Silo | Season 2x4 | "Harmonium" [Episode Analysis]

[@AndyofCT]

Can’t believe you didn’t mention Solo name-checking The Nautilus. Juliette could be the Captain Nemo we’ve needed.

[@robertcharlottemaxwell]

Best Voice on the Internet back with another brilliant one. Thanks Nautie.

[@ctkook6477]

Can’t wait for your new Severance trailer breakdown 🤘🧜🏻‍♂️

[@MrKobs]

Such an awesome season going on Thx for your work, Nautilus It’s always great to “rewatch” the episode with your comments

[@Looshington]

I do not think that the breakup is the thing that happened to Meadows all those years ago. I think the breakup was just apart of the fallout from whatever event occurred to her or someone close to her. Bernard also asks her what occurred over those 4 days and where she went. There’s still a lot to that backstory that we don’t know i’d say.

[@nprincess90]

Exactly. And those videos she was watching in ep 3?!!

[@MicroKiller66]

@@Looshington I agree! It seems more likely that she learned something, disappeared for 4 days (I’ve seen some people theorizing that she went down to Mechanical) and afterwards she broke up with Bernard and resigned her spot as IT Shadow

[@ravenouscadaver8]

also the chalk board kinda looked like someone trying to brute force a pin code...

[@juliemarie612]

I was going to comment that too! Whoever was left alive after the airlock opened was actively trying to get into the vault. They were probably writing down different combinations that they had tried so they wouldn't try the same one twice

[@nellisnelslon8210]

eagerly awaiting the Severance S2 Trailer video!

[@Salsa_Shark]

Yes! A lot to unpack in that one, this season is going to be crazy!

[@ResistanceB.7]

Can't wait guys for the premiere and yeah tne trailer was absolutely NUTS 😮🤩

[@ruancarllos655]

OMG! YES! I keep on checking the channel!

[@ravenouscadaver8]

Solo WAS 11. He's just embarrassed

[@LilBossLaura]

Perfect I just watched this today and went straight to YT to watch your video, didn’t have to wait long 🥰🙏

[@MicroKiller66]

I don’t think Solo is hiding anything in particular in the vault. I think he’s just been trying to follow the last instruction that he was given: to not let anyone in the vault. I think he’s struggling with trying to connect with someone after being mostly alone for so long.

[@ChristopherHailey]

You don't make vaults for no reason. I think it's because of the knowledge of why silos are the way they are is the secret in there

[@Yggdrasil42]

⁠well from Bernard's vault scene in s2e2 we at least know that The Order is supposed to be in there, along with a bunch of numbered drawers (or are they servers?) containing who knows what. So plenty of secrets about the silo and the outside world.

[@godblessthelessfortunate3175]

I think the plot twist is Solo is originally from another silo, not 17. He was the Shadow for Head IT and for whatever reason was sent out. He knew about the tape and was able to survive to get to 17. He used the numbers on the chalk board to help figure out the vault pass code. He killed the recent corpses lying near the vault and replaced them as the king of Silo 17. He is using Juliet to help get the firefighter's suit because he couldn't have done it alone. Now he will try to kill Juliet and take the suit for himself. I predict Juliet will survive. She will later figure out the passcode using the numbers written on the board. If Juliet doesn't kill Solo first, I'd expect to learn about Solo's back story and where he came from, later this season, perhaps next season.

[@MicroKiller66]

@@godblessthelessfortunate3175 wow! That’s brilliant, never even considered something like that but it fits completely with what we’ve seen!

[@calboy2]

i don't think that Silo was a former shadow. he broke into the vault by testing codes that are written in chalk in the class room.

[@metalbrock57]

Wow 🤯. This totally makes sense now!

[@giulianomarco]

I've been wondering the same. Solo is impersonating the real Cole Myers. He attacked the keycode's surrounding concrete (he's got anger management issues). He's likely on the "spectrum" so could crack the code given enough time (9 years for the 4-digits he enters), and refer to himself as "we" on the double doors. The bodies in the server room in boiler suits and boots are Russell & Cole. Solo killed them after breaking into the vault in a fight that caused his heterochromia. But... the numbers on the chalkboard are all 6 digits, starting with 55????. Bernard's code is 5 digits long (?-2-8-3-9) which just confuses things even further!

[@elmonoviejo]

I like watching your analysis and saying "yep, exactly, uh-huh" to the points made like I didn't miss 90% of them when I watched the episode. This channel is like a great English Lit class but the only homework is watch an episode of TV and think on it before class.

[@nikopolkarhangelsk]

1. Solo is not hiding anything particular. I think his vault is same like the one Bernard was in. Full of information and vt masks with Costa rica jungle on them. That is how he learned all of it. I don't think he was a shadow I think all he knows he learned from the vault. I think he just has serious ptsd that is keeping him inside. Also,where would he go? 2. Bernard would not have touched Medows if she didn't want to go outside. 3. I hope Nox and Co. will hide under the silo, where the digging machine is,I just find that place interesting. However they can not go too far. Eventually they will have to fight and that is when Juliete will swoop in and stop the rebellion.

[@sopyleecrypt6899]

Solo is childlike because his social development was arrested when he got left alone. The rebellion happened when he was 11 or 12, based on their discussions about the school room. I don't know if Steve Zahn is playing his age, which is 57, but either way Solo has been alone for decades. It's been thirty years, at least. The bodies in the hallway are not as old as the ones outside, so my guess is that there were some who were left behind when most people charged outside, including Solo. I don't know how, but Solo ended up being giving the task of protecting the vault. He locked the other remaining survivors out for some reason - maybe they threatened him, or maybe they were planning to take the food and try to go outside? Anyway, he locked them out and they eventually starved to death. That's my guess. I don't think there's much in the vault other than the supply of food that must have kept him going for 30+ years. Maybe some historical artefacts like a book about circuses. But otherwise...Probably nothing important.

[@Yggdrasil42]

Well The Order is likely to be in there. As well as the voice controlled computer that Bernard used to watch Juliette walk outside. Probably plenty of other secrets. But yeah, what is left after decades of neglect?

[@berlineczka]

Lapis may be missing from the names in the school room, but Solo's true name is there.

[@ChristinaMuzzu]

Of course - he wasn't until he was! Good catch. This show is so rich in detail.

[@GeahkBurchill]

So much for my Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad theory. 😢 I thought Judge Meadows was gonna be an engineer of another kind.

[@MicroKiller66]

@@GeahkBurchill I was not expecting Bernard to kill her at all!!

[@GeahkBurchill]

@@MicroKiller66 yeah, cold af! Like, okay, I knew Bernard was a bad guy, but I thought he generally had the good of the Silo in mind. Now I see he’s just a narcissist who wouldn’t recognize Meadows was actually a lot smarter and more politically adept than he was. He’s the kind of administrator who lacks the imagination to see which ways the Pact and the Order cannot account for every situation. Bernard is a hammer and every problem requires blunt force.

[@patrickjeffers7864]

Meadows was always doomed

[@AskJeeves-l1x]

EXCELLENT! Very thought provoking! Thanks 😊

[@recoveringrcm9693]

Sending love my friend ! Every time I see you post - I’m here! ❤

[@RediscoveringDavid]

Can't wait for your Severance season 2 trailer breakdown!

[@youngsouljahcuz]

I knew he was going to kill her but I didn't forsee him giving her such a peaceful death.

[@youngsouljahcuz]

I think solo is the boy that was taken in the beginning of the silo 18 rebellion. I think he's been there since he was a child. Some people may have survived but died as a result of him being told not to let anyone in. He may have also been the reason why the remaining silo residents died.

[@dominikkubarski9867]

Bruh why everyone keeps repeating that?! 😂. You can SEE the body of that boy cuddling with his mothers body right after body of the sherif who’s holding the green flag

[@jackiepike1466]

Yes, the boy who brings a note to his father walks out of the silo with mom and dad holding the flag​@dominikkubarski9867

[@masturchief]

My friend's theory: Solo's father was the original overseer and left him "in charge" of the vault, a place with plenty of food and water, with the intention of keeping him safe from the rebellion. Father never returned. My theory: those bodies outside are people who stayed in the Silo post rebellion, watched everyone die, and tried to get answers. They kept trying to break in (hence the codes on the chalkboard and the writing on the wall) But they ran out of resources and died much later on. He was not alone the whole time. He's nervous about Jules trying to trick him to get in, because that's what the people were doing before. They could have been trying to crack the code for 10-20 years.

[@discobassgroove]

I can’t wait until we get your Severance vid but I’d hate you to feel rushed. You the goat

[@discobassgroove]

Not the goat in a Kier cult way tho

[@Sdragnasty]

😅🐐​@@discobassgroove

[@Sdragnasty]

The Nautilus made me do it! Binge-watched entire Silage. What an intense & messed up installment. And i thank you, Sr Dulcet! 💕, Geraldine 😈

[@nautilusfiles]

😈 You know it! S2 of Silo has been so good! Glad to hear you're liking the vids!

[@michaeljones4572]

Another great episode!

[@RhapsodyInBlaah]

Solo was a kid when the rebellion happened.

[@117Derek]

Good recap, and this was definitely a very good episode. Hopefully, the foundation has been laid, and the remaining episodes will "play out" the narratives, and conclude satisfactorily. As to your questions. I believe Solo is guarding the same information that's in every silo--the book, "The Order," as well as the storage cabinets similar to what's in Silo 18. There also must be a food production capability, since Solo has not exited the Vault in decades. Also, what about the bathroom waste & a shower? To the question of Bernard letting Meadows go free: of course he never intended to do so. Similar to her gambit of forming a committee to plan outside exploration; Bernard hoped he could stall Meadows on the idea of going outside long enough for him to talk her out of it, or she would change her mind. That's why he's mad at Sims. The impeachment forced Bernard to act--and, following "The Order" there was only one solution, Meadows must die. Finally, Mechanical understands their leverage--cutting the power. So, if the "Mechanical 4" who are being chased by the mob is injured or killed, Mechanical will mess with the rest of the silo dwellers by endangering their very existence. This could be a different type of rebellion--not physically fighting the mid and upper levels, but forcing them to negotiate. AND, if Juliette returns to Lead Mechanical, there's a good chance that Bernard has to do the unthinkable: share power. I haven't read any of the books, so I could be completely wrong.

[@roscoecluckingchicken3672]

Solo's Artificial Intelligence, lacks human empathy, causing friction. His "eye" likely refers to his visual processing or perception, which may be flawed or limited, contributing to his emotional blindness. This would make the chatacter Solo childlike, but rich in the history of Silo and the outside world.

[@ChristopherHailey]

That's really a stretch, but interesting

[@kevinschweitzer9821]

You say towards the end that no matter what the leaders of the Silo did, they would face a rebellion. And that might be true. But I also think this episode shows how leadership's efforts to quash rebellion, by scapegoating Mechanical, is leading directly to a rebellion, because once they've turned everyone else against Mechanical, the people in Mechanical have no other option but to rebel.

[@eric3347]

Backpacks can be reused by new students. We know things no longer needed are recycled or redistributed.

[@datoxoje7573]

What song was he playing on harmonium, is there any link?

[@ResistanceB.7]

Stunning episode and analysis as always thx brother 🙏 Something that is very strange to me is the moment solo is terrified and all of a sudden his mind is stuck if he locked the vault or not...i dont know if that was something that he struggled with cause of leaving the vault after so long or after Juliet erased some numbers on the board and that made him forget the password or something 😂

[@joeygarza7413]

Maybe all those different number combinations on the chalkboard were someone trying to figure out the code to the vault

[@Villianesscupcake-2002]

silo is a great show so glad youre covering some of what i might call the best tv shows of our decade so far especially the show Dark avaiable on netflix its one that really make you think edit: correct some grammer

[@Salsa_Shark]

I absolutely LOVED Dark, watched it twice through.

[@ADDISON396]

I liked this ep more than the last I think.

[@roscoecluckingchicken3672]

Yes, Solo learns from Juliette's experiences and interactions, potentially improving its understanding of human nature and emotions. This symbiotic relationship helps Solo refine its goals and motivations, driving the story's plot and character development.

[@tappajavittu]

This was a good episode except for the idiotically written part where the dude just now realized what was written on the wall of the secret place under the silo. Like wtf?? That info's been in front of everyone who's been there and only NOW you decide to read it. Such a frustrating scene.

[@sittingwalrus]

Did he just realize it or did he just decide to tell someone?

[@tappajavittu]

@@sittingwalrus If he decided to tell in that situation it still doesn't make sense, why would he be the only one who's ever read what it says on the wall. It was just lazy writing.

[@ResistanceB.7]

Memory erasing medicine in tap water I guess hehe 😅

[@tappajavittu]

@@ResistanceB.7 WEll if the judicial and IT knows about the wall of names, then why handle the situation with drugs, leave the wall of names down there AND leave the secret place open for access? Lazy writing.

[@ResistanceB.7]

@tappajavittu They don't know the place exists...remember season 1 last episode just before Juliet went out to clean she mentions to Bernard the huge underwater door (that connects the silos) he literally made an expression like wtf and says "founders left us with many secrets"

[@blupeaces]

Bobby is short for Robert, his name is on the wall

[@GrannyGamer1]

OT since you asked, I made my first Granny IRL video at 3am today

[@tutordi]

What song on harmonium ?

[@derekfnord]

I think Solo wasn't really the head of I.T.'s shadow. I think he's "Tim;" the kid we see running with the torch at the very beginning of S2E1. He's the first character we see in the episode, and also the last... (EDIT: Or not! See comments below... 🤦🏻‍♂ )

[@dominikkubarski9867]

The Tim lies dead next to his mother. Watch the first episode again 😂

[@derekfnord]

@@dominikkubarski9867 Ah! So he does! I was fixated on the conversation before the fighting began, and forgot that he was with his parents when they left. I never spotted that we see he and his mother's skeletons side-by-side when Juliette approaches, though. Nice catch!

[@laok]

they recycle eaverything so the bag could have been reused

[@shaymikes9141]

Solo= Silo’s victor

[@devinleisinger4855]

Yellowjackets trailer

[@roscoecluckingchicken3672]

The silo extracts human consciousness, uploading it into a virtual world, while their physical bodies remain in stasis, potentially forever. This dystopian revelation raises questions about the nature of existence and humanity's fate.

[@Yggdrasil42]

What? Nothing we've seen points to anyone being uploaded?

[@roscoecluckingchicken3672]

The haunting conclusion reveals the Architect's true intention: to preserve humanity's essence, not its physical form. The silos are a harvest of human consciousness, uploaded into a simulated reality, forever trapped in a virtual world, while their bodies perish.

[@dominikkubarski9867]

No

[@infidelmat]

Juliette is a terrible engineer, her solutions are always incompetent disasters, makes terrible decisions, is kind of clueless and stumbles into things. Shes blundering her way through everything.

[@milkybalance342]

Severance. Now. Stay up all night bruh