re: Silo (Apple TV+) Season Long Thread (No Book Spoilers)

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They think it is safe and take off their helmet, leading to their death while everyone inside is watching. Nichols was about to remove her helmet before she realized the image was fake. This led to her keeping the helmet on and making it over the ridge.

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That doesn’t make sense either. The last episode clearly implied that it was inferior tape that was killing them. Nichols was able to go over the edge because her friends switched the tape not because she kept her helmet on

Again though if going outside is considered a death sentence then why project a fake image in the helmet. Kind of cruel to sentence someone to death only to trick them into thinking they’re gonna live because it’s so beautiful outside. Just kidding, enjoy getting gassed.

Finished this over two nights starting with yesterday, was a bit of a slog to make it through the middle episodes but the payoff definitely came in the finale.


Common was just bad throughout the show.

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Bernard seemed taken genuinely aback when she mentioned the door at the bottom. Am I alone in that?

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I didn't catch that but the wait for Season 2 is going to be bad with that damned Writer's Strike.

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Is it possible the door leads to the other silos?

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That makes the most sense.

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was a bit of a slog to make it through the middle episodes

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The whole show is a slog. The premise is interesting which distracts you from just how mind numbingly boring the show is. It really has no right to be that boring given the material.

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Bernard seemed taken genuinely aback when she mentioned the door at the bottom. Am I alone in that?

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The author did an AMA and offered a bunch of insight. Everything he answered was restricted to only things from Season 1 of the show. Anything else was basically answered with, "it's later in the books."

He said Bernard didn't know about the door.

I've brought up the question about where are all of the bodies of past cleaners. He said if they weren't everywhere in the final shot with all of the silos then it was a miss by the show. I've seen some people post screen shots after playing with filters and there were definitely many more bodies out there but hard to see. The author also said (about how long bodies last) things out there last as long as someone wants them to. No idea what that really means.

He was pretty positive about the show and changes made from the books with most of them being necessary to make sense in a visual format versus reading. He did say the stars/astronomy piece was wrong. There should have been too much dust in the sky to see the lights that clearly, but that's a minor thing. It was pretty cool to see him talk about changes he liked and some things he though were unnecessary...again, it was mostly small stuff. He did say the tape was a much bigger deal and probably should have been featured more. In the books, Walk is a man but the author said he likes the female mother figure better.

For the most part he wouldn't rewrite the books any differently based on what the showrunners changed. He has another project being made where he said they had some ideas in that one he wished were his originally. Apparently he had a cameo during one of the cleaning shoots (maybe Juliete's) where he was a Silo person watching in the cafeteria. He said it was surreal seeing his vision recreated and he actually broke down in tears. Thought that was cool.

I started the first book yesterday because I can't wait years for more answers. Between the AMA and first few chapters of the book I feel I understand a lot of minor things I either missed or wasn't sure about. Looking forward to finding out more.

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What was the best and worst episodes of the season?

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Idk.

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I get the point of the tape and the role it played, but it seems ridiculous that they use tape to seal the suit only at the wrists?

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Pretty sure they taped around the ankles too but I think it is just one of those things that doesn't translate well from book to screen.

my initial thought was that they were gassing the cleaners in that chamber before sending them up the stairs and that would take a certain amount of time to kill them. Then they would fire the chamber after the cleaner would leave to burn off the gas.

So in the end it was the tape keeping Nichols alive. Since she really has no oxygen tank, there is no way her suit could keep her alive for long. Therefore, the air quality outside has to be somewhat breathable.

Also it was weird that he cut her helmet feed so abruptly. What's the point in that?

I would think Season 2 would have be split between the beginnings of a rebellion inside the silo and Nichols stumbling to the other silos trying to garner attention.

And Bernard totally had no idea about the door, tunnel or excavator. I imagine he'll be sending a recon team to try and find that ASAP.

If they are trying to send the person to their certain death - why put them in a suit at all? Why not send them out in their regular clothes and then all would see that you die quickly if you leave the silo and that alone should limit the interest in wanting to leave.

Just finished it last night. Can’t wait for season 2.

I haven’t read this whole thread but a couple things

1. Does Bernard know there are other silos? Do they communicate with other silo leaders?

2. In the final shot there seemed to be a ton of silos. I wonder how many are still thriving and how many died out.