who are the two characters who appear at the end of episode 10 of season 2? (SPOILERS)

The last scene of episode 10 of season 2 of “Silo” sees Jessica Henwick and Ashley Zukerman appear in the skin of two new characters: a journalist and a member of the American congress. Here’s what we know about them.

A journey through time. The last minutes of episode 10 of season 2 of “Silo” introduced two new characters – whom readers of Hugh Howey’s novels know very well – into the universe of the series. The first is Daniel, a US congressman from the state of Georgia played by Ashley Zukerman. The second is Helen, a Washington Post journalist played by Jessica Henwick. We now know that they will be back in season 3 in a recurring role.

According to the American site Deadline, Daniel will be the equivalent of Donald Keene’s character in the books, a newly elected member of Congress, an engineer by training, who will have a predominant role in the construction of the silos. Helen is none other than his wife, and this conversation in a bar in the American capital indeed marks their first meeting.

The importance of the Pez dispenser

This is where Daniel gives Helen the Pez dispenser which will be found in Silo 18 three centuries later. An object banned by the judiciary which has a special meaning, according to the showrunner, Graham Yost. “We see this Pez dispenser in our world, and it will end up at the bottom of a silo, 300 years in the future. How could this have happened?” he asks in an interview with TV Line.

The two characters appear in the second novel of the literary saga called “Shift”, which is a prequel to “Wool”, which was adapted in the first two seasons. Without revealing too much about what happens in this book, this helps confirm that Season 3 will reveal the reasons behind the construction of the 51 silos, the idea behind their design, and how they are related to each other. to others.

In an interview with the American site The Wrap, Graham Yost confirmed that season 3 will alternate between the story of Daniel and Helen in our time (more or less), at the moment when, according to their conversation, a nuclear conflict threatens to break out between the United States and Iran. And that of Juliette and the future of Silo 18 after the discovery of the “Safeguard Procedure” which threatens to kill its population.