with Snowpiercer season 4 winding down the show to its end fans are curious to know what happened to Shawn beans Mr Wilford it wasn't certain if he died after being exiled in the cold at the end of season 3 especially since the series introduced new threats to take viewers Minds away from the original Tyrant the new sest in season 4 is the disgruntled Admiral Milas played by Clark Greg he's leading a fresh Army the international peacekeeping forces intent on reheating the planet they have taken over Snowpiercer and want the other locomotive big Alice as well as the heroes from new Eden try to fight this denigrating Legion off Snowpiercer drops a major bombshell bringing Wilford back into play what has Shawn beans Wilford done in Snowpiercer Wilford was a fascist dictator the initial season had Jennifer Connelly's Melanie pretending to be WI she took the train and sped the remnants of civilization off for years of revolutions around the world she didn't want the oppressive Wilford to lead them or they'd be doomed luckily Melanie had the pilot and engineer Ben as well as people like Audrey Javi Ruth and best to help out in the trenches when uprisings occurred did classism and elitism exist yes but there was a degree of order things changed however when Wilford returned with big Alice to reclaim what was his he had soldiers on his engine he had melanies daughter Alex whom he raised as a Protegé and he had cultists on Melanie's train in the end an alliance was formed Melanie needed Davey digs Andre Leighton and the tiles to repel the villain this Tru saw them dispose of wilford's people and try to chart a future as a coalition but it wasn't easy Wilford was a politician who used Colonial politics to command his disciples he promised them scraps and hope motivating them like a cult of personality he even had acolytes like the headwood in the lab Conjuring up super soldiers could survive the cold this was all part of his scheme to have everyone worship him as a God if not his enforcers would execute them thankfully the heroes persevered amid all these mitigating circumstances they sent Wilford out in a capsule to die Leighton started up the new Eden Colony outside Africa while Melanie took Snowpiercer around the globe to find more hot pockets for people to live in it seemed like the era of Wilford was truly over how does Wilford return in Snowpiercer season 4 Wilford was retrieved by Admiral Mia audiences were worried Wilford led the army that launched Rockets to take Snowpiercer over at the end of season 3 that timeline wouldn't have syned up with his banishment however it's all revealed when Leighton couples big Alice with Snowpiercer he wants to find his kidnapped daughter lyanna and see what Miley's scope of work really is instead of locating lyanna or Melanie Leon gets reacquainted with Wilford who was kept in a silo however it turns out he's not a prisoner he's a guest he taunts Leighton and makes it seem like he's an immortal person the heroes will never get rid of as fate would have it Miley has found the capsule and has been using Wilford as a strategist Wilford is advising on science launching the chemicals that neema's doctors made and other physical aspects of the mission introduced in the Snowpiercer season for premiere