Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian, Drama
Created by Graham Yost
Based on Silo Series by Hugh Howey
Starring: Rebecca Ferguson, Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo, Common, Tim Robbins, Harriet Walter, Avi Nash, Rick Gomez & Chinaza Uche.
Composer: Atli Örvarsson
Executive producers: Graham Yost, Morten Tyldum, Rebecca Ferguson, Nina Jack, Hugh Howey, Fred Golan, Remi Aubuchon, Ingrid Escajeda.
Producers: Cassie Pappas, Jessica Blaire, Aric Avelino
Cinematography: Mark Patten, David Luther, Laurie Rose
Production Location: United Kingdom
Editors: Hazel Baillie, Christian Sandino Taylor, Keith Henderson, Jean Crupper
Production companies: Mímir Films, Nemo Films, AMC Studios
Network: Apple TV+
Plot: In a ruined and toxic future, a community exists in a giant underground silo that plunges hundreds of stories deep; there, people live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.
Season 1 of Silo was Okay.
Pros: The series has a sense of tension and intrigue of what’s going on in each episode. Rebecca Ferguson was really likeable as the main lead. All of the production designs are so good, you will be amazed, like you are transported to a new world.
Cons: Throughout the series it was getting weird and hard to understand what’s going on at times. Each episode did drag on, and this series is just not for me.
Casts & Characters:
Main:
- Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Nichols, an engineer who works on the generators in the lowest levels of the Silo
- Rashida Jones as Allison Becker, who works in the IT department in the Silo and is the wife of Holston. During their attempts to conceive a child, she becomes suspicious of the Silo’s true history and how it is governed.
- David Oyelowo as Holston Becker, the devoted husband of Allison and the sheriff of the Silo
- Common as Robert Sims, the head of security for Judicial, who maintains order within the Silo
- Tim Robbins as Bernard Holland, the strict head of the IT Department in the Silo
- Harriet Walter as Martha Walker, an electrical engineer who runs a workshop in the lower levels of the Silo and acts as a parental figure to Juliette
- Avi Nash as Lukas Kyle, a systems analyst in the IT Department who is curious about the world outside the Silo
- Rick Gomez as Patrick Kennedy, a maintenance worker and former smuggler of “relics”, objects from the world before the Silo
- Chinaza Uche as Paul Billings, the newly assigned chief deputy and a former Judicial enforcer who is afflicted with the “Syndrome”, a medical condition that causes tremors
Recurring:
- Will Patton as Samuel “Sam” Marnes, a deputy who works under Sheriff Holston and closely with Mayor Jahns
- Ferdinand Kingsley as George Wilkins, a computer geek who runs a repair shop. He seeks out Allison for her help to uncover the secrets of the Silo.
- Shane McRae as Knox, the head of the mechanical level in the Silo and Juliette’s boss
- Billy Postlethwaite as Hank, a deputy who works in the lower levels
- Chipo Chung as Sandy, a clerical worker in the sheriff’s department
- Remmie Milner as Shirley Campbell, an engineer and one of Juliette’s colleagues
- Angela Yeoh as Karins, a deputy who works in the mid levels
- Matt Gomez Hidaka as Cooper, a rookie engineer in the lower levels and Juliette’s shadow
- Iain Glen as Dr. Pete Nichols, an obstetrician and the father of Juliette, who has been estranged from her since she was a teenager
- Caitlin Zoz as Kathleen Billings, Paul’s wife and the mother of their daughter
Guest:
- Geraldine James as Ruth Jahns, the elected mayor of the Silo
- Sophie Thompson as Gloria Hildebrandt, a paranoid woman who became the Silo’s fertility counselor after failing to conceive a child herself
- Sienna Guillory as Hanna Nichols, a surgeon and the deceased mother of Juliette
- Henry Garrett as Douglas Trumbull, an enforcer for Judicial who is loyal to Sims
- Amelie Child-Villiers as young Juliette
- Ida Brooke as young Shirley
- Charlie Coombes as young Knox
- Tanya Moodie as Judge Meadows, the head of Judicial who enforces the Pact, a list of rules that all Silo residents must follow
- Sonita Henry as Regina Jackson, a former relic dealer and lover of George
- Christian Ochoa as Amundsen, a high-ranking raider, a group of armed enforcers working for Sims
- Akie Kotabe as Diego, a Watcher monitoring the Silo
- Alexandria Riley as Camille Sims, Robert’s wife, the mother of their son and a former raider
- Will Merrick as Danny, a criminal hacker who disrupts the IT department’s security network
- Clare Perkins as Carla, Martha’s ex-wife who works in the supply department
- ^ Jones appears in only one episode although credited with the main cast.
- ^ Oyelowo is credited with the main cast in episodes 1 and 2, and is credited as a ‘special guest star’ in all subsequent appearances.
I highly recommend watching this series to those who own a Apple TV+ service.
Rating: 7 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe