TL;DR – We get to see a society on the brink of collapse, where years of lies have come home to roost

Disclosure – I paid for the Apple TV+ service that viewed this series.

Silo Review –

While the opening episode, The Engineer, was all about what happened to Juliette, I wondered if we were just going to keep following their story. However, the casting list showed me that we were still going to stay linked to the Silo from the first season in some capacity. Well, today, we see just what those links will be.

So, to set the scene, after being set up by Bernard Holland (Tim Robbins) and Robert Sims (Common), Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson) was forced to go outside and ‘clean’ in the season finale. However, she does not clean and just walks away, breaking centuries of tradition. Also, Nichols was well-liked in many sectors of Silo, and people were upset and asking questions. The whole Silo is on the cusp of rebellion. Everyone just saw Juliette walk over that hill, and everyone, especially those down below, wanted to know what that meant. Is it safe? Can they all leave? What else is management lying about? Now, from here, we will be looking at the episode as a whole, so there will be some [SPOILERS] ahead.

What I liked about this episode is that it highlights the difference between what the audience knows and what the different characters know. We, the audience, have seen the bodies and know that any revolution will lead to the slaughter of many. All the people down below know is that Juliette walked over that hill, and that changes everything. That divide of information is so compelling because you know they are walking into disaster, but also, logically, everything they are doing makes sense to them.

We also get to see more of what makes Bernard tick. You honestly believe that he is trying to do what is best for people after the years of lore and indoctrination have made honest communication impossible. The Pact might have been put there for a reason, but all it has done is postpone the conversations and build false expectations. He might be the only person other than Juliette that knows what is happening outside of the Silo, and that makes everything he does interesting.  

In the end, do we recommend Silo: Order? Much like the first episode this season, this was more of a brooded character exploration. However, it does give us a couple of insights into how the season will proceed.

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Credits – All images were created by the cast, crew, and production companies of Silo
Directed by – Michael Dinner
Written by – Fred Golan
Created by – Graham Yost
Based On – Silo by Hugh Howey
Production/Distribution Companies – Nemo Films, AMC Studios & Apple TV+
Starring – Rebecca Ferguson, Common, Harriet Walter, Chinaza Uche, Shane McRae, Remmie Milner, Alexandria Riley, Clare Perkins, Billy Postlethwaite & Tim Robbins with Iain Glen, Tanya Moodie, Olatunji Ayofe, George Robinson & Matt Gomez Hidaka and Nari Blair-Mangat, Uche Abuah, Helene Maksoud, Taj Kandula, Nathan Clough, Mickey Mason & Fahad Shaft