Warning: Spoilers ahead for Silo season 2, episode 9, “The Safeguard.”
Siloseason 2"s “The Safeguard” episode reveals interesting details surrounding Solo, including what really happened to the two corpses still outsideSilo 17’s vault. The dead people were first seen in Silo season 2, episode 3, when Juliette managed to get more information out of Solo about what happened to his silo and its citizens.Steve Zahn’sSilocharacterdidn’t seem aggressive, but based on his behavior in not wanting to leave the vault, it was implied that he was likely the one who killed the two people.
The episode also showed that the others wrote “we will get in sooner or later” on the wall prior to their deaths, hinting that Juliette was likely in danger while inside Silo 17. However, in order to get back to her own silo, Juliette has needed Solo’s help in acquiring gear for a replacement suit. Following the revelation that there have been others living in Silo 17 besides Solo,Siloseason 2, episode 9 explainswho those “intruders” were, why they wanted to break into the vault, and how they got killed.
Who The Silo 17 Intruders Were & Why They Wanted To Get In Solo’s Vault
Season 2’s “The Safeguard” Solves A Major Silo Mystery
While searching for the code to get into the vault earlier in the episode,Eater gives Juliette more insight into what went down in Silo 17 in the period after the rebellion.She reveals that the two dead people left outside of the vault are a woman named Tess, who was Rick’s mom, and a man named Chase, who was Audrey’s dad. At some point after the rebellion, Tess and Chase formed a romantic relationship and had Benny, one of Silo 17’s other current survivors. Though many of the initial rebellion survivors died, food became a growing issue for those still around.
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Seemingly the only adults left, Tess and Chase turned to the vault, knowing that a supply of food was stored there. This, of course, resulted in a run-in with Solo, who believed it was his sole mission to protect the vault from anyone. In reality,Tess and Chase were becoming increasingly desperate to try to feed the group, mostly comprised ofSilo 17’s surviving kids. With Juliette’s arrival, the young survivors decide to make a move to get into the vault before learning about what really happened between Tess, Chase, and Solo.
Solo Killed The Vault Intruders After They Shot Him In Silo 17
It turns out that there’s more to the story than just Solo killing Tess and Chase to protect Silo 17’s vault than initially thought. The couple eventually found the correct code and got into the vault while Solo was sleeping. They even shot him before he woke up since he left a gun by the door, with Solo proving that side of the story based on his gunshot wound scar.Solo then reveals that he trapped the intruders in the food vault until they ran out of air,killing them.
Solo has dealt with the fallout of Silo 17’s rebellion from a very young age, and it was his “mission” that has kept him going.
In Solo’s eyes, he failed the promise he made to his father, Russell, to protect the vault. He was never the IT shadow, but Solo has dealt with the fallout ofSilo 17’s rebellionfrom a very young age, and it was his “mission” that has kept him going. He may have been aware that were other survivors lurking around Silo 17, but it’s clear inSiloseason 2, episode 9 that he never knew why Tess and Chase went to drastic measures to acquire food for the group, especially the kids.
