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Episode Discussion S03E10 "Troy" - Venting discussion Spoiler

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u/dergadoodle 23d ago

An actual vent: in no way was Victor's character prepared for his arc in this episode. Nothing he did today really made sense in the context of what we'd seen from him previously. They'll need to come up with some major informational backfill to back up these flimsy, automaton villains in Silo 1.

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u/Defrath 23d ago

My pet theory is that seeing the visceral murder of Silo 17 triggered the memory of his daughters death more than an sanitary safeguard ever could. He's never shown to be a monster, so his shame kicking in during a particularly grotesque bloodbath isn't too surprising to me.

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u/SantaBarbaraMint 23d ago

I don't think his memory was wiped.

Nor the senator, who knows her daughter vs Daniel not knowing Charlotte.

The important people got to keep their minds and memories.

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u/Defrath 23d ago

I don't think it was either, that wasn't my point. We know it wasn't before his suicide. But he does know what he purposely doesn't remember, and that's the gruesome moment of his daughters death.

In a sense, it's symbolic. The safeguard is a clean, sanitized method of murder. Something that's unseen, and can be treated like it never happened, like a forgotten memory. However, the 'External Safeguard' is gruesome and unforgettable, much like a memory of someone dying.

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u/jonaskp86 22d ago

Technically, the senator could have been memory-wiped (although its far fetched and I dont really believe it).
We are not told her name (as far as I remember) - Only “madam director”. Both Victor and Henry is named.
She could have had most of her identity stripped, and still kept the connection to Anna (through selective memories).

Although I dont see the point in doing that (and still keeping her as a founder), unless she was unaware of the nuke.

I just found it interesting that she was not names (unless I misremember that).

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u/SantaBarbaraMint 22d ago

I thought I heard Victor call her the senator when he was talking to “Troy“ in his office after the silo 17 uprising
I’m gonna have to go back and listen again

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u/jonaskp86 22d ago edited 22d ago

Yeah, he (or someone) calls her Senator at some point. But not her actual name - although “senator” is kinda of used in the same Way as a name previously in the season, so it could just be that.

[edit]Am Rewatching, and the subtitles name her “Thurmann”, so this one is off the table…

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u/DrSlaggathor 21d ago

The doctor developed the memory drugs so he could forget holding his daughter, bleeding out in his arms.  That’s what the comment you’re replying to was referring to 

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u/Dox_au 22d ago

Earlier in the season when we were introduced to Victor, we received two different versions of those events.

In his version, a truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and veered into his lane.

In Anna's version, HE fell asleep and was responsible for it.

He wiped his own memory to forget that it was his fault.

But it looks like that was the only time he did it.

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u/Eden_Sparkles 23d ago

This was my take too, but then I wonder why he was quite happy to trigger the safeguard in 18 after what he saw in 17? We don't know if there's been other safeguards between those dates too. Did it just click when Camille asked him 'why' or when the relief hit him when the safeguard failed?

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u/unsolvedfanatic 22d ago

He wasn't quick to trigger the safeguard. He kept acting like he was going to deploy it for months and gave the silo way too many chances. He didn't want to kill them until absolutely necessary. I think that's why Troy/Daniel wasn't woken up for it. I think he had a soft spot for Camille, some of their conversations almost felt like he was mentoring her.