A still from ‘Silo’ Season 3
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Memory is weaponised in Season 3 of Silo. As a character says, “Loss of memory means loss of self consciousness, loss of identity, the end of personal existence.” Memory is used as a way to control the narrative as well as to reset and start over.Adapted from Hugh Howey’s trilogy of novels (Wool, Shift, and Dust) Silo tells the story of a group of people surviving in an underground silo after a nuclear blast decimates the world. The silo extends down 140 levels with people living on levels depending on the jobs they do. The government and IT are nearer the top while the mechanics and miners are in the Down Deep.At the end of Season 1, we learnt with Juliet (Rebecca Ferguson), that there were 50 more silos. Season 2 ended with a flashback to the before times where Congressman Daniel Keene (Ashley Zukerman) meets Helen Drew (Jessica Henwick), a journalist. The fact that the duck pez dispenser, which is a relic in the silo, makes an appearance ties Daniel and Helen to the present.Silo Season 3 (English)Creator: Graham YostCast: Rebecca Ferguson, Common, Tim Robbins, Harriet Walter, Ashley Zukerman, Jessica HenwickEpisodes: 10Runtime: 41- 62 minutesStoryline: As the past and present move inexorably closer, things become clearer and murkierWhile Season 2 is told from two spaces, Silo 18 and Silo 17, Season 3 tells the story from two timelines — the “before times” and the present. The more we learn about the trillionaire Per Stensen’s (Colin Hanks) grandiose plans, the increasing fear around nanotech, and Daniel’s sister, Charlotte (Jessica Brown Findlay), a military pilot and her assignment that went horribly wrong, the more sense we can make of the present.Rosalind Thurman (Laura Innes) might seem warm and fuzzy, but the United States senator is neck deep in the conspiracy as Daniel learns to his increasing dismay. Victor (Matt Craven), a doctor who lost his family to a terrible accident, is working on the cutting-edge of memory-altering drugs. So is he truly helping Charlotte process the events that led to the crash or are sinister elements at play? In the silo, Juliet’s memory loss in the first three episodes is frustrating. We, as the viewers are uncovering earth-shattering details while Juliet, who is being fed memory suppressants, goes around telling everyone she does not know them.As Per’s black heart is being revealed (he even attempted to create a unicorn by splicing together DNA from a narwhal, a rhino and a horse, and only abandoned the idea when a billionaire wanted to hunt and kill it), the antagonists in the silo are having changes of heart. Bernard (Tim Robbins) the head of IT, Sims (Common), the head of security, and Sims’ wife Camille (Alexandria Riley), who becomes head of IT after Bernard meets a fiery fate, all change their minds as they question the diktats handed down by the anonymous voice from Silo 1.
