In case the title didn’t give it away, A Quiet Place: Day One starts on the very first day of the alien invasion, with events taking place roughly over the next four days.

It means that the movie takes place more than a year before the majority of the events of A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II.

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We do see one Part II character in A Quiet Place: Day One though: Djimon Hounsou’s Man on Island, who we now know is called Henri. He’s in New York City with his family when the invasion starts and crosses paths with Samira, before playing a major role later.

So let’s delve into that major Part II connection in A Quiet Place: Day One’s ending. Final warning for major spoilers ahead.

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Luckily for them, Henri is on one of the boats that’s about to leave and, spotting the commotion on the dock, he stops the boat in time for Eric to be able to swim to it with Frodo.

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This is where the Part II connection comes in because, as luck would have it, Eric and Frodo end up on Henri’s boat. We know from the sequel that Henri made it to an island where he set up a sanctuary for survivors.

Henri’s boat was one of only two to make it, so Eric chose wisely. While, of course, we don’t see Eric (or Frodo) in Part II as Day One didn’t exist then, we can assume that he also made it to the island in one piece.

It’s certainly what writer/director Michael Sarnoski thinks too. “Definitely a good portion of those people probably ended up on the island,” he told The Hollywood Reporter.

“I think there’s a good chance that they’re there, and definitely there’s a good chance we’re going to see them again.”