How long was Solo in the vault in the silo?

Warning! This article contains major spoilers for the second season of Silo and details about Solo from Hugh Howey’s Silo books.

Solo appears to have spent many years in the vault in Silo 17, but Apple TV+s silo In the second season, it initially seems unclear how long he has been there. Although Steven Zahn’s solo wasn’t there silo In the story of the first season, he immediately became one of the most fascinating characters in the series. One of the main reasons Solo’s performance on the Apple TV+ sci-fi show was so compelling is that Steve Zahn perfectly captures how living in isolation over an unimaginably long period of time has affected the character.

With his acting prowess, Zahn portrays how Solo has become both paranoid and vulnerable after spending years, if not decades, behind the Silo 17 vault. But even if Zahn is the embodiment of… silo Although the second season character is enough to indicate that he has been living in the Silo 17 vault for quite some time, the exact numbers are not revealed in the series in the early episodes of the second season. Luckily, Hugh Howey is the first silo Book, Woolgives more detailed information about how long Solo lived in isolation in Silo 17.

Solo has been in the vault for over three decades

The show may have changed his schedule

In the original book series by Hugh Howey, Solo specifically mentions that he is 50 years old when he meets Juliette. He seems confident about his age and appears to have carefully kept track of the time he spent in the Silo 17 vault. The source material also confirms that Solo was only 17 years old when the uprising at Silo 17 killed everyone else. So considering the schedule mentioned in the books, Solo has been in the vault for almost 33 years. While the series may depict a similar time frame, it wouldn’t be surprising if it featured some changes in Solo’s age and backstory.

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Since Judge Mary Meadows is one of the main characters in Silo’s second season, it’s hard not to wonder how her storyline will fit into the overarching narrative.

silo Episode 3 of Season 2 reveals that Solo was the mayor’s shadow before things went south for the people in his silo. However, in the books, Solo is not the shadow of the mayor, just the son of the IT boss. Since it seems unlikely that a silo’s leading figure would appoint a 17-year-old as his shadow, Steven Zahn’s version of the character in the Apple TV+ series may have been older when the uprising at Silo 17 occurred before falling behind him locked in After taking the mayor’s order, he opened the massive door of the vault.

Does Solo ever leave the Silo 17 vault?

He only goes when Juliette isn’t there

When Juliette asks Solo to come out of the vault and help her inside silo In episode 3 of season 2, he claims that he never leaves the vault. However, Juliette catches him lying by asking how he left food for her outside without leaving. In response, Steve Zahn’s character defends himself by saying that he only leaves the vault when she’s not around. To the final moments of silo Season 2, Episode 3: Solo is fascinated by how huge Silo 17 is when he finally leaves. suggesting he spent most of his time in his vault.

The fact that Juliette finds some relatively less old bodies outside the vault suggests that he only left the vault a few times to ward off potential threats. While the show’s second season doesn’t reveal where he gets his food from in the first few episodes, the books suggest that Solo had a huge stash of supplies stored in the vault. His supplies lasted more than three decades, but he was finally on the verge of running out of food before Juliette came in. silo Season 2 could show something similar, as it clearly suggests that Solo rarely left the vault.

In a dystopian future, men and women live in a vast underground silo subject to strict regulations believed to protect them from the dangerous world above. The series explores the complex social order within the silo and the mysteries surrounding their subterranean existence.

Pour

Rebecca Ferguson, Common, Tim Robbins, Harriet Walter, Christian Ochoa Lavernia, Avi Nash, Billy Postlethwaite, Chinaza Uche, Iain Glen, Remmie Milner, David Oyelowo, Rick Gomez, Ferdinand Kingsley, Shane McRae, Chipo Chung, Caitlin Zoz, Matt Gomez Hidaka, Angela Yeoh, Olatunji Ayofe, Khairika Sinani, Will Patton, Akie Kotabe

Character(s)

Juliette Nichols, Robert Sims, Bernard Holland, Martha Walker, Amundsen, Lukas Kyle, Hank, Paul Billings, Dr. Pete Nichols, Shirley, Sheriff Holston, Patrick Kennedy, George Wilkins, Knox, Sandy, Kathleen Billings, Cooper, Deputy Molly Karins, Teddy, Raider Jean, Deputy Marnes, Diego

Release date

May 5, 2023

Seasons

2

Directors

Morten Tyldum, David Semel

Showrunner

Graham Yost

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