‘Silo’ Season 2: ‘That Thing He Does’: Who is Silo 17’s mystery man in the vault?

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Steve Zahn as Solo in Apple TV+’s “”Silo (Image credit: Apple TV+)

Lies and their deployment as weapons of deceit is explored in “That Thing He Does,” the third episode in the second season of Apple TV+’s dystopian sci-fi series, ” Silo. ”

While the first two chapters of creator and showrunner Graham Yost’s (“Speed,” “Justified”) post-apocalyptic Apple TV+ show split their minutes between Juliette seeing the graveyard of bodies and exploring Silo 17’s tomb-like interior before discovering a lone survivor, and the repercussions of Silo 18’s citizens witnessing Juliette strolling over the hill to germinate seeds of rebellion, this episode shifts back and forth equally in a strange sort of mirroring of events both past and present.

Catching up? Here’s our rundown of “Silo” Season 2 episode 1 and episode 2.

But let’s begin in the haunted halls and submerged levels of Silo 17, where Juliette obtains much more info about the site’s tragedy from the mystery man in the vault, who finally says his name is Solo, because he’s in there all by himself.

She’s told that there are fifty silos total. The rebellion kicked off after their former IT Head, Ron Tucker, walked outside and refused to clean the sensors, instead writing the word “LIES” in bold letters in the dirt. Residents rose up thinking the toxic wasteland they believed was real, was untrue, and that it was safe to go outside since nobody actually ever saw Tucker die.

He recalls that it was a nice day when they all voluntarily left, the sun was shining, people were smiling, and then the “dust started to blow again” before they all died.

Rebecca Ferguson and Steve Zahn in “Silo” (Image credit: Apple TV+)

Solo was the shadow of another IT Chief named Russell and it was him that forced Solo to stay locked in the vault all these years. Russell was accidentally killed by the sheriff when the old rebellion sparked. Sensing the similarities mirroring her and Tucker, Juliette shudders at the thought that this same scenario will possibly play out in Silo 18 since many believe that she’s still alive.

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