits are??. all we know is julietta and bernard jumped on floor of sanitation/decotanimation room and heat rises but still its gonna be hella hot in there and well.... Bernard isnt wearing a fire fighter suit made from hard leather/material compared to his protective/cloth cleaning suit. I wonder whos gonna shish kebab first in season 3 :3

[@markburns4497]

I thought the pacing was off on the show, too much spinning of wheels early but episodes 9 & 10 paid off. Wish they had bumped up those events and dove into them deeper and not have had it as rushed. Great ending to introduce how the book story continues.

[@dffndjdjd]

Yeah these decisions make no sense for me. They draw out the most boring parts of the story and gloss over the payoffs

[@damanibarnes6792]

@@markburns4497 they're following the books. There wasn't much that happened after this that wouldn't go into the next book. I get what you're saying though

[@Hobodeluxe007]

Gonna go out on a limb here. I think that Pez dispenser that the kid carried into the legacy room might have changed the mind of the guy behind the voice. It reminded him of someone.

[@ross-carlson]

There is no "guy" behind the voice, it's an AI.

[@natecaplin4374]

cute. I hadn’t thought about that but you’re right. And obviously you read the books and know who the voice is and why that would matter to him.

[@jamesbrown9057]

Huh

[@jamesbrown9057]

​@ross-carlson i dont agree

[@jamesgoddard2321]

Nice observation there. I read the books and missed that on first viewing.

[@natecaplin4374]

As a book reader worried about whether the show would faithfully cover the second book, Shift, I literally shouted out alone “Hell Yeah!” as the DC scene started…. This is nearly exactly how I hoped they would end the finale, though I had speculated they might tease with Donald (it’s not Daniel, by the way, as you mistakenly said in video) the congressman waking up from cryosleep for his first shift in Silo 1. This is just as good, though. Crucially in the book, Jules doesn’t know it’s not Lucas but Bernard because he is wearing a standard cleaning suit with the silver screen inside not a clear one made specifically for the IT head, because it’s the suit that they were going to send Lucas out to clean in. Jules only realizes its Bernard when he refuses to be saved and the fires start to burn off Bernard’s suit to reveal who is inside, no words are exchanged between them, and once she realizes this, Jules has not pity for Bernard and just tries to save herself with the fire blanket she had brought with her from Silo 17 (though in show, she conveniently had to scavenge a firefighter suit to wear to go outside, which will serve the same purpose, as the show was setup not for her to bring fire protection on purpose as she didn’t come over to save Lucas but to stop a war inside. The whole war thing is more about the show deciding to to include a lot more from Book 2 Shift in season 2 of the show by showing and telling a lot of Silo 17’s and Solo/Jimmy’s backstory, which the books save entirely for Shift. It’s so weird how the show chose to have Jules and Bernard end up in the same place at the very end as the book (in the air lock with the fire) but for entirely different motivations and with entirely different intended outcomes. In book Lucas never quits, had been secretly communicating with Jules in Silo 17 over the radio, gets discovered by Bernard and sentenced by him to clean, causing Jules to rush back to Silo 18 to save Lucas when he will be sent out, but finds Bernard sulking in the airlock choosing to commit suicide by fire instead of going out because Sheriff had betrayed him at the end and switched Bernard for Lucas for the cleaning. Also weird that the show has put Sims’ wife in charge instead. In books, Lucas stays IT head after the events of first book. Nevertheless, I’m sure there’s a reason, but wonder whether it’s more about Hugh Howie wanted to have a second crack at rewriting the story better or more about TV adaptation storytelling efficiency? Who knows.

[@TokyoSwan.]

Never read the books, not super happy seeing Bernard dies right when his character arc becomes incredibly interesting. Episode was great, wish we had two separate episodes for each story line ending.

[@revzydoe]

Don’t be so quick to think he’s dead

[@red10085]

He is not dead. She jump on him😂

[@puertogreekn8675]

Tv rule 101 - if you don't see them dead and buried they are still alive.

[@yoruneko34]

If Tim Robbin’s dies it’s not gonna be offscreen

[@splayzer]

@@puertogreekn8675 This scene was their version of "Glenn goes under the dumpster and somehow survives". Which is concerning, since TWD went totally downhill after it.

[@christophercosta8269]

This is literally the only review of the season I have been waiting for

[@nadia-hopeadderley8986]

I thought I pressed the remote at the end...so unexpected!

[@starks1974]

Kept waiting for you video to drop! What a crazy cliff hanger and wanting more! I think she did jump on Tim Robbins and not seeing anything else listed for upcoming projects on IMDB, thus would assume he is part of next season.

[@Vilakazi]

Absolutely great season overall. Those that didn't like it lacked discipline.

[@dffndjdjd]

No, we just don’t like studio filler. This entire story thus far could have easily been told in one season and had an amazing and engaging pace. It’s not that we don’t have patience, it’s just we know when we’re being jerked around

[@jamesgoddard2321]

I agree. This is a great adaptation of a really interesting SciFi trilogy. Apple pulled out all the stops and it shows. If they moved up the pace they would need to cut some storylines, of which there about a dozen or more. I’m very much impressed.

[@jasoncox9883]

Love this show. My son brought the books for me as a Christmas present. Just started reading them.

[@tagalilly]

This is how you do a Finale, Brava!!!

[@claudiogallucci563]

Great job like always pete .. see u in severance season 2 videos

[@TobeWilsonNetwork]

I was *HOOTING AND HOLLERING* all episode! What a journey

[@inverseremixer]

Why do you think Lukas et al are acting like “it’s too late”? Did they confirm that the poison pipe will be opened? If so, why whisper? It doesn’t seem like Lukas meeting the algorithm necessarily meant the pipe will be opened. It didn’t mean that when Salvador Quinn or Meadows met the algorithm. I’m just trying to understand why “it doesn’t matter” or “go see IT while you still can.” Love love the breakdown of all the different series!

[@dffndjdjd]

Yeah I don’t see what happened there either. Did we miss something?

[@johnmonk66]

if they opened the door, then the gas would be pumped remember Solo said his people did not die when they first went out, only later, seems like the gas can be pumped outside? it surely was not pumped inside as many inside survived, that how the kids are alive

[@inverseremixer]

@ Good point thx. I’ve been thinking about the pumping of gas outside as well - separately from the pipe inside. So you think Lukas’s comments were from the POV of someone who assumed the rebellion would force the upper door open and the poison pipe inside would eventually be opened and/or the “pipe” outside would be opened.

[@ScuzzMB]

Another great analysis, Pete. Keep up the awesome content!

[@MAYK1NG]

As always - you’re the Best Pete!

[@AryaMh]

What did Lukas Kyle really see down there? What was there? it has to be more than just the safeguard procedure.

[@LovethisNation]

Correct. It wasn’t just the safeguard procedure that he knew already. They told him who were in control and that they controlled everything. There’s more to it that they didn’t want to reveal as well

[@dffndjdjd]

It’s a tunnel and door leading somewhere, likely the nearest silo, but it’s actively guarded. We don’t know what was all said in that conversation, but he didn’t see anything else.

[@dude-man]

thanx for not having a spoiler thumbnail 😎👍

[@anthonyvankirk2470]

Overall I thought the first season was stronger than the 2nd season but the 2nd season ended strong and pays off a lot of story lines. Is the 2nd season perfect? No. Is it deserving of the 58% rating on RT? No. I think it lands in between for me. I always knew it was going to be difficult to replicate what the first season did based on the source material with the story lines being separate. But that moment when Juliet walks over the hill made me feel something

[@alexanderhorner]

Good video but I didn't like that you effectively told us that Bernard died in the books

[@BrysonRyenn]

This episode didn't disappoint! I enjoyed every moment of this finale especially Juliet's return to her silo and Bernard's astonishment

[@moonknight4977]

So does that mean Holston and Allison died from the poisonus gas contaminanted by the algorithm? since we saw that people in silo 17 had no problems getting upwards to the surface before the “poisonous gas” killed them all.

[@isaacho8230]

I think they might have two storylines in the next season with one in the past explaining how the Silos came to be and one at the present where Juliet continues to uncover the truth and have the two plots meet in between

[@Jessletsgetit]

Honestly felt like it was a pretty satisfying finale. Will be happily waiting for season 3 😊

[@awanishsingh5223]

In the end i had to recheck if I am still watching Silo 😂😂

[@jakehill6418]

i wish you would make videos for fellow book readers discussing things like similarities and changes, you could clearly label them to avoid spoilers. there's much I would be interested in hearing your point of veiw on / would love to discuss with other book readers.

[@natecaplin4374]

Me too. It’s fascinating how much the show has changed and would be interesting to speculate on to what end?

[@Himball]

I’m sure there are many content creatures out there who talks about the book and the series together you just have to find them. I was gonna go into the book but I don’t know where to start and I don’t want to spoil it for myself by accidentally reading the wrong book

[@themightiestpierre]

It was so obvious that Walker was deceiving Bernard, it would actually have been more of a surprise if he hadn't been fooled.

[@LuL706]

I cant fucking wait for the Donald storyline! LETS GOOOO

[@MissLalwen]

So, with all the changes from the books in adapting book one into seasons 1 and especially 2... Do you think they'll still adapt the romance between Jules and Lukas to the screen or is that just off the table? I mean, in the book she literally risks dying in that fire in the end to save Lukas because she loves him. But on the show they have not interacted at all outside the cafeteria.

[@angiebates4360]

Daniel threw a magazine down in the restaurant…to me it looked like the front cover had someone in a yellow space suit very similar to the one jules was wearing 🧐

[@ross-carlson]

I actually thought it might be the Georgia travel guide book.

[@jguo52]

Thanks for the summary Pete. Been waiting for you. I most enjoyed Juliette’s blow up towards Audrey. I can now patiently wait for Season 3 knowing Audrey’s finally been put to her place 😂

[@samserious1337]

I bet Rebecca Fergusson is the reason for a lot of celebrity crushes after this series

[@danielbrstak5730]

I can't.even imagine Silo without her. She is exactly like in the book.

[@louididdy]

“I know the who, not the why.” -Bernard Who are the “who” that he knows?

[@TylerJenningsTV]

Pretty sure he's talking about the "Algorithm" or AI that's in the vault and speaks with Lukas Kyle.

[@inverseremixer]

I think that’s a fair assumption too. Even if IT Admins knew the names of specific people, they wouldn’t know their motivations. So the “they” might as well be the algorithm for now.

[@dffndjdjd]

Pretty sure he’s talking about the 51st vault. Remember he correct Lucas that it’s “actually 51” implying there’s a control vault.

[@LovethisNation]

He didn’t mean one person

[@danielbrstak5730]

Bernard knows ten times more than others and others know zero :) Only few people in silo 1 which remember world before apocalypse know truth.

[@CorrieDouse]

Back in December is wild tho

[@clarkkent7973]

I didn't feel like the conclusion of Season 2 was as satisfying as Season 1. Things felt very unresolved.

[@jnseney]

In the realworld what we know from James Okeefe is the congressman would have told his date every little juicey detail. Truth is stranger than fiction.

[@heartofdawn2341]

I'm less interested in why the silos got built, and more about them in the events leading up the the previous rebellion, and what what Quinn actually did.

[@dffndjdjd]

Well strap in cause it’s all downhill from here. We’ve seen the best of this series, at least as it was written.

[@DiogoNevesDN]

I have to disagree. The job wasn't done. It was underwhelming.... Almost nothing was revealed and nothing was solved. And what was that epilogue? Not everybody read the books so I think the showrunner could've been a little more clear about who was those people and what was that vague conversation leading to.

[@twinwankel]

I often wondered why Camille wasn't picked to be Bernard's shadow. She is smart, manipulative, and inquisitive. Everything that Bernard was looking for in a shadow. Why the algorithm figured this out and Bernard couldn't is damning on Bernard. The issue I have with the ending is that the algorithm will tell Meadows and Kyle what the safeguard is but not Bernard. In Silo 17, the IT head knew about the Safeguard. We don't know how. Did he find the tunnel? Or did the algorithm tell him? If that's true, why is Bernard left out? In fact with the exception of Salvador Quinn, every IT head in 18 has been kept in the dark. Do they not trust that Bernard couldn't handle the truth? If I were Bernard and I knew that there's a safeguard in play, I would try my hardest to prevent a revolt otherwise everyone dies. But to lay it on him after years of following the PACT and maintaining order to find that it was really not in his hands, that is jarring. The show writers need to explain that one.

[@clutch2827]

Never has my interest in a series nosedived this quickly. I really liked it at first, but to me, it just turned into something else.

[@raoulhery]

51st silo is for canada, right?

[@gror7849]

As a Canadian I did appreciate the joke, but it also burned me a bit!

[@markburns4497]

@@gror7849True North Strong And Free!🇨🇦

[@dogejohn5118]

Its for Punjabi truedue

[@LovethisNation]

Or Greenland lmao

[@WitchChangkyun]

No

[@calikeisha365]

It's definitely the future, the reporter says no one that isn't over 90 uses the word "date"...

[@LaurindaBellinger]

they did stick the landing. I am curious about Camille. All season I couldn't tell what side she was on. I'm still not sure. Another great video!

[@AgentKushido3]

So I assume the algorithm didn’t foresee Juliette reappearing at her Silo.

[@ResistanceB.7]

Epic finale I truly loved it !!!❤😊 Should I get the books should I not i am indecisive pls help hehe 😅

[@omidwm6876]

Oh yes please do! Even the first book is worth reading since there are a lot of differenses.

[@ResistanceB.7]

@omidwm6876 Hmmm I thought of getting shift and dust only but we will see tux btw 🤜🤛😎

[@natecaplin4374]

Read shift. Wait to read Dust until later

[@natecaplin4374]

I think the showrunners decided to call the voice “the Algorythm” to setup and keep secret a later big reveal (Spoiler alert stop reading if you don’t want to know now)…. That the voice is a person who the show has already introduced us to as of last night. But cleverly in the books it’s pointed out that the communications system they use to communicate with the other silos is designed to anonymize the voice so the people on the other end won’t know if the person talking to them is substituted with someone else as they work “shifts” in Silo 1 over hundreds of years. In this way, the showrunners are cleverly leaving open the question of whether its AI running things or not (which is an easy assumption to make given how much AI is in the new the last few years.) who knows maybe the show will go in that direction and change it but I don’t see how doing so would allow the story to unfold even remotely like the books do, as the communication between the people in Silo 1 and Jules in future are key elements of the major plot points.

[@jennifermcneece3009]

Bernard was broken that Jules knew about the tunnel and the safeguard

[@Yogomotastic]

Y’all please be weary of the comments. There are a lot of book spoilers

[@TheChuckiefree]

Haven't read the books but 50 silos seem to be representative of 50 states?

[@danielbrstak5730]

No. Founders knew many silos will be destroyed in future so they decided 50.silos is minimal number of objects so enough of people will survive and rebuild world . To.have only 1 silo was considered to be very risky

[@adeleyemathew2112]

To me this finalr is so underwhelming!! I expected much more tbh!!!😭🤦🏼‍♂️

[@SkipperII]

Then this isn't the show for you. There will be much more of this, but I thought it was amazing

[@seenev]

My wife, who hasn't read the books, was pissed off by the ending.

[@UnknownUnrecognized]

nobody cares

[@friedoysterskins2942]

Why it was a satisfying season finale

[@seenev]

@friedoysterskins2942 Because she wanted to know what happened to Juliet. She said she hated it because it didn't show what happened. Like the walking dead, they're just jerking around the audience.

[@samserious1337]

@@friedoysterskins2942 exactly, Imagine they had cut off the season after juliet came over the hills :D

[@silentd_6]

They always leaving us asking for more what an episode 🎉

[@StevenLangdonCoach]

Thank you Pete !

[@jared7360]

Not ganna lie if that’s Donald I’m severely disappointed with the lack of a Georgian accent. I always imagined him with a frank underwood type drawl.

[@jelato7633]

50 silos - 50 states? 1 government- 51?

[@timbeaton5045]

A I the only one who wonders quite why there should be a system to poison the entire Silo? Why, even if there is. rebellion, would there be a system to exterminate 10,000 people? `The only reason i could see would be to somehow prevent a rebellion form "infecting" the other 49 (?) Silos? Hopefully we will find out next season. I guess that this is explained in the books!

[@dffndjdjd]

Yeah I think it’s implied at this point. The outside is toxic, but with proper preparation they could safely explore, and that could infect the other silos and collapse the whole mission. As to whatever that mission may be and why, we don’t yet know. Then end of this episode implies a nuclear war is on the horizon, so maybe the purpose of the silos is to wait out radiation. But that doesn’t explain the deadly air

[@kristijan8518]

I didn't understand, did the algorithm decided to release the poison when Lucas found the door? Or because Lucas told to Bernard?

[@johnmonk66]

I think Bernard was on thee way out when the fire started, so he is stuck outside now. Maybe on his way to Silo 17?

[@ililililililililil6974]

I haven’t read the books- this is a far fetched idea probably wide of the mark. Imagine the end scene with DC is not an origin story but instead is the main silo who control the others. Like they rebuilt the main district in DC within a silo- there are no stars in the, admittedly, cloudy but dark sky. Could it be a massive underground town? Of course we are led to believe it is an origin story. He is fifteenth, Georgia presently only has fourteen representatives. The magazine seems a callback to the page showing outside. An army engineer, now a congressman obviously hint at him playing a role in the creation of the silo. The duck being brand new similarly suggest an earlier time. Yet the question of DID a bomb really go off is surely important considering how important the idea of suppression of collective memory/ stories and relics of the before times is throughout the series. Ignoring the question plays in to this idea. Furthermore the idea of ‘shadowy’ figures, in this case campaign donors, being the congressman’s boss suggest there is someone pulling his strings and maybe this is a hint at DC controlling the silos. In reality it probably is just an origin explanation but I think the lack of stars in the sky is important given how influential they were with Lucas’ story. Has DC been built within a massive silo? Is top world DC still fine, and running the silos as an experiment ? Or maybe the scene was just set many years before the events of Juliet.

[@arimax888]

IF they killed off Jules I'll be so mad!!

[@GyanGazm]

No she's not dying even in season 3 which will be a prequel and set in the world facing a potential total nuclear war and a congressman from Georgia State who's also a engineer leads the construction of the emergency facility

[@chrisretford6627]

She's wearing a firefighter suit

[@captain_britain]

@@GyanGazm Maybe don't spoil future plot points for those who haven't read the books?

[@omidwm6876]

Cant wait for the next season! Shift is my favorite novel ever😅

[@jd83241]

have they mentioned, or do the books go into the state of the rest of the world beyond atlanta and the silo area ? did bombs go off world wide, more silos everywhere?

[@cupperdigger3494]

I see where your priority lies Pete, making Severance's video right after it aired last night and leaving silo's for today hah! No complaining from me, I did the same. silo is awesome but Severance is the GOAT.

[@marcayres8567]

So they are doing shift? Thought I'd be a flashback type affair...💚🇬🇧🌱

[@SuperAtheist]

So what exactly did Lucas tell Bernard?

[@sto3359]

I’ve started reading the books…I’m just curious 😂

[@datboytheo]

David Oyelowo died and he is a big named actor.....

[@ELIZABETH086]

If anyone watched Ascension, I’m getting majorly similar vibes.

[@senorchivo90]

Did the show set up the hand signals at all in past episodes? Even just in the background of mechanical? As a non-book-reader, if they did, that'd be mindblowing. Otherwise, it feels kinda cheap, like a "well, actually, this is what really happened" kind of fakeout storytelling. Still really enjoyed the past two episodes.

[@inverseremixer]

Yes. I noticed the hand signals in some early episodes. They even subtitled the meaning of them. I remember someone signaling to “stand down.”

[@senorchivo90]

@@inverseremixer Thanks! I'll have to keep an eye out for that on a re-watch. That's really cool attention to detail.

[@jordanb8712]

I know the logical go to is that the last part is a flashback but something feels off aboit it being a flashback...jus sayin...

[@ricko4139]

She jumped on top of him

[@gmonorail]

kinda weird how many of these shows come out in pairs. the more of this we watch the more it feels like we already just watched this show, it was called fallout. on prime video. it's gonna ultimately be a reveal where we actually bombed the world because "fiduciary duty to shareholders". i just hope the screenwriter got paid twice.

[@captain_britain]

The first Fallout game released in 1997; the source novels for Silo began publishing in 2011. I think it's clear that the former inspired the latter, but it's a very different narrative (and tone). There can be more than one "post-apocalyptic fallout shelter" story, and I'm sure Fallout wasn't the first.

[@snakey319]

Hal 9000 in charge

[@havocthehobbit]

that flash back scene was such a small taste of the past . I wanted so badly to see a waiter or barman in that restaurant they were sitting , to walk up to the table and lookup while writing down there order to reveal a face of one of the people from the Silo and it be a shock factor reveal that a past version of them existed . It could have given so much mystery to play with , like are the silo inhabitants clones , are they in the matrix in some sort of arc under criyo sleep , or all part of some experiment off planet and the original colony died off long ago setting off a AI bug that sends chemicals out to wipe their memories every few centuries . so many sci fi tropes could have played into the mystery . The best part isn't really the mystery of why or how the silos came to be or who their descendants are tho, so that wouldnt matter , it just would have been cool , the best part about the show is how people co-exist and how other silos come together or end up at war or fight over resources etc... the cutthroat social nature of the human condition under constraint , is always the most interesting part of a show especially when it's hard to tell who the good and bad guys are ,since it's just a matter of perspective , like with Bernard trying to protect the Silo but being portrayed as the bad guy. The only thing I now know for sure , is that there are AI unit that manage the human race . probably shepparding them like sheep until the planet is inhabitable ,since going outside could cause resource issues when silos find eachother and try to get in or pack risk spreading some sort of sickness etc ...

[@dffndjdjd]

Yeah I mean these are based on books. That seems like a drastic change

[@taliajay1043]

So, wait. It sounds like theres 51 silo per state? But yet 17 and 18 look like they have many more around them. Is it 10 per state but not all 51 states or is the 51 just randomly scattered around the US? And is there any in other countries?

[@dffndjdjd]

Read the books or look it up, don’t ask for spoilers here

[@Kaizite]

how did you know his name is daniel? 🤔

[@BooksRebound]

The books....?

[@dffndjdjd]

They say it. It’s different from his name in the books actually cause his og name happens to be same as a very controversial person

[@Kaizite]

@ ik but usually he doesn't spoil anything he just looks at what the show says

[@josephvanwyk2088]

WTF - I was a bit disappointed in this season. It felt like they fired the writers of the 1st season. Also, such a silly Tag scene. 50% of this season could've been 1 episode.

[@acepopi585]

My man👌🏾

[@damanibarnes6792]

Definitely an interesting direction they took compared to the book. But it still worked

[@dffndjdjd]

Yeah they do a great job with the initial world building, mystery and characters, but when it starts to move on from that to outside stuff it falls pretty flat in my opinion. Could benefit from some creative changes.

[@damanibarnes6792]

@dffndjdjd definitely some changes could've been done. 9 and 10 made up for the stretch in the middle

[@adrianspeeder]

How are they going up and down the stairs so fast? Huge plot hole.

[@heartofdawn2341]

video editing simply cut out the boring bits.

[@adrianspeeder]

@@heartofdawn2341 They'd have to cut most of each episode with that logic.

[@mightheal]

@@adrianspeeder You do realize all stories in any medium is not told in real time and they all have time skips to make things convenient.

[@dffndjdjd]

@ haha Adrian, can’t fault your logic. They drew out plenty of boring stuff all season and long and literally rush the good parts. I’m with you, those that don’t have no taste or standards

[@adrianspeeder]

@@dffndjdjd You could tell it would be a fuck ton of money to do it right and drain the whole silo. They never even came back to see if her bull shit repair of a higher level pump was doing anything.

[@KingKing-cz6xh]

Did they change Donald’s name or is that his friend he works with i forgot his name in the book

[@adeelg55]

his friend's name is Mick, i think they just changed his name to Daniel

[@KingKing-cz6xh]

@@adeelg55 oh yea weird they kept Helen’s name

[@patrickjeffers7864]

Ending on a pez was umm 😐

[@CoinOpTV]

Good recaps my dude but Silo season 2 was a bust

[@mmcg8688]

Did everyone know what was going to be in that bag at the end?

[@TuuSaR-so4ez]

Yes, Solo said that head of IT has a suit for emergencies.

[@mmcg8688]

@@TuuSaR-so4ez I meant the paper bag at the very end of the episode with the PEZ dispenser inside it. I went back to watch that scene again, and there is some dialogue where he gives away that he googled her and found out she was University of Oregon, Ducks. So, he panic bought the Rubber Duckie PEZ for her because he thought they were on a date.

[@uwillnevahno6837]

I feel like normalizing the allah akbar form of character death is a bad choice for media. We had an entire Insurrection story arc in The BSG reboot where this seems to have begun. Silo looks like an amazing show, in my opinion this is a minor detractor, doesn't ruin the show nor the end of the season.

[@heartofdawn2341]

So many unanswered questions (please don't spoil it for me, just let me know if it will make sense in the end) Why lie that it's safe outside when it's not? Why threaten the safeguard when you want to save the silo? Why is it even there? What good is a silo if everyone inside it dies?

[@adeelg55]

simple, because there are 50 silos not just 1

[@mightheal]

They've already told us why they lie it's safe outside. It's so the cleaners don't panic and clean the camera before they die. But if you mean why everyone else thinks it's safe that's because they're making a assumption they don't actually know anything and no lie was told to them that it was safe.

[@dffndjdjd]

Clearly at this point, it is deadly outside, but that can be overcome with preparation, meaning if there wasn’t overwatch from outside the silo, one silo could explore and find the others, tunnel to each other even. Meaning that the purpose of having 50 silos separate was so that some of them survive, not necessarily all because of civil conflict, disease, etc. Having one community is an all eggs in one basket situation. So safeguard’s role is to kill a silo when it risks affecting others. It’s brutal but coldly logical. As to why they are there, we don’t know. It’s implied this episode perhaps a nuclear war was on the horizon and these people are descendants of the survivor, hence the Pez