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The season was too disjointed with 2 minutes of RF and then back to 5-10 minutes of everyone else. Just a bad editing decision. 

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Read the books ages ago so a little spoiler

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Yes we'll be getting some backstory as to why the Silos were built

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And the reason Bernard said "actually 51"

 

 

 

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The writers basically confirmed RF will be in season 3, which is why I don’t think it will solely be the prequel book and they’ll blend that and parts of the third book together and then do the ending of the third book and series in season 4

 

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The Congressman is from Georgia. The book was about Georgia

Is that Atlanta in the distance then?  GA congressman is Army Corp of Engineers - the silos could be in the 15th district of Georgia (which is not a real thing)

Someone posted that the "Algorithm" voice in the vault is the same voice as the actor.  The actor is credited on IMDB without a character name. 

Hmmmm

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1 hour ago, Js1 said:
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The writers basically confirmed RF will be in season 3, which is why I don’t think it will solely be the prequel book and they’ll blend that and parts of the third book together and then do the ending of the third book and series in season 4

 

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iirc there wasn't a dedicated prequel book, but there were flashback chapters interspersed with "present"

 

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Not using spoilers because anyone reading should’ve watched the finale by now.

The flashback scene was presumably in Atlanta because they referenced a dirty bomb in D.C., so it would be uninhabitable. I suppose setting the stage for nuclear war with Iran, and the silos being created as a nuclear fallout plan.

It doesn’t make sense that the outside air is still contaminated from nuclear fallout. It’s been hundreds of years, and even if there is ongoing nuclear war, radiation poisoning wouldn’t kill people in minutes. The level of radiation needed for that would easily penetrate Juliette’s suit.

It’s still entirely possible the outside air is now safe. The inhabitants of silo 17 died when they had their uprising and went outside, but that happened when Solo/Jimmy was 12 years old, so the situation could have improved since then.

I think another possibility is that the air is naturally safe but the person or entity (AI voice that spoke to Lukas and Sims) is working to contain the inhabitants and has the ability to use poison gas on people as they exit the silo. There could have been a mass gassing of silo 17 when they fled. The people in silo 18 likewise get poisoned as they go clean, but Juliette’s tape protected her and she doesn’t yet realize that she could survive outside without the suit. Just escape the immediate area and find clean air.

All of this seems to be an elaborate scheme to control a population of people in enclosed spaces and attempts to create a structured society with rigid rules that deter their escape. I would be shocked if the silo is somehow necessary for human survival. Maybe an AI has taken over the planet and sequestered humans for unclear reasons.

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5 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:

I think another possibility is that the air is naturally safe but the person or entity (AI voice that spoke to Lukas and Sims) is working to contain the inhabitants and has the ability to use poison gas on people as they exit the silo. There could have been a mass gassing of silo 17 when they fled.

I thought this was implied by Solo and so Juliette had to lie and say it’s not safe bc the same thing would happen to 17 as happened to 18

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48 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:

The flashback scene was presumably in Atlanta because they referenced a dirty bomb in D.C., so it would be uninhabitable. I suppose setting the stage for nuclear war with Iran, and the silos being created as a nuclear fallout plan.

I thought the flashback was in DC, didn't they show the US capitol?  I swear I saw it.   I assumed a dirty bomb had gone off in or near DC but obviously didn't destroy everything, but there is still radiation around, that is what they did a radiation scan when the congressman entered the restaurant 

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“Silo” Season 3 is already building out its cast.

Variety has learned that both Jessica Henwick and Ashley Zukerman are set to appear as series regulars in the upcoming third season of the Apple TV+ post-apocalyptic drama based on Hugh Howey’s “Wool” novel trilogy.

Zukerman will play Daniel, described as a “young and hungry congressman,” while Henwick will play Helen, said to be a “whip-smart reporter.” Both actors recently appeared in the Season 2 finale and will continue in the same roles in Season 3.

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/silo-season-3-cast-jessica-henwick-ashley-zukerman-1236277119/

 

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1 hour ago, Ted Lange said:

I thought the flashback was in DC, didn't they show the US capitol?  I swear I saw it.   I assumed a dirty bomb had gone off in or near DC but obviously didn't destroy everything, but there is still radiation around, that is what they did a radiation scan when the congressman entered the restaurant 

It was in DC

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On 1/17/2025 at 11:58 AM, Ted Lange said:

I thought the flashback was in DC, didn't they show the US capitol?  I swear I saw it.   I assumed a dirty bomb had gone off in or near DC but obviously didn't destroy everything, but there is still radiation around, that is what they did a radiation scan when the congressman entered the restaurant 

I’ll start here. Not spoiler tagging any of this because it seems we aren’t doing that. Longcatish. 

 Opening shot did show the Capitol, and the sign behind their booth said Capitol tavern. 
 

just binged the season over the past 3-4 days, and just binged this thread’s 3 pages of content regarding same. 
 

maybe it’s because of the binging but I didn’t find the pacing to be overly slow, and I also didn’t mind the two simultaneous plot lines. Especially once they made it clear that basically it was a given that when a person doesn’t clean and walks off screen, that the inevitable consequence is a rebellion as the population wants to go out.  So you get that buildup, and you get Becky’s efforts to get back and stop it.  
 

So- why is there a safeguard?  And, the tunnel to let the gas in appears to be at a mid-level (solo said his mother worked the level they found on the schematic)? So it’s not the lower tunnel. But the voice at the lower tunnel talked about safeguard. 
 

I also wonder about how old the silos are. Epilogue scene is pointing at a general timeframe for initial silo population but that could easily be written around if they wanted to have had it start earlier or, especially, much later.  
 

midway through, I began wondering if rebellions always fail, or if sometimes they succeed but what happens is the caste system is upside down but over a few generations it resets itself in a Stanford prison experiment sort of way. 
 

Other questions- are all the silos similarly technologied and administered, or are there experimental differences?  It’s revealed that Romeo and Juliet has a different ending in S18 than it does in S17.  How many intentional differences are there, and to what end?

Agree on the local air possibly being poisoned purposefully to maintain silo order/as a condition of the experiment.  If they’d poison the inside to prevent a full breach, they’d poison the outside for the same reason.  How localized is it?  Is it actually in the process before the airlock is opened for a cleaner?  
 

anyway, was glad to read upthread that they are going to wrap it up in 2 seasons that are greenlit.  Hope that means they can work through the material to a solid conclusion, and that it won’t be years down the road.  
 

really makes the title stand out though considering it’s not just “a silo” but there’s a siloing of information, history, knowledge, and technology throughout. 

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35 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

So- why is there a safeguard?  And, the tunnel to let the gas in appears to be at a mid-level (solo said his mother worked the level they found on the schematic)? So it’s not the lower tunnel. But the voice at the lower tunnel talked about safeguard. 

No, the pipe that brings in the poison was as on 19 I think. I’m guessing that lower tunnel leads to whatever central Silo is controlling the other 50 (The DC of Silos), like a spoke and hub model 

The silos can’t be that far apart if RF walks to the other silo relatively quickly and they felt the explosion on level 91 of RF’s Silo while they were up on the IT level of Solo’s Silo 

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19 hours ago, Js1 said:

No, the pipe that brings in the poison was as on 19 I think. I’m guessing that lower tunnel leads to whatever central Silo is controlling the other 50 (The DC of Silos), like a spoke and hub model 

The silos can’t be that far apart if RF walks to the other silo relatively quickly and they felt the explosion on level 91 of RF’s Silo while they were up on the IT level of Solo’s Silo 

51 Silos = 50 states + DC

Silo 18 = Georgia?

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Best guess

Silos were government contingency plan after the dirty nuke. Government eventually retaliated against Iran, WWIII happens and forces everyone under ground. 

Congressman in the bar was involved on the project, eventually takes reporter with him to Silos 18 (he is guaranteed a spot).

DC Silo controls all 50 Silos and kept the fail safe poison pipe in case of rebellion. 
 

The tunnels were originally created so the Silos could be connected, but revolt/rebellion caused them seal the tunnels, burn all relics of the past and institute the Pact. 

 

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On 1/11/2025 at 1:55 PM, Chips O'Toole said:

Just started season 2. Holy shit, episode 1 was the most boring hour of TV I've seen in a while and I couldn't see shit because it was so dark.  I'm assuming it gets better but goddamn, what the fuck was that. 

I watched 4 episodes on my upstairs TV after taking valium for a vasectomy. Was too tired to figure out how to turn off the energy saving settings, so I couldn't see shit. Seems like I didn't miss much. I enjoyed the end of the season though. 

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I'm serious.  To anyone just beginning the 2nd season, Watch the "previously on" before episode 2, and then skip to the "previously on" for episode 3.  Continue this until the second to last episode and then watch it and the finale beginning to end.  You will miss a whole lot of boredom and cringe, but nothing of import.

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Best guess
Silos were government contingency plan after the dirty nuke. Government eventually retaliated against Iran, WWIII happens and forces everyone under ground. 

Congressman in the bar was involved on the project, eventually takes reporter with him to Silos 18 (he is guaranteed a spot).
DC Silo controls all 50 Silos and kept the fail safe poison pipe in case of rebellion. 
 
The tunnels were originally created so the Silos could be connected, but revolt/rebellion caused them seal the tunnels, burn all relics of the past and institute the Pact. 

 


I like a lot of your theory except that it doesn’t explain why the outside air is so toxic that people die within minutes. Or at least when the silo 17 occupants died, which was 25-30 years ago, they died quickly. And silo 18 people die when they go clean, except Juliette.

There must be some chemical toxicity and not just leftover nuclear fallout. I think people get poisoned with gas as they are exiting up the stairs, except for Juliette who had the better tape to seal her suit.

And if that is true, then who or what is poisoning them and why? A sadistic human overseeing everything? An AI that controls the silos and wants to keep what’s left of humanity in captivity?
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12 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:


I like a lot of your theory except that it doesn’t explain why the outside air is so toxic that people die within minutes. Or at least when the silo 17 occupants died, which was 25-30 years ago, they died quickly. And silo 18 people die when they go clean, except Juliette.

There must be some chemical toxicity and not just leftover nuclear fallout. I think people get poisoned with gas as they are exiting up the stairs, except for Juliette who had the better tape to seal her suit.

And if that is true, then who or what is poisoning them and why? A sadistic human overseeing everything? An AI that controls the silos and wants to keep what’s left of humanity in captivity?

Is the outside air toxic? I thought the silo 17 people were gassed on their way out just like the cleaners from silo 18.

I think AI runs the place based on protocols it developed to achieve a goal given to it at the beginning. The protocols are a misunderstanding of it's intended objective.

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1 minute ago, F250 said:

Is the outside air toxic? I thought the silo 17 people were gassed on their way out just like the cleaners from silo 18.

Solo sure made it sound like they were gassed and it was not the outside air 

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