Silo
Warning ! This article contains spoiler for Silo season 2 episode 2.Bernard calls Juliette a Heron while addressing her during his speech inSiloseason 2 ’s episode 2 , raising many questions about his unfeigned intentions . UnlikeSiloseason 2 ’s episode 1 , which primarily focuses on Juliette ’s journeying outside Silo 18 , episode 2 focuses on the effect inside the central Silo . Owing to this , it does not featureRebecca Ferguson ’s Julietteat all and highlights how Bernard tries to reduce the damage because of her going .
In the episode ’s opening moments , Bernard skitter through his vade mecum , " The ordering , " to look for the protocols he must carry out to prevent a uprising in Silo 18 . To his jounce , the enchiridion state , " In the outcome of a failed cleanup , organise for war . " Since the enchiridion mentions nothing about a citizen surviving in the outside mankind and walk up the hill , Bernard is leave to his own devices . However , instead of panic , he invent a well - thought - out design to ensure a rebellion does not burst out in the Silo .
Bernard Called Juliette A “Hero” To Control The Narrative In Silo Season 2
Bernard Knows Exactly What His People Want To Hear
Since many masses in Silo 18 see Juliette defy the cleanup rule and wax up the J. J. Hill , Bernard realizes he can not convince them that what they saw was unreal . Therefore , when he cover the incident in a speech , he claims that Juliette last outside longer than anyone else from their Silo because they by choice sealed her suit of clothes with a new kind of heat tape . Portraying her as a hero , he says she agreed to have the new warmth tape on her suit and sacrificed her life to aid them understand how they could eventually leave the Silo and survive in the out-of-door world .
Bernard also realizes that if the people feel the verity about how Juliette survived alfresco , the people would turn against him for lie about the heat tape .
After Juliette ’s exit , Bernard translate that her acts of rebelliousness against the government and surprising survival outside the Silo have convert many she was a zep . He cognise that if he tried to antagonize her , his people would hate him even more , which would further advance them to start a insurrection . Bernard also realizes that if the people rule the truth about how Juliette survived outside , the citizenry would wrick against him for lie about the high temperature tape recording . Therefore , he make a narrative that not only molt a positivist light on Juliette ’s action but also sustain the citizens compliant .
Why Bernard Planted Hecklers During His Speech About Juliette
He Wanted To Control The Narrative By Only Addressing The Questions He Could Answer
Many masses revolt against Bernard as he delivers his manner of speaking inSiloseason 2 ’s episode 2 , and two men even question him . One military man even claims Juliette is still alive , voicing the belief held by many other citizens . However , Bernard calmly serve their questions and even see the people that , as much as he want Juliette to still be alive , it is not potential for her to have endure the external cosmos ’s harsh precondition . With his collected answers , Bernard manages to suppress the brewing rebellion and convince his people that he has their good interests in mind .
The outside world has demonstrate to be fatal to almost every Silo character , which begs the question of how Rebecca Ferguson ’s character survived .
Interestingly , however , hayfield later praise him not only for giving a convincing speech but also for plant heckler in the bunch . Bernard confirms thathe did , indeed , lease hecklers to see to it he had full control over the office . If it was n’t for the badgerer , other citizens could have caught him off - guard with questions he did not have answers to or lacked the authority to answer . By ensuring he was only asked what he could answer , he convinced his people he knew what he was spill about and , in turn , gained their trust , albeit temporarily .
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Will Bernard’s Juliette Plan Work?
His Plan Seems To Have Delayed The Rebellion, But Not Extinguish It
Bernard ’s speech seems to significantly subdue the growing rebellion but does not crush out it . This is prove when he notice similar " JL " graffito in many parts of the Silo . As the episode reveals,“JL " remain firm for " Juliette Lives,“highlighting the voice of the rebellious the great unwashed who bank Juliette was onto something before she left the Silo . While some rebels are certain Juliette is alive despite result Silo 18 , others believe she lives through the hope and brainchild she sparked through her defiance against the Silo ’s leaders ' tyranny .
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Towards the sequence ’s ending mo , Bernard , too , agrees that he has only delayed the inevitable rebellion by lying to his people . After noticing the " JL " graffiti , he realize that he must do something and find a worthy shadow before it is too late . Only meter will separate whether Bernard will emerge triumphant or Juliette ’s jockstrap will finagle to overthrow his rule inSiloseason 2 ’s future instalment .
In a dystopian hereafter , men and cleaning woman reside in a vast underground silo governed by strict regularisation , trust to harbor them from the hazardous world above . The series dig into the complex societal parliamentary procedure within the silo and the mystery surround their subterranean existence .
