Why the tape is so important in Silo season 2

Notice! This article contains spoilers for Silo season 2.

Heat tape not only proves to be Juliette’s biggest savior in Silo season 1 finale, but it also has immense significance in the show’s overarching story in season 2. Silo In the final moments of season 1, Juliette accepts her fate and leaves Silo 18 after being ordered to. However, to everyone’s surprise, she not only breaks the scavenging rule, but also survives much longer than all the previous citizens who were sent. Juliette’s survival changes the way the citizens of Silo 18 perceive the outside world because they always believed they would die moments after leaving.

Silo Season 2, Episode 2 addresses the fallout from the Season 1 finale, highlighting how Juliette’s departure gradually sparks a rebellion in Silo 18. While the people of Silo 18 can’t help but wonder if Juliette is alive, Bernard suspects her Survival may have something to do with the heat tape used on his suit. As a result, thermal tape becomes an essential narrative device in Silo The first episodes of Season 2 after the Season 1 finale briefly explain how this helped Juliette survive.

Heat tape allowed Juliette to leave at the end of Silo season 1

Heat tape insulates your suit for an extended period of time

In Silo In the first few episodes of Season 1, Bernard accuses Juliette of stealing a certain tape after she became the sheriff. Juliette, who stole the tape, claims that the tape she stole from IT was of inferior quality and had no use in Mechanics because it wore out quite easily. Silo The season 1 finale confirms that the tape Juliette stole was being used to seal the suits of people leaving the Silo. IT intentionally used low-quality tape to insulate the suits and ensure they would eventually erode and exposed those who left to the toxic environment of the outside world.

Fortunately for Juliette, when the Supply workers help her put on her suit, they intentionally use high-quality tape that doesn’t wear out very easily. Therefore, when she leaves Silo 18, her suit remains intact and well insulated, preventing her from being exposed to the toxic environment of the outside world. Due to this, although all of the cleaners before Juliette died moments after leaving Silo 18, Juliette manages to survive long enough to find another neighboring Silo and enter it before it is too late.

How Juliette got the heat tape – Walker’s role explained

Walker realized what he was doing and saved Juliette

Martha Walker never leaves her workshop and has lived in the comfort of her familiar surroundings for years, if not decades. However, towards Silo At the end of the first season, she connects the dots and realizes that only she can save Juliette from her impending fate. Therefore, she faces her fears and leaves her workshop to visit Carla do Abastecimento. She tells Carla that she suspects IT makes them use inferior ribbon on their costumes and convinces her to send stronger tape to insulate Juliette’s costume.

Carla agrees to help, and as a result, the Supply people use superior heat tape to seal the edges of Juliette’s costume. With this, Martha Walker manages to save Juliette, ensuring that her costume can withstand the harsh environment of the outside world. In Silo In episode 2 of season 2, Walker and Carla face the consequences of their actions when Bernard realizes what they could have done. The two women are arrested in the first few episodes of the second part, which leads them to worry whether they too will be sent to the cleaners.

Why does Bernard mention the tape during his speech to the Silo in Season 2

Bernard lies about the heat tape to the citizens of Silo 18

After Juliette leaves, Bernard fears that a rebellion could break out in Silo 18. He initially struggles to figure out how he can extinguish the rebellion before it is too late. He even has Martha and Carla arrested, believing that punishing them would serve as an effective threat to other citizens. However, he later puts his ability to manipulate the masses on full display, claiming that Juliette only survived longer than previous cleaners because IT intentionally sealed her suit with high-quality duct tape.

Instead of antagonizing Juliette, he gives his people what they want to hear and calls her a hero. He says she willingly put her life at risk by allowing IT to use a new type of ribbon on her costume. To end his speech to the citizens of Silo 18, he also states that Juliette’s sacrifice played a crucial role in helping them discover a way to someday successfully leave their silo. Although he manages to sell his heat tape lie to many citizens, he only temporarily suppresses the growing rebellion in Silo season 2.