In season 1, it's revealed that for an unknown reason, approximately 10,000 people are inhabiting Silo 18, a massive underground bunker. One such person is IT Department employee Allison Becker ...

Narrator: During the Cold War, the US government built numerous missile silos in secret locations ... if we're gonna build a high-end bunker, I'd hate to, like, need protection for two years ...

Is it a kill switch designed to crush the rebellion before it spreads, or is it the ultimate bunker, meant to preserve ... rebellion is baked into the silos’ design. From the Great Rebellion ...

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Based on Hugh Howey's best-selling trilogy of novels, Silo has brought two seasons of ... remaining citizens living inside an underground bunker complex in a post-apocalyptic world.