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Silo: When The Writing Can’t Keep Up With It’s Concept
But it doesn't always matter
There are spoilers below for Season 2.
If you’re thinking of watching Silo, I can give it a light recommend. It’s not for everyone but it will undoubtedly excite and exercise those dystopian high-concept urges which seldom go satisfied in this flavour of the streaming-week climate (although Apple TV+ seems to be the new home/the HBO for sci-fi stories). That said, the keyword above is exercise. Because Silo, while entertaining for the apocalyptic adventure it is, also requires we exercise much of our own imagination to connect the chasmic holes in the plot as well as between its ever-wayward characters.
At least a handful of times per episode, my girlfriend and I, actively pause, look at each other and say, ‘Wait, did that make sense?’ or, ‘So they’re just placing characters wherever they want now then?’
Much of the criticism levelled towards Silo can be summed up by saying that the show's logical leaps and character inconsistencies often interrupt our immersion in the story. In this way, the show’s inconsistencies make for a who’s who of classic sci-fi tropes. Some of my favourites are:
- Fast travel — In the first season, great pains were taken to establish the time and distance between the Silo’s…
