THE third season of Emmy-nominated sci-fi dystopian drama Silo is now streaming on Apple TV, with an ongoing release schedule until September 4.
Based on the Silo trilogy of novels Wool, Shift and Dust by author Hugh Howey, the show takes place in an underground silo. It comprises 144 levels, where 10,000 people live in a society bound by regulations they believe are meant to protect them.
It stars Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Nichols, an engineer who becomes embroiled in the mysteries of its past and present.
Season two tackled Juliette as she left home and discovered life-changing revelations about the system. However, memory loss has robbed her of the truth upon her return. The new season will see the engineer fighting to recover the facts, while also diving into why the silo was created through thrilling flashbacks.
In an interview, actress Rebecca, who also serves as one of the executive producers, explained how the expansion of timelines changes the storytelling for the ten episodes.
“Suddenly we are looking back. Way back. At a time that more resembles our own,” she said.
“But where, for some reason, underground silos are being built and filled. Finding out why becomes the real focus. It’s so fun watching the merging of the two worlds,” she added.
She also spoke about how the latest season is her character’s ‘gloves-off moment’, after spending a majority of the series reacting to systems that were already in place, and will also tackle both internal and external conflicts caused by her memory loss.
“Past systems are out. Any belief in the past order is over. Actively shaping the future. Juliette’s still fighting the here and now. There is an enormous conflict within herself as she battles with trying to remember the past. And then, separate from her, there is a very real conflict between the people trying to fight to bring her back and the powerful few benefiting from Juliette’s memory loss.”
The first season of Silo premiered in 2023 and received critical acclaim as it earned an 88 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes, and received two Emmy nominations for outstanding title design and outstanding music composition for a series in 2024.
That same year, the series was also won two British Academy Television Craft awards for best original music and best production design, a British Society of Cinematographers award and a British Film Designers Guild award.
