Well-rounded, complicated, and fascinating characters are one of the marks of a superb series.
By those terms (and numerous others),Silois a modern masterpiece.
From deplorable to dynamic, here areSilo’s 10 best main characters, ranked.
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Later in the season, Juliette Nichols' (Rebecca Ferguson) investigation leads her to Gloria’s doorstep.
Her character is abone-chilling example of how farSilo’s authoritarianism will go to silence a resistor.
Pete has always known the silo selects which couples are allowed to have children.
One ofhis duties involves pretending to removecertain women’s birth control implants.
Pete didn’t stand up in the past, but he does when it counts.
7Mary Meadows
Played by Tanya Moodie
Rest in peace, Judge Meadows.
Juliette, defying the odds during her cleaning, awakens Meadows more effectively than a shot of adrenaline.
The answer is “friend,” although it takes significant back-and-forth to arrive at that destination.
Jimmy is aheartbreaking portrait of trauma, specifically that of an orphaned child left to survive on his own.
Juliette’s arrival at Silo 17culminates in Jimmy freeing himselffrom his mental cage.
Few people can trap Bernard in a stalemate unbreakable enough to both infuriate him and immobilize him.
Camille is so superb, eventhe mysterious Algorithm chooses heras its associate over Robert.
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(No offense, Rob.)
Shirley and Juliettebonded in Mechanical when they were young teenagers.
Plus, herrivals-to-lovers romance with Knox?
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When others are playing checkers,Bernard is winning five-dimensional chess.
The cat-and-mouse game between Bernard and the rebellion drives the majority ofSilo’s second season.
He’s the kind of manwho believes he knows best but truly knows nothing at all.
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Ultimately, that loyalty triggers his downfall.
No matter how many times Juliette encounters some new disaster,she always claws her way back upright.
In that same vein,Siloisn’t afraid to paint a fuller picture of its heroine through her imperfections.
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Juliette impatiently dismisses Jimmy, she miscommunicates, and her frustrations frequently boil over.
It’s empowering to see a woman conquer her problems through both her engineering experience and her sheer determination.
She understands the system’s brutality and how to cautiously, carefully subvert it with minimal casualties.
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Never let it be forgotten, either, how Martha’s tough exterior conceals a deeply loving heart.
At the time, she knew Juliette needed to find solace and purpose in her work.
Hail to the queen.
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