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Juliette is not unsympathetic to Hopes hard past, and yet … she really doesnt have time for this.
And her face especially her eyes reflects it.
Shehasto get back immediately.
She needs everyone in Silo 17 to stop wasting her time.
But its easy to feel Juliettes worry.
She doesnt need to say much.
She never loses her focus on urgently getting back to Silo 18.
Thats how she gets Eater to reveal her real name.
This partly inspires a rousing speech, which happens after Audrey once again blames Hope for something going wrong.
Look at all you have, she says, adding, Be angrywitheach other, notateach other.
Juliettes anxiety over whats happening back home intensifies when Silo 17 shakes from a huge boom outside.
The source of that sound?
But Im getting ahead of myself.
It turns out that shes been secretly keeping Knox informed about whats been going on the whole time.
He wants them all to leave the silo, potentially triggering the Safeguard.
Bernard:Convinced the Safeguard is about to be deployed, Bernard grabs his own secret suit.
I dont want to give the impression that Juliette is responsible forallthe emotional and exciting moments in this finale.
(The bomb detonates a few seconds later after Bernard sarcastically says, That was dramatic.)
But Juliette anchors the episode in the moving scenes in Silo 17 and in the gripping final moments.
They talk briefly about what the Safeguard is, why it might be deployed, and by whom.
(Bernard: I know who, but I dont know why, and I dont fucking care.
Juliette: I think I figured something out.)
Then Juliette wrestles them both into the airlock before it closes.
The season ends with them facing possible doom from the airlocks cleansing wall of fire.
The season couldve ended there, andSilofans would still be talking about the implications during the long offseason.
Instead, we get one more scene, set in Washington, D.C. (!
), in what looks to be close to our present day (!!).
Its the rubber duck Pez dispenser that will later be a relic in Silo 18.
How does a novelty candy end up in a postapocalyptic bunker hundreds of years later?
That tale must wait until season three, alas.
I might be as jittery and preoccupied as Juliette until then.
With no sun underground to track the passing of days, its hard to nail it down precisely.
(And, of course, Juliette was passed out for a while with an infection.)
If I had to venture a guess, Id say this season covered maybe a week?
Jimmys Vault contains so many wonders: pop-up books, nature recordings, canned pineapple.
And that wrapsSiloseason two, folks!
