SILO - [Theories] #1 - What's Really Outside the Silo? 

I assume the last scene is real because we see it from an outside perspective and not her perspective through the mask

Last theory is suspect. The reason the view changed when Juliette topped the ridge is because she was out of range of the servers' ability to overlay the (false) utopian scene. They would not have revealed the other silos intentionally.

I’m thinking Bernard ran to inform some higher ups in other Silos that Juliette was going out of range. But that’s just a guess. So glad there’s going to be a second season!

My theory is Bernard is going to use a secret tunnel to get to a central server to contact that other silos. It looks like that room opens up into a hallway if you look at the lights reflected in his glasses. I suppose they could be tunnels to other silos, but it makes more sense to be to a communication room imo.

My first instinct was the suit was the poison. We know thats wrong cause of thr tape, but the spray beforehand could still be the poison. That still fits.

There was a cafe screen glitch showing green outside when they turned the generator off too. check it.

I was hoping you’d comment on the existence of the other silos in the final scene. Great video! I’ve been waiting for your theories on this show!

Or maybe the VR projection just stops when you walk away from the sensor? You ever walk off with a Bluetooth speaker?

LOL -- I totally stayed subscribed 😂 And I find it amazing at 8:00 that the 3rd wall glitch was really caused by a 4th wall glitch! The fact that the writers will have to retcon this reminds me a bit of the goats in Severance 😏

The thing I keep puzzling over is that so many elements we see seem to contradict each other. For example: The silo is massive and obviously built for habitation and well-designed in advance. It's not like this is just some repurposed missile silo that people took shelter in at a moment's notice during a catastrophe, and it couldn't have been built overnight. But the apparent conditions outside the silo certainly imply the aftermath of nuclear war or some similar calamity. If the calamity was unexpected, then they couldn't have devised the silo to escape it, because it would have taken too long; the calamity would have killed them before they could build it. So... that means they knew the calamity was coming, either because they had forewarning of it or because the makers of the silo also triggered the calamity. If they had forewarning, and they just built/sheltered in the silo to survive (with no ulterior motives), then it's hard to imagine why they would do things like deliberately suppress/erase their own history, deliberately restrict technologies like video cameras, etc. So it seems most likely to me that the makers of the silo created the conditions outside (whether they're worldwide or more local). And the only rationale I can think of for making the residents of the silo think they're the only people there are (i.e., not telling them of the other silos), forget their history, suppress technology, etc. is that this is all some kind of experiment. Perhaps each silo houses a population built around different rules and constraints, just to see how people react to them. A sort of lab for discovering the best ways to control and manipulate a population, maybe?

Silo reminds me of all the Fallout Vault-Tec horror stories. And i am here for it 😆

Theres more 18 silos or more, suggested by the 18 numbered harddrive with all the blue prints of thier silo, plus the keychain that lit up numbered 18 with the special key.

5:05 Juliette only survived because 'They're good in supply'. She only survived because Walker made arrangements for her to actually have a 'real', high quality, efficient hazmat suit. Also, maybe the fake images turn off simply because Juliette is no longer on her own silo grounds and she's thus outside of broadcast range.

It still could be safe outside. The better tape used could have protected from the gas in the decontamination chamber.

the Silo seems to borrow somewhat from the Matrix series. Juliette seems to be following the same path as Neo and Bernard seems to be similar to a cross between Agent Smith and the Architect. The set up of the silo is the system of control and the occasional cleanings and uprisings are a means of population control with a dollop of eugenics mixed in. the question is, if the silos were built to enable humanity to survive an apocalypse, then why are there multiple silos so close to each other. Prudence would suggest that the silos should be widely separated so that a natural disaster that happens at one, doesn’t take out the others. also consider that when a cleaner goes outside that they are doused in a toxic substance that causes the suit failure.

I think an irradiated/poisonous paradise can absolutely happen, plants and animals have a much better chance to adapt to it, and not every toxin deadly to us is deadly to them. Protect people from a beautyfull but deadly hell is a great idea. Reminds me of the second quartell quell from hunger games, the arena was the most beautyfull place ever, but everything was deadly, flowers? Poison. Water? Poison. Butterflies? Murderflies

Thank you so much for making a theory vid on this! I only watched the series because of your previous vids and I was waiting. Lol stalker!!!! It’s a good thing tho 😂

Loving this as I literally only mildly liked Silo until the ending episode lol. Silo aside, however, I felt compelled to tell you I watched Planet of the Apes (1968) last night without knowing anything about these movies. 🧐 Also, I’d definitely be a cleaner. Lastly, can’t wait till we find out about 1) the rebellion and 2) the Severance uprising. 🎉

I somehow missed the significance of that rush to the server room. Good eye. I got impatient and read the plot synopsis of the books on Wikipedia, but the TV series might go in a different direction.

So no one is gonna mention the “big metal door” at the bottom connects the silos?

can't wait for s2. hopefully it answers a lot of the questions. great video 💙 would you ever consider making Snowpiercer (the show) videos even though we're a couple of seasons in?

The Apple seeds are used to make poison to kill them in the suit.

The Nautilus strikes again!

If the feed in her helmet of the dystopia is fake wouldn't the connection drop eventually as she walks further from the silo?

I’m pretty sure the mayor did something in that room with #18 🔑🤷🏽 I wonder if #18 is their silo number?🤔

Great video! 6:25 😂!

what if the existence of the other bunkers are omitted to avoid people thinking of raiding the other bunkers in the event that their own bunker fails?

They're on a spaceship. It's always a spaceship in these scenarios. Even when it's not.

Need season 2 now.

I couldn’t wait and read the books 📚 and had to find out. The nice thing with the books and TV, the TV is different than show.

The spray is so suspect

I still dont understand why elevators and magnifying glasses are forbidden in the silos? Why is that? Even if the world is actually apocalyptic, why are those things so strictly illegal to build

I've read the books, so I won't spoil it for you, but the destroyed world view is correct.

Read the graphic novel, that went beyond the series, it is not exactly the same, and it does not mean it will be the same outside.

Im leaning towards a long game experiment... Premise, surviving WW3... Imagine building all the silos in an area secluded enough to Bomb the whole area around it to subject it to radioactive conditions indefinitely. Perhaps Australia. Holston died with his helmet off, poison atmosphere cause of a calamity, unlikely. Radiation however... Underneath, water likely an aquifer able to supply experiment indefinitely... The giant doorway mentioned and the tunnel shown in the maps off the harddrive, probably leads to the other silos... Some things to wonder about? Did the other silos have rebellions, pacts, and limitations on technologies as well like the magnification, and no transportation my mechanical means... The generational gaps in technology between the silo, and the listeners is pretty wide to... Everyone had machintosh commodore PCs from the 80-90s and IT had access to closer to more modern surveillance technology and the means to deploy the systems covertly... The relics do present issues, but if its all an experiment being monitored from say china, US or wherever, the goal is gonna be control and maintaining population... Theres probably more firewalls of knowledge above bernard and while he probably has communication to higher authorities, he probably doesnt have access to the other silos... An experiment would probably keep them insulated from knowimg about the other to keep the data derived contained from correlated factors... on some level there maybe information related back and forth, but compartmentalizing everything as much as possible would be desired from an observational standpoint... My intrest in the show came from a realization that most people just accept the way things are and there are far less of us who question things beyond what everyone else just accepts... At some point a rebellion will happen and those who submit will always be slaves to there own acceptance regardless of who come out in the end. History doesnt repeat, it Rhymes and Karma isnt a bi+ch, its a mirror IMHO... Cant wait for season 2..😉

Look, you are complicating this: The false image in the helmet was designed to inspire and give false hope to the cleaner before their death. This in turn would inspire the cleaner to clean one last time. Because the tapes were replaced, and Julie made it past the tree, this false hope was shattered after walking away from the signal range revealing the actual world and the other silos. She was not meant to see these Silos. Bernard is managing Silo number 18. Most likely warning other Silo managers about a her walking around. What I like to know is, where did that Hard drive with a number 18 come from.

Hopefully the mc is more likeable in season 2

Isn't this based on the books?

i think maybe he changed it so she would come back and be living proof that the outside is not safe

Spoiler…. The solo was being watched by people outside the silo. That is why turning off cameras so risky. They let the relics out to see how people behaved and to give reason to send people out to clean. The image in the suit was to guarantee they would want the others to see and wipe the lens. The tape saved her from the gas on the way out. Outside won’t be safe for a while. All silos not meant to survive.

Why no lifts?

What I don’t understand is why they show a barren land and dead bodies vision to the people inside the silo from the screens and once they step outside they show another vision with trees and birds?? SOMEONE EXPLAIN PLEASE MY BRAIN HURTS

I believe she is seeing the real world.

You gotta read the books. I’m almost done with the series.

Oh man I can’t comment on these. 😂😂😂😂

Everything goes to the bottom which in this case is the mines so what are they mining for and what do they do with “unneeded” resources one theory is the “leader” of each silo controls it to mine for people who live on the outside and maybe it’s a economic/population control or political even, some sort of world order

Read the books and it ain’t what you think it is

So both the window display AND the helmet is fake? Wtf is this show lmao

What's an interplanetary vessel large enough to contain the remaining population of a dead or dying world called? But that doesn't explain the basement water. Did they show close up shots of people as they died? Any signs of freezing, burst blood vessels, other vacuum of space stuff? Instead of poisoning, I mean. Maybe city is actually propulsion system? Silos independently maintained, so if one fails, it's not universally catastrophic? But they don't seem to walk in magnetic shoes, although they move unnaturally slowly. There's a shared reservoir of water at the bottom. Huge door is hatch to communal reservoir? Gravity works by constant movement of vehicle. They don't have enough fauna to maintain food, oxygen levels, vessel or not. Common problem in science fiction. I have another off the wall mystery. This is a manufactured environment. Everything was planned. So, where did that rabbit come from? Erasing history, artifacts, etc. is what Israel is doing right now, BTW. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We know what's really outside the Silo. The show told us. This is a pointless theory video.

Honestly, my penits is outside of the silo.