Siloshowrunner Graham Yost addresses when his hit Apple TV+ plus show will end as season 2 approaches. Based on the novels by Hugh Howey, the sci-fi thriller series premiered in 2023, following Rebecca Ferguson’s Juliette, an engineer, as she attempts to unravel a conspiracy within the underground silo that houses the last of humankind. The show was a hit, andSiloseason 2is now on the way with a story that adapts the second half ofWool, the first book in Howey’s trilogy.
During a recent interview withSFX Magazine(viaGamesRadar+), Yost comments on how much longerSilowill run for beyond season 2. While the showrunner doesn’t provide a firm number of seasons, he does confirm that the show won’t be extending its story beyond what Howey has written. According to Yost,he and the creative team are keen to not “drag it on too long.“Check out Yost’s full comment below:
“We’ve got plans for how the series would play out if we get to do the whole thing. [The number of seasons is] between me and my friends at Apple TV Plus. The books are a trilogy. This is not Outlander.This is not a long science fiction series. It’s a trilogy. We’re not going to extend it beyond that.
“That doesn’t mean it’s going to be three seasons, but it’s not going to be 10. It is our goal to answer questions and not frustrate the audience, but deliver things in a logical time, so that when our characters find something out, that’s when the audience finds out.”
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How Much Longer Will The Show Run After Season 2?
Yost and his creative team opted to split the events ofWoolinto two seasons, and it’s possible that they’ll take this same approach with the remaining two books. That would makeSiloa six-season show, but Yost’s comment aboutOutlandercould suggest otherwise.Outlanderis currently in the midst of season 7, and season 8 is expected to wrap up the show. It’s possible that Yost’s comparison meansSilowill actually end up running for four of five seasons.
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Whether that happens, however, will depend on the reception to season 2.Siloseason 1 endedon a major cliffhanger and the season as a whole was a critical and viewership hit. If season 2 can maintain this momentum, there’s no reason to believe season 3 won’t get the green light.With Yost having a clear plan for the show’s endgame, this will hopefully mean that the show isn’t cancelled before its timeand that Juliette’s story won’t go unfinished.
In addition to Ferguson, theSilocastfeatures Common, Tim Robbins, Chinaza Uchi, Iain Glen, and Avi Nash.
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Though some shows are able to maintain a high bar for quality across many seasons, there have arguably been many more that have stumbled.If a show is wildly popular, it sometimes exists beyond what feels like a natural endpointbecause of commercial considerations rather than storytelling ones. There is generally only so much mileage to a show’s premise, and moving beyond this point means either reinventing the show and risking turning off long-time fans, or becoming stale as it just offers up more of the same.
Theworld ofSilowould seemingly lend itself well to a run of four or five seasons, and season 1’s pacing sometimes feeling a little slow supports not moving beyond this. This more modest length will mean the entire show can build toward a climactic final season with minimal padding and “filler.” Hopefully,Siloseason 2 not only answers some big questions from season 1, but also sets up more adventures to come.
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In a dystopian future, men and women reside in a vast underground silo governed by strict regulations, believed to shield them from the hazardous world above. The series delves into the complex social order within the silo and the mysteries surrounding their subterranean existence.
