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Snowpiercer: Season 4

10 episodes Premiered Jul 21, 2024
Previously on Snowpiercer

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Snowpiercer Season 3.
  • Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S4·E1 Mytharc

Snakes in the Garden

Jul 21, 2024

The Snowpiercer crew marvel as a rocket shoots through the sky, crashing nearby. Melanie sends Till and Ben to investigate. Flash forward to nine months later, New Eden blooms.

S4·E2 Core

The Sting of Survival

Jul 28, 2024

Milius and his Animal Squad storm the train. Melanie realizes something is wrong and shuts the vault doors to the engine. But when Ben's life is threatened, Melanie surrenders the

S4·E3 Core

Life Source

Aug 4, 2024

Layton demands to use Big Alice to rescue Liana. Ruth, now Mayor of New Eden, refuses because it's the town's power supply. Layton makes Javi jury-rig a solution, giving them three

S4·E4 Core

North Star

Aug 11, 2024

Big Alice catches up to Snowpiercer. Milius radios them, inviting Layton over. Sensing a trap, Layton and Josie sneak onto Snowpiercer. Nima is worried Layton will be gassed and at

S4·E5 Core

The Engineer

Aug 18, 2024

Layton hears the deal: Liana for Big Alice. He agrees and the trains dock at the silo. While Layton, Ben, Till, Ruth, and Alex stew in a holding room, Josie is taken to Headwood. M

S4·E6 Core

Bell the Cat

Aug 25, 2024

Nima needs more samples for his experiments, so Milius sends Wilford and the soldiers to collect. Privately, Milius tells Wolf to kill Wilford. Layton wakes up on an abandoned floo

S4·E7 Core

A Moth to a Flame

Sep 1, 2024

Layton learns who was responsible for the experiments on Josie and Liana, before also finding out who froze the world.

S4·E8 Core

By Weeping Cross

Sep 8, 2024

Big Alice pulls into New Eden. Layton, Josie, and Liana sit stranded in the middle of nowhere, freezing to death, when a masked soldier appears. Can he rescue them? Alex finds hers

S4·E9 Mytharc

Dominant Traits

Sep 15, 2024

Alex sabotages the track switch computer and, with Layton's help, escapes to town hall. Till gets the drop on Ace and uses his sniper rifle to save Layton and Alex from Rat. Melani

S4·E10 Mytharc

Last Stop

Sep 22, 2024

Nima heads for Snowpiercer. Layton and the Tailies fight their way uptrain when Ruth is captured. Nima tries to cut a deal and runs to the rocket control room to initiate the launc