Silo

There are plenty of post apocalyptic series to choose from but Silo is among the better ones to come out in some time. I never read the books (or even heard of them) but I've still been looking forward to this ever since I first heard about it and then my expectations grew even more after watching the trailers. Well, I can tell you that without a doubt this show has not only met those expectations but surpassed them in every way. This is probably best binged watched because of all the great cliffhangers it's hard to wait a week to see what happens next. This has so many great twists and turns it will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout each episode. I'm glad this got renewed so quickly because this is a show that can stay exciting for at least a few more seasons. I also hate getting invested in a show for said show to get canceled without a proper ending. This will have that.

Silo has already been renewed for another two seasons so I'm looking forward to seeing where this show goes. It's suppose to end with season 4 so it will have a proper ending and won't end on a cliffhanger like so many other shows. This show really is every bit as good as everyone says it is. It currently has a 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and an 8.2 here so it's liked by both critics and the audience. It has those great scores for a reason. This is definitely one of the best new shows of the last few years. The seasons may start a little slow for some, not me, but the tension continues to build and build until the last few episodes are can't miss. It takes place in a dystopian future where everyone lives in a huge silo hundreds of stories underground. They live there with a bunch of rules that they all believe are in place to protect them. It has a star studded cast led by Rebecca Ferguson and supported by Tim Robbins, Shane McRae, Will Patton, Common, Iain Glen, David Oyelowo, Rashida Jones, and more. With that cast, the great writing and great visuals this is a cant miss thriller.

In a dystopian future where a community lives in a giant silo extending 144 floors underground, 10,000 people live in a society bound by rules they believe are meant to protect them. The citizens live in a self-contained, aging underground city because the outside is dangerous and polluted. In the massive underground bunker called the "Silo," our community thrives without knowing its history as records were supposedly destroyed 140 years prior during a failed uprising. Sheriff Holston Becker (David Oyelowo) tells Deputy Sam Marnes (Will Patton) that he wants to "get out." Three years earlier, Holston and his wife Allison (Rashida Jones) are given permission by their doctor to remove her birth control implant for 365 days. During this time, Allison learns subversive beliefs about Silo from fertility expert Gloria Hildebrandt (Sophie Thompson), and helps computer expert George Wilkins (Ferdinand Kingsley) explore a forbidden hard drive from before the rebellion. Allison tells a skeptical Holston that those in power are lying to them and that the vision of a dead outside world on Silo's screens may be false, but the truth will come out. Later, the hard drive that uncovers a strange truth ends up in the possession of engineer Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson).....

¨Silo¨ is an excellent American dystopian science fiction television series from 2023 superbly created by Graham Yost, featuring intrigue, intense drama, twists, turns, many surprises and fantastic events. It is based on the novel series ¨Silo Chronicles¨ by North American author Hugh Howey, who also serves as executive producer of the appropriate adaptation. The three books in Hugh Howey's Silo trilogy are called Wool (2011), Shift (2012) and Dust (2013). The story takes place in a dystopian future where a community takes refuge in an underground silo. The rendition stars Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette, an engineer who finds herself embroiled in a mystery that threatens to call into question the origins and foundations of her community. Also appearing are Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo, Common and Tim Robbins, all of them give splendid performances. Along with other decent supporting actors such as: Harriet Walter, Chinaza Uche, Avi Nash, Remmie Milner, Billy Postlethwaite, Shane McRae, Rick Gomez, Iain Glen, Chipo Chung, Aexandria Riley, Clare Perkins, Angela Yeoh and many others.

The series is composed of a first season in 10 episodes covering the first 30 chapters of the book "Wool", this title "Wool" refers to the cloth material that is given to clean those who are sent away; the book has 82 chapters. In June 2023, the series was renewed for a second season of also 10 episodes, which premiered on November 15, 2024; it covers the remaining chapters of the book and also features characters from the second book ("Shift"). In December 2024, the series was renewed for a third and fourth season, and the series will conclude with this last fourth. The series was competently directed by expert television filmmakers, such as: Michael Dinner, Amber Templemore, Adam Bernstein, Morten Tyldum, Bertie Ellwood, David Semel and Aric Avelino. Rating: 7.5/10. Above average series that science fiction enthusiasts will really like.

It's an interesting take on the underground bunker story, of a people who survived underground for such a long time that a civilization arose within it, with lore, myths, beliefs, rituals and ceremonies that are rooted in events that have been forgotten, and a status quo social structure is founded. And when that status quo that preserves the order is questioned, enforcement and punishment follows. A power structure forms, creating a stratified populace, both figuratively and literally, from top to bottom of the silo. That's the premise, and while not entirely original (think Snowpiercer, Dark City, etc.), there is enough novelty here and seems well-executed for a TV series.

Good acting by Oyelowo, with familiar faces in n Rashida Jones and Will Patton. (But as you can tell from the show poster, they are guest stars who will give way to the regular cast, with Rebecca Ferguson as the lead. ) The show appears to be pretty decent, with good production values. There are elaborate sets and good CGI to provide a believable atmosphere.

Though a suspicious mind will pick on some obvious conspiracies early on, there are mysteries being uncovered that will keep me watching.

I had high hopes for "Silo" S02 after greatly enjoying the first, but this time round, episodes 3 to 9 were such a slog to get through, until the pretty action-packed finale. It felt like a long setup for the already greenlit next two seasons, only picking up steam toward the end. While the show's perpetually dark underground setting makes sense, I felt like I could never really see what's going on. Tim Robbins spends much of his screen time glowering at someone about something, but on the bright side, Rebecca Ferguson, Steve Zahn, Common, and the rest of the cast delivered strong performances that kept us invested (though barely). Any merits of this second outing and the excellent final episode don't fully redeem the overly slow pacing and exposition for the middle chunk, so here's hoping the payoff in S03 is worth it.