Silo season 2 returns to Apple TV+ on November 15, picking up right where the cliffhanger left off. Based on a series of novels by Hugh Howey, the acclaimed sci-fi show follows Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson) as she investigates the mysterious discrepancies between what she was raised to believe about her closed community and what she sees with her own eyes. . . After she was sent to clean up, all of her friends expected her to die from breathing the toxic air outside, like all those who left the house before her. But thanks to a small change to the heat tape used to protect your hazmat suit, Juliette survives and discovers that there are several other silos around the toxic wasteland..
The events of the Silo The season one finale left Juliette’s friends shaken and authorities scrambling to pick up the pieces, but one thing is certain: her actions ensured that hidden whispers of truths led to rallying cries for rebellion. His mentor Martha Walker (Harriet Walter) took the first big step, literally and metaphorically, by asking his ex-wife Carla (Clare Perkins) to change the heat tape. Now that other members of the Mechanical are getting involved and asking questions, Juliette is no longer in danger of being the last Flamekeeper with knowledge of the world before the Silo.
TelaRant interviewed Walter and Perkins about trying to rebuild Harriet and Carla’s relationship in Silo season 2. The actors also discussed how each of their characters perceived the rebellion brewing at the Silo and whether or not they hoped to see Juliette again.
Silo season 2 will be a new beginning for Harriet and Carla’s romance
“We don’t know enough about their history to know who is dominant.”
Screen Rant: Clare, we just met Carla at the end of Season 1, but she has a lot of history with Martha. Can you talk about where their relationship is now that Walker has come to you again?
Clare Perkins: Yes, I think their hearts are hesitant. I think they both know there’s a lot of feeling, but it’s also been a long time. I wouldn’t say there’s a lot of water under the bridge because they don’t turn around. They are separated and I think Carla had to move on with her life. It’s been 25 years, so after a while she just gets on with her life.
She’s obviously heard that Martha doesn’t leave her workshop, so when she returns at the end of season one, that’s going to be a big deal. And I suppose it’s one of those moments where it’s like, “Do you dare to hope or do you not dare to hope?” But she’s not out there and she’s not enthusiastic, so all the hope is inside. She remains reluctantly distant, waiting for Martha to disappear again. She doesn’t want that to happen, though.
Screen Rant: Harriet, what was it like for you to play the moment when Martha finally decides to leave her workshop because she needs to help Juliette? How does this change you as a person?
Harriet Walter: Well, it’s really extraordinary. It takes a lot of imagination because obviously I’ve never been in that situation. One of the hardest things to imagine as an actor is time. You can imagine a situation, but thinking about it multiplied by 25 years is really difficult for the imagination to take into account. I don’t think she can imagine it either.
She’s living day to day, and there’s enormous motivation from the only person in her sphere she truly cares about, like her own daughter. She curses herself for her shyness, her caution and her own fears, and she is fighting against herself. She’s just fighting herself. And then, of course, there’s the commensurate excitement that she was able to do it, which I think gives her a confidence that drives her through season two.
Claire described the kind of hesitation in her relationship with Carla. I’m forced to open this again for Juliette and the Silo’s sake, I think. But I also think that what’s interesting about the relationship between these two women is that we don’t know enough about their history to know who is dominant. Who finished? Who wants who back? I feel like Martha needs Carla a little more because Carla has been very active in the community, while Martha has been very closed off.
Now she’s opened it up, she’s opened up all her feelings – not just her engagement to Silo and Julia, but all her feelings and the history between them. What we like is that it’s not explicit. It’s implicit and we have these little secrets that we can keep. We don’t really know what the other is thinking, which means that throughout the story that unfolds in season 2, neither of us knows who to trust and this influences the narrative well.
The Flamekeepers are expected to return in Silo Season 2, even if Martha isn’t an active participant
“Whether Juliette is alive or not, the vital component is curiosity and the courage to know more.”
Screen Rant: Speaking of being an operative, Carla was thrown head first into the growing rebellion after alerting the world that there’s something going on out there by changing the tape. Can you talk about how Carla feels in this new situation? How will she participate in the return of the Flamekeepers, if you will?
Clare Perkins: While everyone else at the Silo probably lives day to day, probably hoping that one day the outside will be safe, Carla knows exactly how much hardware there was to support the Silo’s infrastructure. [She knows] how much was in stock when the Silo was built and how much is in stock now. She is more aware of the fragility of her world, the need to provide for the future and what they can provide in terms of the things we need. Everyday building parts, mine parts, farm parts, clothing parts – all of it. She knows everything that is needed.
I think without her going out there and saying, “Guys, this is what’s happening.” Even though I think it’s something that’s not on your mind, part of it is tied to your natural passion to say, “We need to take control of our world. We need more answers. We need things to change. So, yes, I think which is what moves her, in terms of rebellion.
Screen Rant: I imagine Juliette leaving the Silo is what’s motivating Martha now. But can you talk about how she hopes to continue Juliette’s legacy?
Harriet Walter: I think Martha is eager to identify the people who can carry Juliet’s legacy forward, because she’s not sure about that. [she’s alive]. In fact, she suspects that Juliette must have run out of air and that her life is finite, but she feels that her spirit lives on.
It’s not religious, but it’s the same idea of having an iconic figure that you keep alive in some way, spiritual or otherwise, to give courage and encouragement to other people. I think she really feels that Shirley and Knox and others captured Juliette’s spirit. She’s counting on that to move people forward, because we’re both almost out of that, in terms of our age group. The future is in their hands, and whether Juliette is alive or not, the vital component is curiosity and the courage to know more.
Screen Rant: Claire, do you think Carla believes Juliet is dead too? Or is there any chance she thinks she’s made it?
Clare Perkins: Yes, I don’t think Carla is a dreamer. I think she would like to have hope, but she is already a certain age. Every person who went there saw them die. She saw her come up the hill, but they saw nothing else. I don’t think she would allow herself to think she was alive, although in the back of her mind that was probably one of the little things that spark revolutionary passion.
Something has happened that has never happened before, at a time when people are looking for answers; they are being prevented from getting those answers and they are being denied those answers. Something has changed, but I don’t think she thinks Juliette is alive. In that respect, it is keeping her alive. Juliette’s idea is alive in her because something different happened. If you think they’ve been there for generations and this has never happened before, it’s alive in that way. She is alive as an idea for change.
Screen Rant: Finally, the show is ultra popular, so I have to imagine it will continue as long as they can keep it going. If your characters make it to a possible third season, what would you like to explore for them?
Harriet Walter: I would love to reunite with Juliette, obviously, if she’s out there. I think we should.
We have the insoluble problem that, if [Martha and Carla] continue our relationship, where do we live? Because I’m deeply rooted in my little workshop, and she’s deeply rooted in Supply. We will both become more and more romantic and it will be more and more difficult to climb those stairs on our old knees. Unless part of our rebellion is that we invent a way to create some kind of elevator lifting system, or that I hand over the toolbox to someone in Mechanical and retire and become their dog walker.
Clare Perkins: It’s like they’re not worlds apart because that’s the world. But being a flower away is being worlds apart, isn’t it, inside the silo. So yes, it’s like a long-distance relationship.
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Silo is the story of the last ten thousand people on Earth, their mile-deep home protecting them from the toxic and deadly world outside. However, no one knows when or why the silo was built and anyone who tries to find out will face fatal consequences. Rebecca Ferguson stars as Juliette, an engineer who searches for answers about the murder of a loved one and stumbles upon a mystery that runs far deeper than she could have ever imagined, leading her to discover that if the lies don’t kill you, the truth will. .
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