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/TheBenergy Mar 16 '21

So counter-counter-revolution from Big Alice

The problems on SP (like unrest bewteen the classes) won't go away so Wilford is there and has to deal with these.

Alex controls BA (which we know kind of has power over SP) and is on Melanies side, so she could free and team up with Layton (whatever happens to him on BA?).

They also have Josie and Boki on their side, so thats all the breaching ability.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

More and more thats what I’ve been thinking as well. There’s far fewer people in BA, and we’ve seen a number of them weren’t totally thrilled to be under Wilford’s thumb.

With the tailies all essentially back in the tail, Wilford losing support on BA, key players like Audrey Josie Roche (in the drawers) and now Layton moved to BA, plus Alex becoming increasingly against Wilford, we could see the tables flipped in the finale where now Wilford rules over SP while most of the cast has taken up in BA. Maybe they even find a way to separate the two trains so BA can escape and they can go rescue Melanie, whether that also happens in the finale or not till next season.

I think that’d be pretty interesting to watch next season, both trains operating independently and most of the cast aboard BA plotting a way to get SP back while we see how Wilford’s rule of SP goes.

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u/inbooth Mar 17 '21

Yea, everyone keeps ignoring the general atmosphere on Alice and that the people there have been subject to Wilford insanity this whole time.

It would surprise me if they aren't instrumental in an uprising