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88% Tomatometer 66 Reviews 63% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings In a ruined and toxic future, a community exists in a giant underground silo that plunges hundreds of stories deep; there, people...
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May 5, 2023 · May 5, 2023, 2:00 PM UTC. Rebecca Ferguson in Silo. Image: Apple. Based on trailers and images, it’s pretty easy to write off Silo as yet another dour post-apocalyptic story. It’s all grey and...
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May 5, 2023 · Brian Tallerico May 05, 2023. Tweet. Apple TV+ has taken expensive stabs at sci-fi greatness before but they’ve never hit their target quite as successfully as they do in the excellent “ Silo ,” premiering with two episodes today before dropping one at a time through the next eight weeks. Based on the Wool series of books by Hugh Howey ...
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By Emma Fraser
Posted: Jun 30, 2023 7:00 am
Warning: This review contains full spoilers for Silo Season 1.
Watching Silo is akin to walking the central staircase of the Apple TV+ drama’s titular 144-floor structure, which supposedly holds the last remnants of human life on Earth: With every level, there is a discovery. Adapted from the best-selling science-fiction novels by Hugh Howey, the world-building of the series is carefully plotted across its first 10 episodes. The pilot is a prologue of sorts, laying a breadcrumb trail that begins with Sheriff Holston Becker (David Oyelowo), and wife, Allison (Rashida Jones), instantly drawing you into the story and setting up the murky power structure. Actual protagonist (and Holston’s successor as sheriff) Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson) doesn’t appear until the end of the first episode, and the time spent establishing the specificities of Silo’s unique environment, its language, rules, and class system – all before Juliette suffers a motivating loss– lays a strong foundation.
Many unknowns are emphasized early, such as the year Silo takes place, what happened to send 10,000 people underground, and who built this structure. Not answering these fundamental questions by the season's end could be frustrating; thankfully, Silo creator Graham Yost is not spinning his wheels in dishing out information. The series toggles between easy-to-predict twists and ones that are a breath of fresh air: Part of me expected the finale to cut to black before we get our first glimpse of the world outside the silo; all evidence suggests Juliette will walk outside to find a green and lush landscape, dramatically contrasting the gray, barren, toxic scenery glimpsed from the viewing points inside. Instead, the deception isn’t that the world is thriving, but that Juliette and her fellow survivors aren’t alone. There are silos as far as the eye can see, and after spending a season in one location, the options for the already-ordered second season feel endless.
Given how much time is spent laying the groundwork of a broader conspiracy involving the nefarious new mayor Bernard Holland (Tim Robbins) and head of Judicial Security Robert Sims (Common), it isn’t surprising they are far from alone. The jolt comes from the scale of this underground collection of civilizations, raising even more questions and delivering the kind of climax that matches how Yost has ramped up the tension throughout the season.
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The same can be said for Harriet Walter, who leaves the wealthy parent roles of Succession and Ted Lasso behind to play a withdrawn Silo engineer who hasn’t left her living quarters in 25 years. The world comes to her, and details about her past are revealed mostly through conversations with Juliette – including flashbacks to when 13-year-old Juliette entered her life – and Martha will only leave the confines of her room when her surrogate daughter’s life is in danger. Again, this outcome is predictable, but Walter's portrayal of the struggle to step beyond her threshold is captivating.
It also helps that every nook and cranny of this world offers up new clues, and production designer Gavin Bocquet ensures that every home fits the level and circumstances of its inhabitants. The rich attention to detail adds texture to the industrial environment, whether it’s a walkway, office, or staircase. Everything is well crafted, from the performances to Atli Örvarsson’s evocative score.
While its big mysteries remain unsolved, Silo has covered an immense amount of ground and delivered an enticing and surprising cliffhanger. Throughout Silo’s debut season, the world-building and distillation of information have been well-paced, and the attention to detail in the production design further adds to its compelling elements. Rebecca Fer...
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Silo. 88% Avg. Tomatometer 66 Reviews 63% Avg. Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings In a ruined and toxic future, a community exists in a giant underground silo that plunges hundreds of stories deep...
May 10, 2023 · Culture. May 10, 2023 9:00 AM. With Silo, Apple TV+ Strikes Prestige Sci-Fi Gold. The long-gestating adaptation of Hugh Howey’s book series was worth the wait. Rebecca Ferguson stars in the Apple...
