Silo Season 3, episode 9s shocking ending, explained

Well, that was unexpected.

Back in Silo Season 3, episode 7, we were finally shown the founders responsible for building the silos .

In episode 8, we seemed to get a clue as to how the world might end — and now episode 9 has gone and turned the whole thing on its head.

So, what happens at the end of episode 9, and what does it all mean? Let's unpack it.

SEE ALSO: 'Silo' showrunner Graham Yost breaks down episode 9's bombshell ending and surprise musical guest What happens at the end of Silo Season 3, episode 9? A lot happens in episode 9, from Bernard (Tim Robbins) being sent out to die to Camille (Alexandria Riley) having her faith in the mysterious algorithm shaken.

The last half of the episode, though, is something else.

We cut from chaos in the silo to our flashback storyline, only now we've jumped forward in time: Daniel (Ashley Zukerman) and Helen (Jessica Henwick) are expecting a baby, and they're visiting the now-complete silo system that Per Stensen (Colin Hanks) and Senator Thurman (Laura Innes) have been working on for the past three years.

In this future, the silos are already operational, and people have been living in them for the past year as part of the experiment.

Daniel and Helen are there for a tour ahead of the grand unveiling.

Only as they're shown around, it feels like there's a tension in the air — like the founders know more than they're letting on.

While Helen is led to Silo 18 (yep, that's our silo), Daniel is taken by Henry (Reed Birney) and Dr.

Victor Crnkovich (Matt Craven) to Silo 1, where he meets with Senator Thurman and Per Stensen, who are busy practising their speeches.

Daniel's sister Charlotte (Jessica Brown Findlay), however, is nowhere to be found.

And when Daniel texts her their family in-joke ("If mom and dad were alive right now..."), she sends the wrong response back.