We’re jumping straight into the deep end with the first third of The Stranded. Chapters 53 through 63, and, boy.. what a ride! We jump back into the chaos in Silo 18 where things are looking grim. In the aftermath of the explosions and the retreat of Mechanical, this section is rough.. The stakes have never been higher.

In this episode, Michael and I break down the immediate aftermath of the uprising. We follow Marc’s harrowing flight through the stairwells, a sequence that feels more like a horror movie than a sci-fi novel, and we finally get confirmation on the fates of some characters we’ve grown to love. There’s talk of submechanophobia and why Solo might actually just have a severe case of undiagnosed ADHD. And, of course, we also check in on a deteriorating Walker, who is quite literally haunted by the past, an ...