I'm reviewing episodes 1.6 and 1.7 of Silo together because they're very closely related, and revolve around two themes: the book and the water.
[Spoilers ahead ... ]
Episode 1.6 has Juliette discovering and devouring a relic that provides a key piece of the hidden truth: a book, with pictures of the outside world, including, especially, the ocean. Being on Cape Cod, this immediately resonated with me. There's truth indeed in any big body of water, and especially when the reader is living in a silo. And there's a whole tradition in our off-screen world of books being conveyors of repressed truths, ranging from Station Eleven to, of course, 1984. Silo has echos of 1984 already, and you can add that great dystopian novel to Westworld (listen to the music in Silo), a dystopian television triumph, until its final season.
And in episode 1.7 Juliet briefly rescues Gloria, who gave that book to George's mother, who in turn gave it to her son. The episode is entitled "The Flamekeepers," and that's who Gloria and George's mother were. And now -- as Gloria tells Juliette -- Juliet is their standard bearer.
The heroes and villains are this story are slowly coming into focus. In addition to everyone who went outside to clean, and now Juliet, there are few others willing to buck what we would today call this fascist regime. Bernard seems to be a good guy, and by and large, even Juliet's father, at least in things concerning his daughter's wellbeing. Billings could wind up being a good guy, but that's pretty much it. Sims, wherever his ultimate loyalties may reside, is so far a reliable agent of deceptive government.
But we still know precious little about that -- who they are, and what they ultimately want. I'm looking forward to more of that become clear in the concluding three episodes of this season, and in seasons ahead of this provocative series.
See also Silo 1.1-1.2: A Unique Story, Inside and Out ... Silo 1.3: Like Chernobyl, Repaired ... 1.4: Truth, Not Quite ... 1.5: Revelations
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