The Eternal Engineer

Season	2
Episode	8
Overall	18
	March 15, 2021
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The Eternal Engineer is the eighth episode of the second season of Snowpiercer. It is the eighteenth episode of the series overall.

Synopsis

An engineering catastrophe forces Layton (Daveed Diggs) to make a difficult choice that might cost him everything.

Cast

Main

• Jennifer Connelly as Melanie Cavill
• Daveed Diggs as Andre Layton
• Alison Wright as Ruth Wardell
• Lena Hall as Miss Audrey
• Iddo Goldberg as Bennett Knox
• Steven Ogg as Pike
• Sheila Vand as Zarah Ferami
• Mike O'Malley as Roche
• Annalise Basso as LJ Folger
• Sam Otto as John Osweiller
• Roberto Urbina as Javier De La Torre
• Rowan Blanchard as Alexandra Cavill
• and Sean Bean as Mr. Wilford

Quotes

“	Wilford gave me this himself. He said "Breachmen risk their lives for me. With this, I pledge the same to you." Take it. Maybe you can shove it up his ass one day, huh? Sir.	”
	— Boki switches sides

Trivia

• Josie is shown to have mostly healed from her frostbite and is starting to develop abilities similar to Icy Bob.
• It's stated that there is a rumor that the surviving Jackboots have rebuilt a command. At the end of the episode, they are shown active again, working for Wilford.
• Snowpiercer appears to have been partially repaired as the train is moving on at least some of its own power rather than relying completely on Big Alice for movement. This is further indicated by Javier De La Torre telling Layton that the Engine "still isn't running at full capacity," suggesting that its running at least somewhat on its own again.
• The events of this episode are why Snowpiercer was late returning for Melanie in Many Miles From Snowpiercer: the train had to slow down as a result of the problems from Icy Bob's sabotage.
• Bojan Boscovic changes sides after realizing that Wilford had Snowpiercer sabotaged.

Body Count

• Icy Bob (died of injuries from going out into the Freeze)

Gallery