The third season of Silo is approaching its conclusion, and although the audience has learned a great deal more about what happened in the past before the existence of the various bunkers, a number of questions have emerged—particularly after the ninth episode. Warning: below we will refer to events that occurred in the penultimate episode of the third season released on Apple TV, so anyone who does not want spoilers should stop reading here.
Diverse details came to light during the ninth episode: for instance, we learn exactly when the world plunged into chaos, making the existence of the Silo necessary, as well as witnessing Bernard’s ultimate sacrifice. Let us explore together all the questions that survived the ninth episode of season three, before the grand finale.
Silo 3, all the questions that emerged after the ninth episode: why were Helen and Daniel separated?
The ninth episode presents another major question about what happened in the past, before the activation of the 50 Silo facilities designed by the high-tech billionaire Per Stensen. In a fresh flashback, the episode follows Daniel and Helen years after they refused the billionaire’s proposal. Helen is pregnant, but together with Daniel they travel to Atlanta to support and uncover what they have done in the intervening years. It is revealed that Charlotte and Anna, the senator’s daughter, have become a couple and, in the meantime, have had to overcome a battle with cancer; yet the day after, at the Silo inauguration, Daniel senses that something is amiss.
Split during the tour, Helen is assigned to Silo 18 while Daniel is assigned to Silo 1, which, over the course of the TV series, is revealed to be the operational hub. Why separate them? The explanation in this case is straightforward: Daniel, a former brilliant engineer, gave a precious lead to Stensen for the construction of the Silo and, considered an invaluable asset, is placed in Silo 1 together with the other “powerful” resources useful in a post-apocalyptic setting. Helen, on the other hand, has always been a thorn in the side and, regarded as a burden, is cruelly separated from Daniel to render her more harmless and, in a sense, useful. Together, in fact, Helen could have influenced Daniel’s decisions and would have posed a risk that no one wanted to take. Moreover, knowing she was far away and alone, Daniel would be more inclined to protect her from a distance, complying with any request.
Who is responsible for the bombing?
The end of the ninth episode finally shows the moment when the world ends. The nuclear bombing catches everyone by surprise, but who actually dropped the bomb? In previous episodes a war between Iran and the United States had been highlighted, which would make it easy to attribute the bombing to Iran. Yet the timing and motive offered years earlier by Stensen would betray this hypothesis. The billionaire had initially explained that both Iran and the United States were interested in the development of a dangerous nanotechnology: so why resort to a nuclear bomb?
While Daniel and Helen were misled and dragged into a project against their will, others such as Henry, Stensen, and Anna were likely already aware of the plan. Daniel and Helen attempted to distance themselves from the Silo, but both were brought back, constantly watched. But at this moment it remains unclear who is the true author of the bomb: was it really Iran, or could it be an internal plot, organized by the United States to put an end to the nanot echnology race once and for all?
Where did Charlotte go?
Unlike her brother, Charlotte chose to back Stensen’s project by actively taking part in the construction of the Silo. In recent years, Charlotte has also become emotionally involved in that project, growing closer to the senator’s daughter, Anna, who is revealed to be the partial architect of the Pact, the same one that, centuries later, remains in force within the Silo.
During the ninth episode, Charlotte had promised her brother a breakfast that never happened. In fact, when Daniel suggested to Anna that they reschedule for the following day, her reaction was only hesitant: did she already know everything? Complicating matters further is Charlotte’s absence in the episode’s final moments. Daniel waits patiently for his sister’s arrival during the Silo tour, but Charlotte not only fails to appear, she responds to his message in a completely altered way. At that point Daniel realizes that his sister is in trouble: who replied in her stead, and where is Charlotte really?
As Helen demonstrates, there is no reception inside the Silo, so smartphones are unusable. It is therefore possible that Charlotte was sent to Silo 1 well before her brother, early in the morning, and without her smartphone, which was handed to others who would then reply to her message. The fact that Charlotte was assigned to Silo 1 should not be surprising, considering that it would house all the most valuable resources.
All that remains is to wonder what will become of Helen and Daniel. Their separation, even more so given Helen’s pregnant state, shows that the Silo were never designed to be equal; none of them cared for the interests of others. Juliette, Bernard, and even Helen have asked why these Silo were built, what their purpose was—whether to repopulate the earth after a global disaster or for other more insidious reasons. One of the many possible answers could surely emerge in the course of the final episode, awaited on Apple TV.
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