The Mind Games of Silo Season 3 Episode 2 Begins to Unlock Forbidden Memories

Critic’s Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

4.2

Cameras are everywhere in the silos, and Juliette has no idea on Silo Season 3 Episode 2.

The more she tries to remember, and the more people pass notes to her, the more everything could come crumbling down around them.

There’s only so much Camille can do to save the silo, which makes you wonder whether she realizes she’s working with the wrong side.

Meanwhile, the past reveals the truth about Charlotte’s memories. It had nothing to do with the black goo she went through, but it is all linked to the present-day storyline.

Who Are We but Our Memories?

Silo Season 3 Episode 2 asks an important question: who are we if we don’t have our memories?

We are all created from the events that have happened to us. We’re molded from happy and sad experiences.

It’s something the film Inside Out shows beautifully, and now Silo is getting just a hint of that animated movie from the outside.

Charlotte has no memories of her life. None at all, and this is all by design.

Daniel learns the heartbreaking truth when his doctor tests his own theories on her to help her forget.

There is supposed to be a gift in the erasure of the memories, as Anna explains the doc went through trauma of his own.

He was at the wheel of a car when it was involved in an accident that killed his wife and daughter.

Sure, it’s something that he wants to forget. And sure, he understands just how much trauma like that affects people.

However, Helen is spot on in her belief that a doctor doesn’t just get to decide whether people remember.

He’s crossing a dark line by testing his memory-altering technology on soldiers, especially those who haven’t had any sort of say in the process.

Could this be the story Helen was working on with Charlotte before the accident in Iran?

Probably not, but there was something Charlotte wanted to share with the press, and she was terrified of those involved.

I’ll give props to Helen for just getting through the hospital to meet with Charlotte. She had everyone fooled into thinking she was someone close to Daniel.

However, it was only a matter of time before she was caught out. What she probably didn’t realize was that it would have something to do with Charlotte getting a flash of memory.

Okay, really, she probably didn’t realize that remembering something would send Charlotte into a panic attack, and that’s what alerted everyone to our pilot test subject needing help.

As all of this played out, I couldn’t help but think about the moments Juliette remembered during the Silo Season 3 Premiere.

She had a flash of Bernard in the fiery room. While that was filled with trauma compared to Charlotte’s flash of memory with Helen in the car, there is a similarity in the feelings.

Juliette was likely anxious as she walked back into her silo at the end of Silo Season 2, just like Charlotte is clearly anxious in her flash of memory in the car.

Is it this feeling that helps to bring everything back?

Juliette Needs to Trust Her Gut

Speaking of Juliette, she gets more flashes of memory during Silo Season 3 Episode 2, and again, those flashes are linked to a feeling of anxiety or fear.

As she thinks about the note she got — one that Camille and the algorithm know all about because of the cameras — she starts to compare it to the handwriting on other notes she has.

While nothing matches, there’s a flash of memory, of Walker coming to visit Juliette before she went out to clean, and the note about how “they’re good in Supply.”

Finally, she decides to speak with Walker, and while it’s not the memory-fueled meeting we would love to see, there is still a hint of the bond they once shared.

I don’t think I like the idea of Walker being angry with Juliette for not remembering, but I get it, too.

Walker knows her Juliette, and her Juliette wouldn’t give up on trying to remember the truth.

Yet, this isn’t her Juliette. This is one that the Algorithm and Camille have attempted to program. Only, programming doesn’t always work.

The Algorithm is living on borrowed time, and whoever is behind it likely knows that. That’s why there’s the push to add this Vitamin D+ to the water — we all know what’s really in there!

So, Juliette needs to push to remember. She needs to trust her gut.

She does that in a small way by going to speak to the person who left her the note, but Juliette isn’t getting any answers yet.

It’s not the beacon of light we were hoping for; it turns out that Kennedy and his followers are sure it’s safe outside. They saw everything on the screen after Juliette got them to hack into the system.

Does anyone else find it so hard not to scream at the TV, telling Kennedy not to go out?

If only Juliette could remember it all to tell him that everything on the visor is fake, a beautiful world created to encourage people to clean for the silo to see.

The interaction does lead to a bit of hope, as Kennedy realizes why Juliette’s memories have been wiped. This was foreshadowed during Season 2 by Robert Simms.

Now it’s time for Juliette to stop taking the pills. 

It’s time for her to trust her gut about them and about Camille so that she can prevent the Vitamin D+ from being added to the water.

A Few Final Thoughts from the Depths of Engineering

• Where’s the Supply Shadow, and why is only one person worried about her right now?
• Just how deep do the tunnels go, and will this link back to the questions about tunneling and The Pact from the premiere?
• Billings protecting his wife shows just how far he’s come in blurring the line between The Pact and the truth.
• The mention of Lukas and the mines gives me a feeling they’re connected.
• Can we visit Solo, please?

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