We’ve seen a lot happen on season 3 of Silo. We’re operating across two time frames and are looking at the past to see how the Silos came to be. We’re also seeing how Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) and her team are fighting to make sure Silo 18 survives. That pushes to a head in this week’s episode, “Gray Goo,” as both timelines see major revelations. Let’s dive in. SPOILERS BELOW.
We get some answers in the past as Daniel (Ashley Zukerman) and Helen (Jessica Fenwick) land at a site controlled by Stensen (Colin Hanks). He’s the richest man in the world, and he got that fortune through advanced technology. But he sees that technology, and its continued development, as the biggest threat the world faces. So, he’s bankrolling a plan to preserve the world. It means building 50 Silos below ground where teams of people and the history of the world can be stored to keep humanity alive when the end of the world comes.
It explains a lot, but it still doesn’t satisfy everything for Daniel and Helen. But both are offered positions on the project. Daniel could run logistics and help keep things on track and construction on task. Helen, meanwhile, will get that cushy newspaper job. She can help steer information and, when the time is right, break the story.
It’s an enticing offer, but Helen can’t be bought. She doesn’t want to be part of the lie and chooses to leave. It’s harder for Daniel, who sees Charlotte (Jessica Brown-Findlay) offered a project position, too. While Charlotte is going to stay and help, Daniel ultimately chooses Helen. He’s in love and he chooses her. But what will it mean for our flashbacks moving forward?
Solving a murder
Knox (Shane McRae) was convinced to help with the investigation into Orla’s death. After first being told his father was dead, he learned his father was alive. In this week’s episode, he is able to track down his father Gus (William Hope). But it’s not all a happy reunion.
Knox brings Gus to Sheriff Billings (Chinaza Uche). Turns out that Gus bought his freedom with an invention—one that he built in the mines for Harwood (Ned Dennehy). The invention is enough to help Harwood hide things and remain in control of supplies. That leads Billings and his team to take Harwood into custody. But his motives weren’t quite what they believed.
Harwood saw the rebellion and the potential unrest as a threat to the order of the Silo and his kingdom. So, he sought to grab and safeguard supplies. He didn’t mean for anyone to get hurt. But Orla ended up paying the price. So, that mystery is solved, for now at least.
Silo 17
Meanwhile, we begin with seeing how Kennedy (Rick Gomez) and Kyle (Avi Nash) managed to make it to Silo 17. Kyle was wounded in the process, leaving him weak when they arrived. While there, it’s up to Kennedy to work with Jimmy (Steve Zahn) to figure out how to cap the safeguard. It takes some work, but he gets the information and conveys it to Silo 18. That gives Juliette what she needs to form a plan.
The problem is Camille (Alexandria Riley) isn’t giving up that easy. She and the AI running IT hatch a plan about what Juliette might be trying to accomplish. So, when Juliette is ready to put her plan in motion, it’s compromised. She decides to sacrifice herself to give the team a chance to find a way to make it work. So, as the episode ends, Juliette is transferred into confinement—alongside Rob (Common). That sets the stakes for a desperate final two episodes and asks the question of whether Kennedy, Kyle, Jimmy, and the rest will be able to make it back from Silo 17.
We wrapped up a couple season-long arcs, or at least appear to be wrapping them up. Will our trips to the past change or fall off now that Daniel and Helen learned while the Silos are being built? They decided not to join the project, but does that mean their involvement with it is at an end? It puts us in an interesting spot with two episodes left.
Silo streams Fridays on Apple TV.
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