![]() ![]() While Silo’s spectacular, heartbreaking first episode mostly bounces between Holston and Allison’s perspectives, the series’ first season is largely told from the point-of-view of Ferguson’s Juliette. ![]() A majority of Silo’s 10-episode first season is subsequently spent exploring a past tragedy involving Holston’s wife, Allison (a superb Rashida Jones), as well as the fallout that comes when he surprisingly names Juliette Nichols ( Dune: Part Two‘s Rebecca Ferguson), a standoffish mechanic, as his choice to replace him as sheriff. When the series begins, the silo’s appointed lawman, Sheriff Holston (David Oyelowo), requests to go outside much to the shock of all of the structure’s citizens, including his right-hand man, Deputy Marnes (a delightfully prickly Will Patton). The camera is cleaned on an inconsistent basis whenever one of the silo’s inhabitants requests to “go outside,” a wish that’s not only considered a crime but is granted without fail. The only connection they have to the world above them, therefore, comes via a camera that supposedly shows them a live feed of the Earth’s surface. Its inhabitants have been told that the world outside of the silo was rendered inhospitable long before they were born for reasons that they’re not entirely sure of. Apple TV+īased on a series of sci-fi novels by Hugh Howey, Silo takes place - as its title suggests - in an underground structure that goes hundreds of floors deep beneath the surface of the Earth. Add in an on-screen ensemble of recognizable movie stars and reliable character actors and what you’ve got is exactly what Silo is: A well-made sci-fi thriller from top-to-bottom that won’t necessarily set your world on fire, but will always manage to keep you entertained and engaged. Not only does the series hail from Justified creator Graham Yost, but its directors also include Morten Tyldum ( Counterpart) and Bert & Bertie (The Great), all of whom have proven themselves as capable TV technicians. Ultimately, what Silo has going for it is the talent it boasts both in front of and behind the camera. Thanks to the fictional post-apocalyptic society at the center of it, the show’s premise isn’t even all that dissimilar from so many of the other dystopian movies and TV shows that Hollywood has produced over the past 20 years (or even this year with The Last of Us on HBO and Sweet Tooth on Netflix). The new Apple TV+ original show is one of many dystopian TV series that have premiered in recent years and its visual and tonal cohesion makes it a fitting addition to a content library that already includes other high-budget sci-fi dramas like Extrapolations, For All Mankind, Severance, and Foundation. Silo is a perfect example of what can happen when a team of capable craftsmen decides to hop into an already overcrowded genre. Unnecessary filler in the show's second half Several uninteresting supporting characters ![]()
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