Anyone who watchedthe first season ofSilohas been sitting on a mountain of questionsfor the past year and a half.
Meanwhile, the people who watched her leave were forced to question their entire existence and belief system.
As a result, audiences have those questionsas well as things like, is Earth safe?
Rebecca Ferguson goes exploring in Silo season 2.Image: Apple TV+
Who made the silos?
And what is the meaning behind all this?
To get prepared, io9 sat down with the shows showrunner, Graham Yost.
Image: Apple TV+
We also talked overall aims for season two, the constraints of the show, and more.
This interview was edited for length and clarity.
Germain Lussier, io9: Im curious about adaptation.
Image: Apple TV+
So Im curious, how do you go about breaking it up?
Graham Yost:Have you read all the books?
io9: I know a little bit about them.
Steve Zahn as Solo inSiloseason two. Image: Apple TV+
My brother has read the books.
Weve got Rebecca Ferguson.
But I can also say that we have a plan.
Tim Robbins inSiloseason two. Image: Apple TV+
I cant say what the plan is, but we do have a plan.
Hopefully, we get to do the whole thing.
It was just the first writers room.
So lets honor that.
And then… man.
Juliette going out to clean and going out over the hill and disappearing?
Thats a pretty sweet ending for a season.
Lets go for that.
Maybe we go farther.
Maybe we stretch this into two seasons.
Its like, No.
io9: And how involved is Hugh in that?
Does he just put his trust in you, or does he have any input?
Yost:Yeah, he trusts us.
He was in the writers room early on and he would pitch out things.
Well, we could kill off this character!
Its like, No Hugh, no, no, not yet, come on.
So he was completely free with it.
So thats a good feeling.
Thats a great review.
The only review better than that is Apple saying, Do more.
io9: Right, exactly.
One of the things I love about the show is that our humanity is a mystery.
We know things as the viewers that the characters dont.
Like in season one, its the book and the history.
I love that about it.
Yost:Cue the enigmatic smile.
Youll see something in season two that leans hard into that.
io9: I understand.
You cant give anything away.
What were some of the big aims for this season, though?
Kind of big picture and without spoiling anything?
Obviously want to pay off that cliffhanger and get deeper into the story.
Was there anything else you want to push ahead with this season thematically or otherwise?
Yost:I think a lot of it is theres a bunch of couples in Silo 18.
Theres Sims [Common] and his wife.
Theres Bernard [Tim Robbins] and Sims.
Theres Bernard and Judge Meadows [Tanya Moodie].
Theres Knox [Shane McRae] and Shirley [Remmie Milner].
Theres McLain and Walker [Harriet Walter].
Theres Billings [Chinaza Uche] and his wife Kathleen [Caitlin Zoz).
These relationships are critical, and they have their good times and their bad times.
A lot is found out about these characters by seeing them in the crucible of relationship.
And that was something that emerged and was really something we could write towards.
I think that Juliettes survival… Juliette is intent on solving a mystery in the first season.
What happened to George?
In the second season, the mystery becomes Who is this Solo guy?
Who is Steve Zahn?
Whats really going on?
Because not everything he says adds up.
So that was a fun thing to go for.
Watching this season though I didnt get that same feeling.
So, was I wrong?
Yost:Well, I would say this.
You go, Wait a second.
We know this about this, but this doesnt appear to fit with that.
And all I would say is Be patient.
And so yeah, thats part of the long story.
Youre just in the silo.
But as you slowly get away with that in season two, does that add any challenges?
Like as you take restrictions away, does it make it more difficult?
Yost:I mean, it could.
I think that because of the character stories, it keeps it small in a way.
Even though things can get big.
But hopefully we always keep it down to those people.
And that I think is what people tune in for.
Its like, What did you do the last 60 years?
You would wait every week … And thats, to me, old time structure.
I have watched shows and Ive enjoyed them where they just seem to kind of end.
Its almost as if did a 10-hour film and they just arbitrarily cut it into 10 parts.
This is not that.
io9: Well, I think its one of the great mystery shows of the last couple of years.
I really enjoy it.
Yost:Oh, thanks, man.
Thats why I got involved with.
Its a great mystery.
The first season ofSilois now on Apple TV+.
Season two begins November 15.
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