Based on Hugh Howey's bestselling Wool book series, Silo follows the last ten thousand people on Earth as they live in a giant underground silo stretching over 140 floors deep. Rules of the silo are meant to protect its inhabitants from the toxic and deadly world outside, but when the sheriff breaks one critical rule, the truth unravels. The series was notably the first Apple TV+ show to win the BAFTA for Best Production Design.
Silo
Show Details
Graham Yost
Graham Yost
Apple TV+
2
20
42–65 minutes
Sci-Fi Drama Mystery Thriller
Hoddesdon Studios, Hertfordshire, UK, OMA One and OMA X Film Studios, Enfield, London, UK
Resources // 23 sources
Silo Creator Graham Yost on Designing AppleTV+'s Dystopian Drama
Silo Production Designer Gavin Bocquet On Building Apple's Sci-Fi Hit
Gavin Bocquet: TV Production Design Interview
Cinematographer Mark Patten on Creating the World of Silo
Mark Patten BSC: Silo Cinematographer Interview
Silo Cinematographer Mark Patten BSC
How the Silo DP Used Classic Sci-Fi to Inspire Its Look
Filming Silo Season 2 Drove Cinematographer Baz Irvine Slightly Crazy
Silo Cinematographer Baz Irvine on Balancing Past and Present in Season Two
Silo Cinematographer Baz Irvine on Shooting Silo
Descent into Darkness: Baz Irvine on Silo Season 2
Lightbridge: Silo Cinematography Feature
Silo Composer Atli Orvarsson on Scoring the Sci-Fi Hit
Composer Atli Orvarsson Used Instruments That Represented Loneliness for Silo
Composer Atli Orvarsson Gives Silo Its Musical Soul
Unraveling the Mysteries of Silo
Silo VFX Breakdown by Outpost VFX
Silo VFX Supervisor Daniel Rauchwerger on Creating the Spiral Staircase
VFX Supervisor Daniel Rauchwerger on the Visual Effects of Silo
Building the World of Silo Through Visual Effects
Silo Season 2 VFX Breakdown
A Big Story with a Very Intimate Visual Language: Conversation with Director Morten Tyldum
A Behind The Scenes Look at Silo
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Freedom Day
In a vast underground silo housing the last known civilization, Sheriff Holston Becker begins to question the rules that have governed life for generations.
Outside
In the gripping season finale, Juliette faces the ultimate test as she confronts the truth about the world beyond the silo.
Holston's Pick
After a devastating loss, Holston must choose his replacement as sheriff, leading to an unexpected selection that will change the silo's fate.
Machines
New sheriff Juliette Nichols, an engineer from Mechanical, begins investigating suspicious deaths while navigating the silo's political landscape.
Truth
Juliette digs deeper into the mysteries of the silo, uncovering dangerous secrets that powerful people want to keep buried.
The Janitor's Boy
Juliette's investigation leads her to discover hidden connections between past events and the silo's darkest secrets.
The Relic
A discovery from the past threatens to upend the established order as Juliette gets closer to the truth about the silo.
The Flamekeepers
Juliette encounters a secretive group that has been preserving forbidden knowledge about the silo's true history.
Hanna
The silo's past is revealed through flashbacks as the present-day crisis intensifies and alliances shift.
The Getaway
Juliette races against time as the forces aligned against her close in, leading to desperate measures.
Season 2
The Engineer
Juliette finds herself outside the silo and must use her engineering skills to survive while the community she left behind faces upheaval.
Into the Fire
In the explosive season finale, the truth about the silos is finally revealed as Juliette faces her greatest challenge yet.
Order
As Juliette makes a shocking discovery, those inside Silo 18 grapple with the fallout of recent events and a new power structure emerges.
Solo
Juliette ventures deeper into uncharted territory while allies inside the silo work to uncover suppressed truths.
The Harmonium
A mysterious instrument reveals hidden layers of the silo's history as tensions inside continue to mount.
Descent
Juliette descends into danger as the political situation inside Silo 18 reaches a breaking point.
Barricades
Lines are drawn as the inhabitants of the silo choose sides and prepare for a confrontation.
The Dive
A daring underwater mission pushes Juliette to her physical and emotional limits.
The Book of Quinn
A long-buried text reveals crucial information about the silo's origins as alliances are tested.
The Safeguard
The silo's safeguard protocols are triggered as events spiral toward a climactic confrontation.