Warning! This article contains spoilers for Silo season 2's episode 8.After dropping subtle clues surrounding Silo 17's timeline, Silo season 1 ends, season 2 begins with a flashback that walks through everything that happened in Silo 17 before its rebellious citizens overpowered the IT and headed out into the world. After giving a glimpse of the silo Steven Zahn's Solo grew up in, Silo season 2 switches to the present events and unfolds Juliette and Silo 18's story.

Throughout its runtime, Silo season 2 drops bits and pieces about Solo's backstory without fully giving away how old he is and how long he has spent in the vault. The introduction of a few new Silo 17 survivors in Apple TV+ sci-fi show's episode 9 provides some concrete answers surrounding Silo 17's history and its survivors.

Silo Confirmed The Rebellion Happened At Least 30 Years Ago

Eater's Backstory Draws A Clear Picture Of The Overarching Timeline

When Juliette asks Eater how old she was when Silo 17's rebellion happened, Eater reveals she was not even born during the event. She adds that her mother was also a child when the rebellion took place, suggesting that her mother was one of the survivors and had her after the rebellion. Since Eater is easily above 12 years old in the show's present timeline, and her mother was a child when the rebellion happened, it is hard not to believe the rebellion happened more than three decades before the show's present events.

Given how a lot has happened since the rebellion in Silo 17, it would make sense if over 30 years have ed since it happened.

In Silo season 2's episode 9, Eater also reveals that Audrey's father, Chase, and Rick's mother, Tess, got together after many parents started dying. This suggests that Audrey and Tess were born after the rebellion but before their parents, Chase and Tess, got together. The parents seemingly lived long enough to watch many other survivors die — likely from hunger and illness — before deciding to break into Solo's vault to feed their children. After getting together, they also had one more child: Peter. Much later, Audrey and Rick had a baby, who they hope to feed by accessing Solo's vault in episode 9.

Given how a lot has happened since the rebellion in Silo 17, it would make sense if over 30 years have ed since it happened. Even when it comes to Solo's appearance, he looks like he is over 40 years old. Since Silo season 2's episode 9 confirms he was around 11 or 12 years old when the rebellion happened, 30 seems like a plausible number to for the age of time.

Season 2 Confirms How Many People Survived Silo 17's Rebellion

All Initial Survivors Of The Rebellion, Except Solo, Are Dead

Eater's story suggests that many families had managed to survive the rebellion. However, over time, most seemingly died from hunger and illnesses. Her mother, too, ed away from an undisclosed illness after leaving her behind with Chase and Tess. The rebellion's timeline confirms that, apart from Solo, at least one of Audrey, Rick, and Eater's parents also survived the disastrous event. All three children, and the kid and the baby they look after, were also born long after the rebellion in Silo's overarching timeline.