Silo Season 2 Episode 7 Ending Explained: What Happened to Solo?

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Silo Season 2 Episode 7 Ending Explained: What Happened to Solo?

Notice! This article contains spoilers for Silo season 2 episode 7.

Silo Season 2 not only sees an intense confrontation between the Mechanic and IT, but it also ends on an ambiguous note, leaving an air of mystery surrounding Solo's fate. Adapting the second half of Hugh Howey's first book Silo book, Silo Season 2 focuses primarily on the ever-shifting scales of power within Silo 18. At the same time, it also highlights how Juliette overcomes one challenge after another in Silo 17 to ensure she gets home on time.

In Silo In episode 6 of season 2, Juliette finds herself at a crossroads when Solo offers her a deal: he will only let her leave in her new suit if she agrees to drain the water from his Silo. Solo redoubles his efforts to convince her in the final arc of episode 7 of season 2. Unfortunately, before the episode's credits begin to roll, it appears that something terrible happens to Solo.

Solo's Fate in Silo Season 2 Episode 7 Explained

A third person in Silo 17 attacked him

To Solo's delight, Juliette finally agrees to help him before leaving. She also creates another makeshift oxygen supply device to ensure she doesn't drown after diving deep to repair Silo 17's pump. While Solo remains on the surface, ensuring Juliette receives a consistent supply of oxygen, Juliette goes below the surface. water, hoping to find a way to quickly fix the drain pump. To Juliette's surprise, her breathing apparatus suddenly stops working, and the bucket Solo was supposed to use to pull her up also collapses.

Juliette races against time to pull herself using another rope and, at the same time, make sure she doesn't get the Curves. Upon reaching the surface, she realizes that Solo has disappeared. She tries to look for him, but finds nothing but a trail of blood. This suggests that someone attacked Solo while Juliette was underwater. Although the episode does not reveal the identity of the attacker, it seems likely that they have been around for some time.

They could be another survivor, like Solo, from the Silo 17 rebellion or a traveler from another Silo like Juliette.

When Juliette arrived at Silo 17 and attempted to swing from one end of the structure to the other using a rope, her rope somehow got cut. It seems likely that the person who attacked Solo has been in Silo 17 since the beginning and initially tried to kill Juliette. The camera angle towards Silo The end of episode 7 of season 2 also suggests that someone is watching Juliette from a distance. This could mean that after attacking Solo, the third person in Silo 17 will attack her. They could be another survivor like Solo from the Silo 17 rebellion, or a traveler from another Silo like Juliette.

The Mechanic's Plan to Expose Bernard and IT Explained

Mechanical citizens make the most of their resources to fight Bernard


Shirley and Knox from The Mechanical in Silo
Custom image by Dhruv Sharma.

Using a powerful engine, Mechanical personnel create a rocket-like structure that flies to the upper levels of the Silo and deploys a parachute to gently float downwards. As it descends, the structure also ejects many notes that draw attention to Bernard and IT's lies in the Silo. After getting everyone's attention with the note, the Mechanical staff strategically turns off the Silo lights to show how the IT lights are still on.

With this, they managed to attract people at the highest levels to rebel against IT. Bernard tries to repair the damage by going into IT to turn off the lights. However, most citizens end up realizing how IT has a different power supply, raising suspicions surrounding the department's motives.

Why Sims Refuses to Sign the Supply Search Warrant

Sims continues his own battle against Bernard

Bernard struggles to maintain his composure as almost all of his previous allies gradually turn against him. He is forced to kill Meadows, while Billings begins to question his methods. When he doesn't make Robert Sims his shadow and even demotes him from his position as Chief of Security, Sims and his wife also actively try to tear down everything he stands for. Sims even refuses to give the Chief of Security a warrant to search Supply.

After getting tired of the Sims challenge, Tim Robbins Silo character confronts him and reminds him that, as a Judge, he should just pretend he's in a position of power. He asks him to obediently follow his orders and abandon his rebellious ways before they destroy them both. Sims doesn't hold back either and confronts Bernard for not making him the Shadow. That's when Bernard reveals that even though he did almost everything right, he fought to make it his shadow and chose Lukas for the position because of his lack of curiosity.

Why Juliette agrees to help Solo before leaving Silo 17

Juliette feels sorry for him


Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette and Steve Zahn as Solo in Silo season 2
Custom image by Dhruv Sharma.

Juliette refuses to obey Solo and tries to convince him to let her go. She states that her people need her and that she must help them before it is too late. She also assures Solo, telling him that she will be back to help him, but Solo doesn't believe her. He tells her that if something happens to her outside, he also won't be able to survive after the flood reaches his safe. When Juliette encourages him to drain the water himself, Solo is dismissive, claiming he is a "f**k up" and would never be able to fix the pump himself.

That's when Juliette feels sorry for him and agrees to help. She wastes no time in gathering the resources to carry out the bomb repair operation and even becomes a little cold towards Solo. However, before things take a dark turn Silo At the end of episode 6 of season 2, Juliette manages to fix the drainage pump in Silo 17.

Everything Lukas has access to in the Silo 18 vault explained

The vault has everything from banned books to relics

Bernard trusts Lukas and gives him access to the Vault in Silo 18. Inside, the Vault looks like a complete museum, housing everything from art to books that have long been banned in Silo 18. Bernard also gives Lukas access to a tablet that contains many more books. He encourages Lukas to make good use of the resources he has given him access to so he can decipher Salvador Quinn's coded letter. With so many resources at his fingertips, Lukas embraces his curiosity and gets to work.

Who planted the death order on Knox and Shirley in mechanics

A citizen named Maeve was threatened with imposing the death order

When a fight breaks out in the lower levels of the Silo, Billings tries to calm the situation by understanding what is happening. All of the citizens of Mechanics apparently turn against a woman, claiming that she tried to poison them. The woman defends herself by saying that she was the one who warned them about the poisoning. However, when the men in the police department question her, she confesses that she worked for her superiors and poisoned the food.

She reveals that her mother is in Silo Hospital, and she only followed orders from her superiors because she was afraid they would hurt her mother. The woman, Maeve, further adds that she intentionally told everyone that the food was poisoned after contaminating it herself because she wanted to make sure no one died from it. In Silo In episode 7 of season 2, Maeve also reveals that she was asked to place the kill order against Knox and Shirley because superiors believed it would create conflict within the Mechanics.