Your Weekend Binge Watch: Silo
- Johny Walsh
- Oct 17
- 2 min read
Your Weekend Binge Watch: Silo Available to watch on Apple+ ; 2 Seasons, 10 episodes each, Sci-Fi Drama
Watch Silo for an incredible ensemble cast led by Rebecca Ferguson, Common, and ‘you know, that guy I like from Shawshank Redemption’ Tim Robbins. Watch it for dystopian future vibes, the brain-breaking premise of living underground in a massive silo where the levels literally indicate your class status/purpose, and what happens when rebellion stirs in a compact space.
Synopsis
Men, women, and children live in a giant silo underground with several regulations they believe are in place to protect them from the toxic, poisonous, and ruined world on the surface.
Thoughts
Silo is one of those shows where you must commit to a few episodes before things really get going, but if you are patient, oh boy, does your commitment pay off. There are two seasons currently available to watch, and since season 3 is wrapped (aka finished filming) and rumored to premiere in early 2026, I figure there’s no better time than the present to make this recommendation so you can get caught up before the new season! I should also be honest up front and let you know that the television series Silo is based upon a book trilogy by Hugh Howey that I have not yet read. The three novels in the series are called Wool, Shift, and Dust. Although I am a voracious reader, the trilogy is still currently on my TBR (to be read) list, and as I am thoroughly enjoying the show, I am more than willing to wait until the series ends to pick up the book trilogy. So, with that being said, these are not my thoughts on the books – these are simply my thoughts on the television show (without spoilers because there would be so many). Silo has everything I want in a dystopian TV show: a strong female lead, an established system of order and sociological norms for a world in which I am not an inhabitant, complex and dynamic familial and social relationships, and several unsolved mysteries that may or may not all tie together in twists of fate. So if you are someone like me, someone who wants to immerse herself in a world that sometimes parallels our own and contains characters that challenge norms solely because it’s ‘how things have always been done,’ I would implore you to give Silo a watch, especially because of just how strong the acting is and just how incredible the imagery of life in the silo is presented. Totally BingeReady.
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