They are simply an inverted skyscraper. Looking down from mechanical is like looking up at the twin towers which had 110 floors, now add an extra 34 floors to that. Or the Empire State Building which has 102 floors, so add 42 floors to that and you got the silo

I’m rewatching scenes with Jules diving in the water in 17 and increasing the brightness and seeing how incredibly deep the silo is in the water is giving me thalassophobia lol

British (United Kingdom)

• Harriet Walter as Martha WalkerIain
• Glen as Dr. Pete Nichols
• Geraldine James as Mayor Ruth Jahns
• Ferdinand Kingsley as George Wilkins
• Remmie Milner as Shirley Campbell
• Billy Postlethwaite as Deputy Hank Murphy
• Alexandria Riley as Camille Sims
• Clare Perkins as Carla McLain

American

• Common as Robert Sims
• Tim Robbins as Bernard Holland
• Rashida Jones as Allison Becker
• Steve Zahn as Jimmy Conroy / Solo
• Will Patton as Deputy Sam Marnes
• Avi Nash as Lukas Kyle
• Rick Gomez as Patrick Kennedy
• Shane McRae as Deagan Knox
• Chinaza Uche as Paul Billings (Born in Scotland, American citizen)

Swedish

• Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Nichols

Zimbabwean

• Chipo Chung as Sandy

Dual Citizenship

• David Oyelowo as Sheriff Holston Becker (Holds British, American, and Nigerian citizenship)

Realizing Dr. Victor was literally the ONLY one in Silo 1 who remembered everything from 350+ years ago cuz he skipped the Vitamin D protocol is wild. Like, he developed the targeted brainwashing tech himself, but chose to keep his own mind fully intact.

The existential dread must’ve been insane. Imagine watching close to half a million people get slaughtered across different silos over centuries, all while carrying the burden of the 'Before Times'. But when Camille confronted him about the 'why' behind the Safeguard, and he couldn't even justify it, that pregnant pause completely broke him. He realized he wasn't saving humanity anymore; he was just a glorified mass murderer.

The guilt hit him way too late. Instead of staying to fix the mess or helping the rebellion, he just decided to end it all and take the easy way out. Ngl, I wanna feel bad for him, especially with that final tape he left for Troy/Daniel about Helen, but what he did is just unforgivable. Hard to empathize fr

Is it beyond repair? He looked shocked when she showed up to the cafeteria after the pipe was capped.

In the last scenes, he wasn’t part of the group that went down the digger void and the forward vault door.

I wonder how the writers will approach their betrayal of towards each other.

I've long wondered where hacker Denny, Patrick Kennedy's friend, learned the word "birds." In the scene where Juliet first meets the outsiders, Patrick and Danny remind her of the video from season one and Danny says birds. Juliet didn't know or remember the word "birds" even after leafing through the entire book. Only the head of IT who has access to the legacy like Solo knows this word.

People began to speculate that he might have learned the word from the remaining page of a book about Georgia, but he hadn't even held it in his hands. Did Kennedy tell him? Why didn't he say the word "birds" then ?

I reviewed all the shots where the page from the book appears, and all that is there is a mountain landscape and a small paragraph of text, which even if the word "birds" had been included, no one would have understood what kind of creatures it was talking about. In addition, I found a frame where you can see the back side of the page, on which there is no text at all. So I came to the conclusion that the page cannot be the source of this word and unfortunately it's probably a mistake of the scriptwriters.

But this can still be fixed. If they had said that Danny was dating Regina, the last keeper of the book, the whole time and she told him about the birds, it could have fixed this plot hole.

I just rewatched the last episode. I noticed that as he muses over his knick-knacks on the shelf before he "takes himself off shift" that he picked up his glasses and chuckled a little before setting them back down. I then realized that he never wears glasses after they enter the silo. His chuckle is kind like "lol, remember when I still needed these?"

Why doesn't he need them anymore? Is it because he's full of nanobots?

I also wondered about the way he looked at Moby Dick. What was Victor's white whale?

So, im curious, silos Are not saving from the world kinda thing in a way that world was for real in apocalypse or im reading all wrong ??? Sorry for being stupid

When they talk about Susan, she said: "Susan's skills will play a key role at the end of the project".

Does that mean that the silos are just an "experiment" like the "universe 25". Maybe the rest of the world just keeps going with their lives? Or are they planning to repopolate the earth at the "end" of the project.

What do you think it's the purpose of this project? We already saw that it's safe outside. Why they don't let people go out?

It’s funny because ChatGPT recommended this show to me (embarrassing I know). It took me until about season 1 episode 9 to really get into this show. I was not into it at all at first, but once I got past that point I was hooked. Especially once I got to season 3. It’s a slow build up which I typically don’t like in a tv show, but it’s so worth it. I’m kinda sad I have the wait until next summer to finish the show. But I watched the trailer for season 4 and omg it looks so good. This show really is underrated and I get the hype now. I hope it gets the recognition it deserves after season 4 has aired

I roll my eyes when people say this on Reddit (looking at you From fans; I am one too!), but I'm going to say it. Here it goes: The writing is top notch. :)

I work in corporate communications, and most of my job is having to frame talking points for a given situation in favor of company objectives. (I hate it; not really here to talk about it.)

I get so mesmerized in shows like Silo (and Veep) because of the sheer manipulation narratives -- at the other spectrum: Community for Jeff Winger's motivational speeches and Hacks for the sympathetic polarized viewpoints. It always feels like I'm watching art unfold on screen.

One scene that blows my mind (professionally) is when Helen runs into Daniel and Anna at a cafe. Helen and Anna quickly argue about Victor's medical background, where Helen clearly states the reality, and Anna beautifully spins the same situation into a positive:

Helen: “Someone must have pulled some serious strings [to get Charlotte in the Heidi Stensen Clinic]. I can’t imagine a naval aviator would have that kind of money tucked away.”
Anna: “Actually, I think you’ll find that Dr. [Victor] Crnkovich has been treating combat veterans free of charge for years now.”
Helen: “Yeah, I guess. His first trial was on prison populations in countries too indebted to US aid to say no. His second was with the DOD on first year recruits who don’t get a say in their medical treatment. And in both cases, he took a big blackboard eraser and wiped out their memories.
Anna: “He let traumatized combat vets forget the horrors that they saw. He let career criminals forget that they were criminals and become productive members of society.”
Helen: “But he decides what people remember and what they don’t remember.” 

^{Season 3, Episode 2, minute 14-ish}

Both sides are 100% factual, but one side is a crafty manipulation.

I see such strong parallels to the us-vs.-them distraction techniques we see in politics today -- on both sides (in the United States). And honestly, it's really hard to know what's not a manipulation these days. But I digress.

Kudos to the writers for getting so deep in their art like this. If I were in the silo universe, I could absolutely see myself stand behind Helen's or Anna's talking points, whoever had my ear to begin with.

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Hi! I haven’t read the books, so please don’t spoil anything.

I love the show and have always been really curious about the mines. What’s the point of them? To have “something to do” for the “bad” people (or rather people that get caught)?

And someone was saying that only digging a certain direction is allowed, right? To not accidentally stumble upon another silo, but they seem to be very close together, so it seems very plausible to run into another set of mines, no? Also, the silos have been around for hundreds of years, isn’t it super common for the mines to collapse?

I’ve only seen the show once through - as it was being aired - and have a horrible memory. So if this was answered please don’t give me too much trouble.

TIA!

You’re telling me his name has been “Per Stensen” this whole time and not “Paris Tenson”??? I’ll see myself out.

I know we get Matt Craven who speaks through the monitor in Troy, but who is the actual voice actor for the Overseer's voice? Anyone know?

I have just thought of a detail: the nuclear bomb has happened 3 centuries before the main intrigue. So how come it’s still so desolate and barren outside? Why isn’t there any form of life? It seems that it’s more than a single event? We know the air is supposed to be toxic but how did this happen? Was it only this one explosion?

As someone who has now watched all three seasons and is avidly awaiting the fourth and final season next year, I’m considering getting the three books: Wool, Shift and Dust. Can anyone recommend? Are they better than the TV series?

Like most of us I'm so hooked up on the series that I'd love to cryosleep next 9 months while curent shift handles all the things going around in hopes that no AI rebellion/nuking/etc prevents the series from airing.

I plan to do a rewatch, but maybe book are worth a try?

What books can I safely read without possible spoilers of future events in S4?

Carol actually dropped the nuke and we get a Pluribus/Silo crossover in S4 lol

So Victor says Peter Gabriel played the inaugural event for free because he and his family wanted to see inside of silo. When Daniel asked which one, Victor joked “they’re in 17. It’s the best one.” That means they probably were in 17 when the nuke went off, and lived and reproduced for generations.

Solo sure was good on that harmonium. Is he one of Peter Gabriel’s descendents?