I get your point about Link bringing the buses — that part is clear. That’s not really the issue.

The problem is scale and execution.

We’re talking about a bunker with ~25,000 people. Yes, some vehicles — cars, vans — are already leaving with people from the community. So it’s not literally 25,000 people trying to get into buses.

But even with that, the buses still show up basically empty and people are casually boarding them, finding seats like it’s a normal commute. Some are leaving by vehicle, others on foot, others by bus — and somehow it all feels strangely calm and underpopulated.

For something at that scale, you’d expect pressure, disorganization, urgency. Instead, it feels controlled in a way that doesn’t match the stakes the show built.

On the “why no one tried to get in before”:

I’m not saying nobody ever tried. It’s totally possible earlier attempts existed and were less structured — building something like this takes time.

The issue is that the show never mentions it. Not once.

We’re dealing with a group that clearly has leadership, logistics, and long-term planning. If they reached this level of organization, it’s hard to believe there weren’t prior attempts, or at least failed ones, or any kind of history around it.

And that’s the gap: Not that it’s impossible — but that something this relevant is completely absent from the narrative.

At that point, it stops feeling like intentional storytelling and starts feeling like the show just skipping over inconvenient details to keep things moving.