Silo Episode 3 Review: Just One Catastrophic Failure Away

Silo Episode 3 is titled ‘Machines’ and it’s created by Graham Yost and directed by Morten Tyldum. Based on the novel series by author Hugh Howey, the series is set in a dystopian society which lives underground due to toxicity in the atmosphere. The episode has a runtime of about 1 hour and 5 minutes.

The main cast of the series includes Rashida Jones as Allison, David Oyelowo as Holston, Common as Sims, Tim Robbins as Bernard, Harriet Walter as Martha Walker and Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette. Along with Avi Nash as Lukas Kyle, Geraldine James as Mayor Ruth Jahns, Ferdinand Kingsley as George Wilkins, Shane McRae as Knox, Chinaza Uche as Paul Billings, Henry Garrett as Douglas Trumbull and many others.

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Silo Season 3 Review

The latest episode takes off right where we see Juliette trying to find the door mentioned by George. But it turns into a life-endangering situation when all she can see is water and darkness down below. However, it shouldn’t be the best of her concerns as the sole generator of the whole infrastructure is not working properly.

Episode 3 dives into the life of Juliette and how she is an integral part of Silo, despite living at the bottom of the barrel. Even if everyone claims to have an important job that contributes to the smooth functioning of their society, she is the only one who actually makes sure that everyone is able to live, in the first place.

Now with Sheriff Becker nominating her as his successor, it left Mayor Ruth intrigued to know the exact reason for choosing her. As we see in our world, how uncommon it is for a high-profile political personality to visit the slums unless the elections are coming or some image building; similarly the Mayor coming down all these steps to meet Juliette is unpredictable & attracts unwanted attention.

On a side note, they seem to have enough technology to build themselves an elevator, then why are the stairs the only way to go up and down? Is it to stop the people from lower levels to have access to the ones at the top & vice-versa (since people will get tired of climbing all that)? Unless there’s no concrete reason for that, that’s certainly a big loophole in the story.

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Compared to the last two episodes, I really enjoyed the latest one. It had all the elements of action, different layers to the story and characters, emotions that would make viewers empathise and most importantly, the right pace. The whole sequence about fixing the generator by playing with their lives was quite thrilling & time went on without even noticing.

However, I still feel that the creators rushed through the characters too fast in the previous ones, it doesn’t feel relevant enough. If anything, there should have been more about Sheriff Becker and what did he find out. When Juliette gets his badge, it seems like something big will be discovered by her but nothing really happens.

The episode showcases how everything is just one catastrophic failure away and the way things are happening, we should expect many more dangerous situations to come their way. Personally, I am waiting for some rebel groups to find a way to go outside and discover the actual truth. It doesn’t really have to be Juliette at the forefront, a few characters were highlighted many times in the runtime & it can be speculated that they will be playing a crucial role at some point.

Final Thoughts

It was a thrilling episode nonetheless, but the ending makes me wonder if this will be one of those shows that introduces its characters, makes the viewers get attached to them, and then disposes of them in the worst way possible. If that’s the case, then it is going to be one tragic show.

Silo is currently available for streaming on Apple TV+.

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