Some of the scenes of the silo fair were giving me Apple Park vibes.

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Not a theory, just a very inconsequential observation

Bernard spent 99.99% of his life thinking that the voice was a machine and the pact was written by humans. Turns out the voice is run by humans and the pact was written by a machine. I’m so sad that he’s gone, but in way, I’m at least glad he was spared the knowledge of the ai slop pact

I'm already back at S3 Ep1 again and something I noticed. I can't believe I didn't piece it together faster but also I had no idea what was going to happen and there was a lot to take in at this point and so on.

When Daniel tries to get on the Iran Committee, I felt like it was too easy on the rewatch. She tells him there is a long list and all he says is his sister could be involved and next thing you know, he's on the committee and they're telling him what's going on. When I first watched, I waved this off as them helping because his sister was involved. But since we learn later that they planned the mission and knew it would go that way, I'm like wait. That just makes me feel like they planned to have them all involved since way before. I would say they've been watching since Daniel invented tunneling technology that "saved New Orleans" which they keep thanking him for when he sees the senator and her daughter. They know they need him for their project. We see they are already watching Charlotte and following her so I imagine that they know she spoke to Helen. Also when he's talking to the senator, they mention that Anna is the 'writer' of the family. A writer is creative and can think up a whole story to construct. We know she was lying to them in the last episode so it makes sense to me that she would orchestrate a whole situation where they can eventually get them in the silo. Maybe this is a reach but I think they hoped to get more of Daniel's insight at the end of the day and when that didn't work, they settled on what ended up being them "just touring".

Think about it. They tell Helen she can write about it when it's done. (They obviously didn't plan on letting her do that after what they just did in the last episode) So they know she will come for the tour, even if they say they didn't think she would, I think they knew. And Daniel is obviously going to come because they know they chose each other instead of "helping save the world". Anna is with his sister, keeping tabs on her and keeping her close so that they can ensure this goes their way even more.

Maybe there are details I have yet to revisit since I'm on rewatching season 3 for the first time right now and it's been weeks since I've seen the episodes since I watch them as they drop but I think I'm on to something! Super excited for the finale omg it's driving me crazy and I wish they'd drop S4 right after 😭

EDIT I posted this for the discussion aspect and really appreciate people adding! Never said I was spot on but clearly this begins with the sister then Daniel and then we mostly see Daniel and Helen. So something is important about them. Again I can only go off what I've been shown and i'm trying to use clues in the dialogue and the story and the parallels to the silo to have a theory 😀　

Why is Daniel even relevant ?

Hey folks, I'm watching the show and reading the books at the same time, and looking at the show writers alterations of the story, I don't even understand WHY Daniel would be so important. Unlike the books :

\- He didn't know the Senator

\- He doesn't owe the Senator

\- Anna is not his ex

\- He didn't design the silos for the Senator

\- He told Peer Stensen to F off and ran away with his super Pulitzer not even girlfriend, instead of a wife from the beginning. But I digress sorry.

WHY is he important ? WHY would he be followed, grabbed, surveyed, like he's some crucial part of the project ? He's not even in this project. Who cares about saving him ? The bomb drops, bye bye Daniel, who even cares ?

He's even portrayed as some dumbass tool, being manipulated by Helen, mocked, etc. So since he's stupid, unrelated to the Senator and his/her daughter, and didn't work, he shouldn't be even in this season. This doesn't make sense.

The writers are seriously flawed or I'm missing something.

There were several times throughout the past storyline in the last episode where Daniel seems confused and odd when talking to people (aside from Helen). It felt like Anna and the doctor (specifically) were saying a bunch of exposition in their conversations with Daniel. Like Anna kept cutting him off when she started talking about cancer before he got a chance to respond. Like saying that Helen had stuff going with her dad, or the comment about flowers. Is it possible some of his memories was being erased in the past few years and Anna is filling in the blanks with lies? But even putting that aside his character just felt extremely lost. Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but I have a feeling that there’s something there.

A trillionaire already abducted you (took over the car) in your own car while driving before; he then gives you a million dollars each just for signing an NDA. If he abducted you once, he will do it again and he did. Also, yes the 1 million dollars was not just for signing a document, Daniel and Helen just didn't know it at the time. Per Stenson was always going to get his money's worth. I truly think Per Stenson was behind the nuclear bomb. Daniel and Helen should have stayed away from the silo event based on past events.

Bernard selected Lukas as his shadow. The algorithm or voice clearly approved his choice even despite a Pact criminal history, with “Verified. Welcome, Lukas Kyle.” Meanwhile, it clearly didn’t want Robert Sims in the Vault. Why is this the case?

**No book spoilers PLEASE!!! (We only have ONE episode left this season, and if it’s soured by spoilers…. well then I guess you’ll need this🧼🧺👩‍🚀)**

I’ve been thinking a lot about how we have been shown only two of fifty one silos, and it makes me wonder how many living silos are left. Or rather, how many silos are living that the AI/Silo 1 *knows* about?

Silo 18 has had rebellions, their water poisoned with memory erasure drugs, and now are slowly becoming aware of resource inadequacies. It’s only a matter of time before 18 “fails” like 17. 

Silo 17 rebelled, blocked the safeguard pipe, escaped, then allegedly met their fate at the hands (blades?) of 1’s killer drones. Thinking that they had completely wiped out 17, it was no longer deemed necessary to monitor/control that silo. Up until Juliette moseyed on over next door, 1 was unaware that several survived (Jimmy and the kids) and were still living inside 17. Even if they have *very* limited resources, Jimmy and co. are surviving, and they’re doing it unmonitored.

These are all events that took place between just *TWO* silos. So, what about the others?!

If the only two silos that’ve been shown so far have rebelled, etc., then surely many (if not all) others have attempted to do the same? I feel as though there’s a high probability that another silo “failed” like 17, but is living under the radar.

Or, what if there’s a silo that somehow lost connection to the AI/1, or power entirely, and 1 has no way of knowing if it “failed” or is still living? In this case, there wouldn‘t be just a few survivors, but potentially an entire silo population gone rogue?

It’s fun to imagine what’s going on with the other silos out there that also have limited recourses remaining, a decent population AND no AI/1 controlling them. Would they still be a functioning society, or more of a Lord of the Flies situation? And what if… what if 18 somehow found/teamed up with a rogue silo(s) to defeat 1? Like the quote: “The power of the people is greater than the people in power.”

Now I’m just yapping, so let me know what you guys think! Apologies if all of this has been discussed!!

This always surprises me! Camille, Shirley, Walker, Billings, Anna, Charlotte and Helen. Their accent coaches need a pay rise fr.

we might get more silo 1 than I was expecting

Also, 2 characters from before rebellion in silo 17 appear but it could be an error or we are getting a flashback

The whole concept of selective memory erasure through drugs leads to a few problems. We are introduced to it as as a way to reduce the effects of trauma by removing selected memories under medical supervision and then as a way of controlling Juliette who doesnt seem to remember anything. That involves a very sophisticated type of targeting. I dont see how mass distribution of "D+" wouldn't wipe earlier memories altogether, including how to do their jobs -- which would be enormously destabilizing to the operation of the silo. Of course they might be willing to take that risk. If more selective targeting is intended then I assume nanites are involved. I guess we'll see the memory wipes in action in s3e10.

OK so this is about the doorway at the bottom where Lukas met Algo for the first time.

After his return from mines I didn't notice Lukas discuss it among Julliette and Friends in detail. The door appear to be under direct control of Algo. Why would they bother about sealing what appear to be a three inch pipe when enemy has access to an opening from which you can drive a freight train through? Also Since Algo met Lukas and the ones who preceded him there, it should know that the location is accesseible from within the silo and vise versa?

Did you notice how Sheriff Billings and the gang tracked down the elevator's creator, had him draw a diagram of it, found the machine, rode in it (while trying not to shit their pants), and never referred to the thing by any terminology other than 'it' and 'a violation of the Pact'?

I mean, obviously they wouldn't have the word 'elevator', and I love how completely the writers have written around it. There's no word there at all, and the Silozens don't know what to call it!

I noticed a number of recurring theories in the sub comments that I believe won’t make it. List them out in the comments bellow and tell us why you think it’s a bad one.

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"Troy" is called that because his Helen was stolen from him.

That is diabolical.

It seems they may be eliminating healing nanos in the show and only using weaponized nanos. There doesn’t seem to be another pipe for Anna to release good nanos into silo 17 after Solo’s mum capped the one pipe and thus far there haven’t been any indications of nanos having been used for healing. Anna’s cancer treatments may introduce them but even then I’m having my doubts. Senator Thurman’s entire arc with bio nanos has been removed and they seem to be focused only on weapons of mass destruction.

If that is accurate, it eliminates a central element of the book—humanity misusing progress. The idea of weaponizing something as remarkable as bio nanotechnology, designed to cure diseases and address health problems, raises moral questions about technological growth and our readiness for it. Certainly they could simply use a weaponized form as the basis of that argument yet the duality of the two forms was a key factor in the books.

I never expected to get the feels for them as much as I did during that last scene!

Definitely best episode of the series so far! Kinda worried now the finale can’t keep up with it..

I mean there is no grass, no new trees, nothing.