The hit science fiction series Silo returns today for a third season, streaming exclusively on Apple TV. Based on the book series by Hugh Howey, the acclaimed series shows the human population living in a vast underground bunker, but no one really knows how it came to be.
In the third season, a narrative divided into a timeline begins to reveal some of the show’s biggest mysteries. In the current timeline, Juliette (star Rebecca Ferguson) struggles with amnesia, while in the past timeline, flashbacks show who, how and why the silos were built in the first place.
The main character, Juliette, escaped from the main silo in season 2 and discovered a lot of provocative information, and season 3 begins with her return. But frustratingly, you can’t spill the beans right away because you’re faced with a rather uncomfortable series of memory leaks.
Meanwhile, flashbacks fill in the world’s history. The jump to this part of the story was teased in the final minutes of the Season 2 finale.
The depiction of the past also helps mix up the show’s formula, escaping the usual underground bunker settings into a lush world of alternate history Earth with unstable geopolitics motivating the creation of the silos, seemingly under threat of nuclear war.
Critical reviews for the third season seem strong, with Silo boasting a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes at the moment. Many reviews indicate that the culmination of events in S3E9 and S3E10 constitute the show’s strongest season finale yet.
Apple has already renewed Silo for a fourth and final season, which will likely premiere next year. Unlike many modern mystery box shows that go on forever and are canceled without resolution, Silo is on its way to a conclusive ending, and season 3 is moving in that direction.
If you haven’t seen the show before, you can catch up now with all episodes streaming exclusively on the Apple TV app, with an Apple TV subscription. You can get a Seven-day free trial for new accounts here. Watch it on all types of devices including smart TVs, game consoles, Android and even on the web at tv.apple.com.
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