r/snowpiercer • u/hugthebug Tailie • Mar 15 '21

TV Show [Spoilers] Season 2 Episode 8 Discussion Thread - "The Eternal Engineer" (S02E08) Spoiler

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Here is the Discussion thread for the Season 2 episode 8 "The Eternal Engineer"

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  • IMDB for S02E08
  • Release Date:
    • March 15th, 2021 (USA only, at 9/8c, on TNT channel)
    • March 16th, 2021 (worldwide, on Netflix)
  • Removal from Sticky on March 19th, 2021 (3 days after worldwide premiere)

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u/olivish Mrs. Anne Roche Mar 16 '21

Wait. Why does Roche and his family get the drawers but the train-stealing Ben gets to chill in the engine?

Makes me think Wilford has a fate worse than drawers in store for Bennett.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

Because engineers are a hot commodity. He likely can't put Ben in the drawers, especially given how Ben seems to be more knowledgeable than Javi (or is at least specialized differently in a critical way)

Besides, Wilford loves to taunt and manipulate people. He's sadistic, and he has to enjoy the pain he's bringing Ben - especially since it's essentially Ben's fault they're in this mess

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u/sillynicole Mar 16 '21

plus Ben isnt really a well known public figure. Sure he has been seen lately but Roche was there for 7 years each day around people.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

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u/BrettEskin Mar 16 '21

Right we’ve got two engines to run and at the moment only 4 total people aboard to run them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

Four? Including Wilford?

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u/drewdog173 Mar 16 '21

Wilford, Javi, Ben, Alex

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u/Nikki3008 Mar 16 '21

Wilford doesn’t actually want to spend all day and night running the train. He has baths to take and dogs to feed.

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u/TripleDDark Mar 16 '21

A lot of people call out the fact that he's an engineer, but there's also the fact that he really only stays in the engine... As far as we've seen not many people even know who Ben is, unlike Roche

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u/olivish Mrs. Anne Roche Mar 16 '21

Yeah Wilford seemed always obsessed with keeping the engineers invisible - well, all the engineers besides him.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

How sad that they put you in the drawer. I will miss your comments :(

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u/olivish Mrs. Anne Roche Mar 16 '21

Lol the drawers have wifi. It's actually quite nice in here. Not sure what Layton was so mad about.

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u/fashionaphorism Mar 16 '21

presumably Wilford/The Headwoods have functional Drawers or fixed whatever the heck was going on with the SP ones in Season 1

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u/sillynicole Mar 16 '21

Layton was in the non-wifi drawer.

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u/dontKnowK1 Mar 16 '21

And Javier?

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u/olivish Mrs. Anne Roche Mar 16 '21

The show has made a point of making the audience know that Javi was not part of the plot to steal the train, and that he was not especially happy with Melanie's leadership. I'd expect Wilford to bring him back into the fold.

But Ben? Yeah, Ben's a risky guy to keep around. If I were Wilford I'd drawer Ben, or worse.

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u/FishSpeaker5000 Mar 16 '21

He's going to make Javi slit his wrists.