This article contains spoilers for Silo season 2, episode 10, “Into the Fire.”
Silo showrunner Graham Yost underlines the importance of that Pez dispenser. The closing minutes of the Silo season 2 finale introduces a U.S. congressman (played by Succession‘s Ashley Zuckerman) on a date with a journalist named Helen (Iron Fist alum Jessica Henwick). Things seem to be going well until the journalist asks the politician whether the U.S. plans to bomb Iran, pointing to how the silos were perhaps created and why. The congressman exits, leaving her with a duck Pez dispenser. It’s a reference to the University of Oregon’s Duck mascot, which the journalist attended
In comments to TVLine, Yost addressed the Pez dispenser which has been with Rebecca Ferguson’s Juliette Nichols. Yost, who is also an executive producer on the Apple TV+ sci-fi thriller, confirmed that the dispenser is the same one that exchanged hands between the congressman and the journalist. He also indicates that the item will be of significance. Read his remarks below:
“That is the PEZ dispenser. You see this PEZ dispenser in our world, and it’s going to end up in a silo, 300 years in the future. How the hell did that happen?”
What The Pez Dispenser Means For Silo
It’s A Connection To The Past
Henwick and Zuckerman will be back in Silo season 3, having been upgraded to cast members after the surprise appearance in the recent finale. If it’s the case that the journalist Helen holds onto the dispenser given to her by the United States congressman, and it seems like she does, the question becomes how did it make its way from one hand to another before making its way to Juliette. It was in Silo season 1 that Juliette’s friend, George Wilkins (played by Ferdinand Kingsley), gave it to her.
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What Silo’s Pez Dispenser Means
Silo season 2’s ending flashback hints at how the duck Pez candy dispenser will eventually hold immense significance in the show’s overarching story.
The obvious connection to make is that one of the main Silo characters is somehow linked to the people that helped start this mess, as represented by the journalist and the congressman. Given that both characters will be back, the possibility is bound to be addressed, including why the Dispenser is a banned relic. But the adaptation of the Hugh Howey novels may be aiming for a more emotional explanation.
Our Take On Silo’s Important Relic
Objects Live On
If nothing more specific is said about the toy duck, it could just be that the Pez dispenser is a symbol of how certain things can live on even after the world has been destroyed. It could be an unlikely symbol of rebuilding and starting over. Relics and objects have had an outsized importance in the high-stakes world of Silo. It could be because they tell stories, encapsulate lives, and give people the dangerous element of hope.
Source: TVLine
In a dystopian future, men and women reside in a vast underground silo governed by strict regulations, believed to shield them from the hazardous world above. The series delves into the complex social order within the silo and the mysteries surrounding their subterranean existence.
- Release Date
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May 5, 2023
- Cast
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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)
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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 - Seasons
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2
- Story By
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Hugh Howey
- Directors
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Morten Tyldum
, David Semel - Showrunner
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Graham Yost
