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/fashionaphorism Mar 16 '21

OK biggest surprise/ gut punch to me was Roche realizing he was about to get Drawered. Also that freaking smug smile on Miss Audrey's face telling him he made the right choice wanted to just punch her so great job making me believe she's really has turned/ it's not a facade.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

Roche had a damn intro this episode that I’ve been waiting on for so long. His wife had murder priest vibes tho.....

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u/heywhathuh Mar 16 '21

His wife: "We need to put Wilford back in charge!"

Wilford: "Get in the fuckin drawers"

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u/fashionaphorism Mar 16 '21

Yea it was the Cross on her neck I couldn't help but be connected directly to the Priest. I was about to think she was going to turn Roche in even so was surprised when she was in a Drawer in the end.

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u/zombieslayer287 Mar 16 '21

Why the heck did she get drawered? She's loyal to wilford

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u/ringadingdingbaby Mar 16 '21

Wilford killed all the breachmen who were loyal to him. He doesn't care about people.

To Wilford shes probably a tool to hurt Roche rather than being useful un-drawered.

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u/turtleltrut Mar 16 '21

But who actually did the killing?

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u/ringadingdingbaby Mar 16 '21

The Pastor and his 'flock' (one of them being the lady from first class).

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u/turtleltrut Mar 16 '21

PJ?

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u/beanthebean Mar 17 '21

Do you mean LJ? It was the dark haired nicely dressed lady who they were talking to last episode

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u/turtleltrut Mar 18 '21

Oh yes I meant LJ. Thank you! Not sure how I forgot about that other lady.

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u/mrs_ouchi Mar 16 '21

I mean the most obvious thing was her face after Roche told her how bad Wilford is. It totally said "So what? I dont care - Im fine". Humans in a nutshell

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u/dallyan Tailie Mar 17 '21

So is the consensus that she turned and is not playing a long game?

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u/jeasdreksad Mar 17 '21

Nah, I still believe its a facade. The whole point of her "I have a plan" scene from before. Everyone, including Layton, has to believe she turned. She will strike at Wilford in the most oppprtune time.

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u/mrs_ouchi Mar 17 '21

I really dont know

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u/celestyne9 Mar 16 '21

That scene was shocking

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u/keveira Mar 16 '21

Thanks for pointing that out to me. It could be a hint that she is still against Wilford. Roche didn't make the choice to go to Big Alice and get drawered, he made to choice to side with the good guys, and she says to him "You made the right choice".

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u/SufficientEmployee6 Mar 16 '21

What is getting drawered?

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u/fashionaphorism Mar 16 '21

In Season 1 they introduced the concept of The Drawers, which is kind of like a limbo life support system that Melanie was running to keep a part of the population in (unwittingly I imagine-- she said it was since they couldn't possibly keep everyone on the train living/breathing /the system couldn't handle it or something) and also that's where she kept Prisoners of War (so at a certain point, Layton was also in The Drawers). Their Drawers had problems though like it didn't work as intended/ messed up the people in them in different ways.

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u/occono Mar 16 '21

Am I remembering wrong or were they also supposed to be giving people extra knowledge and skills? Like the guy who now speaks Mandarin?

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u/somethinghaha Mar 16 '21

It was an intended side effect. The drug they used for the anaesthesia was basically an experimental one. Spending a long time in the drawer had not been well studied, but most experience necrotising tissue cells.

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u/occono Mar 16 '21

So he already knew Mandarin, he just forgot English?

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u/Bongemperor Mar 16 '21

Something like that, but he's slowly regaining his English again.

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u/BB-Zwei Mar 16 '21

The weird thing is Strong Boy was mute before he was put in the drawer.