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Slow burn anyone? The great part about a mystery is you don’t always need all the answers. Building a mystery doesn’t have to be about the answers, it can be about the journey. Seeing the monster is not always as important as building the characters around it. A mystery needs another mystery, much like the Silo itself, the mystery won’t be fully revealed because, how deep does it really go? The fun part is finding that out. And I think SIlo really excels at that, more and more lore is added in a natural way. It’s kinda of a cheat sheet actually, sardine a thousand people for more than 300 years, and something has to explode eventually.

There was a general attempt, there is no grit, no sweat to this show. Just Ana Taylor Joy looking pretty. She evades the police, but never takes any opportunity to show the viewer how much of a true swindler her character is. If she’s anything - she’s the creative type, using her surroundings to her advantage. There was none of that here. The lobby scene as she tries to escape through the kitchen has to be one of the most dull chase scenes to have ever been conceived. Why is she not using FBI undercover tactics against them? Why is she sleuthing and making her way through the casino lobby like a tourist? Worst of all, it’s not like the show is trying to be funny with it. It takes itself way to seriously, it want’s all the drama from her jumping on top of parked large good vehicles, but none of the commitment to properly explaining any of the coincidences she goes through. I guess she’s just ‘lucky’ - but even then, her luck magic could have been used as narrative device. Dull writing makes for a dull action show. Never are the ideas exploited in a way that makes me feel the writers were trying new and creative things. Just sticking to the novel, never taking any risks or opportunities.