Silo: Seasons 1 & 2 – Review
Imagine living in a silo with 144 floors but you don’t know why you and the others live there or what is outside of the silo. That is the premise of Silo, a science fiction series on Apple TV.
Like any society, there is some hierarchy. In this case, there is a mayor, a judge, a sheriff with deputies, and a mysterious group known as the Judicial, which has its own group of enforcers. But where does the power really lie? That’s the question.
This society is very highly regulated, following a rulebook called the Pact, which plays a role somewhat similar to the Bible.
One of the things people must avoid is possession of relics. These relics are actually artefacts from before the rebellion 140 years before, things that we would recognize as everyday items.
One of the worst crimes is to ask to go outside. While there are no windows, there is a camera feed to one small part of the outside. The dust accumulates on the camera that makes seeing the feed difficult.
Asking to go outside has a severe punishment and that is being sent outside. This is called “being sent to clean” because they are sent out with wool and are asked to clean the camera before they die from the poison outside (despite being given a protective suit).
In the midst of all of this, some people are killed. After the sheriff investigates a number of things related, he asks to go outside and names an engineer named Juliette as his successor. She becomes the main figure in the story.
I do not want to go too much into what happens as I would like you to watch the series for yourself. I have watched the first two seasons and I absolutely loved it.
There are only so many ways to come up with a post-apocalyptic scenario and yet this series, based on the books by Hugh Howey, does come up with something very fresh. We don’t even know what caused the devastation, although we get some information in the final episode of the second season.
The world within the silo is fascinating and it contains all sorts of metaphors to issues that are present in our society. It is not pure escapism, as it is thought provoking and pushes us to consider ethical dilemmas we face.
If you are looking for a great science fiction series in the post-apocalyptic vein, I recommend Silo. I cannot wait until the third season, although I must.
