Let’s be trustworthy. In case you awakened one morning and located your self dwelling 144 tales underground, respiration recycled air, consuming unhappy little apples grown underneath fluorescent lights, and being instructed “The Outdoors Is Dying™,” you’d most likely have some questions. Or perhaps you’d simply repair the generator and maintain your head down. Relies on your sort.
In The Silo, you’ll discover each taste of character—rebels, rule-followers, deep feelers, secret schemers. I liked the character arcs, the complexity, and the suspense of this sequence and I had a lot enjoyable attempting to psychologically analyze the characters. Let’s check out their character varieties!
Consider, I can’t truly sit throughout from Juliette Nichols and provides her a sort clarification session. Sure, I’m an MBTI® practitioner, however there’s a very particular sort of session I might usually conduct to verify of somebody’s sort. I can’t try this with fictional characters. These are my finest guesses, however as new seasons come out new info may lead me to replace this if the characters are developed in a approach that will align with a unique character sort.
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Holston Becker – ISTJ
Holston is the type of man who doesn’t simply learn the rulebook—he is the rulebook. If the Pact had a human kind, it will put on Holston’s sheriff badge and well mannered smile.
This man is a textbook ISTJ: dutiful, principled, and sluggish to query authority… till the very construction he’s devoted his life to defending kills the girl he loves.
For the primary episode, Holston appears like our foremost character. He’s composed, reliable, and revered. When Allison begins to unravel, he doesn’t dismiss her—he simply doesn’t know how one can deal with the world she’s starting to see. He performs by the principles and is skeptical of something that challenges them. He’s sluggish to leap to conclusions till the proof begins stacking up too excessive and he permits himself to not solely belief the info, however his coronary heart.
However right here’s the heartbreak: When he lastly believes Allison—actually believes her—it’s too late. So what does he do? He walks out into the poisonous unknown, not as a result of he has proof, however as a result of he has religion.
That’s the ISTJ arc proper there: From “simply following the principles” to “dying with integrity as a result of the principles are damaged.”
Allison Becker – ENTP
that second when somebody begins questioning the system, after which it snowballs into “every little thing I’ve ever recognized is a lie”? Yeah. That’s an ENTP nightmare—and a dream.
Allison is curious, intelligent, heat, and completely relentless as soon as her psychological gears begin turning. She uncovers that the contraception implant she was instructed was eliminated… wasn’t. She realizes ladies are being managed with out consent. After which she realizes one thing even darker: that the “poisonous” exterior world will not be poisonous in any respect.
She calls for solutions. And when nobody provides them, she decides to burn the entire phantasm down by going exterior herself.
ENTPs are sometimes the conspiracy theorists who change into proper, and Allison’s descent into insanity is definitely a spiral into readability. However readability with out help is a type of insanity all its personal.
She dies attempting to show the reality. Or perhaps she dies attempting to escape the reality. Both approach, she’s the fireplace that sparks Holston’s awakening—and the explanation Juliette will get pulled into the combat.
Ruth Jahns – ENFJ
Ruth is that uncommon chief who looks like she might truly run a society and make you chuckle whereas doing it. ENFJ to the core—compassionate, savvy, emotionally clever, and precisely the type of particular person totalitarian regimes hate.
She believes in folks. Not simply the thought of them, however the messy, imperfect, trying-their-best model of them. That’s why she believes in Holston. Why she trusts Juliette. Why she listens to Sam even when he’s growling into his whiskey.
Ruth doesn’t wield energy like a weapon—she makes use of it like a balm. She tries to construct bridges the place others would burn them. She mentors. She consoles. She jokes. She leads. After which, when she turns into inconvenient to the actual powers behind the scenes, she’s eradicated.
Sam Marnes – ESFJ
Sam Marnes is an ESFJ who’s seen an excessive amount of and feels each little bit of it.
He’s Holston’s right-hand man, and when Holston dies, it practically breaks him. Then Ruth dies, and that does break him. He drinks. He yells. He punches individuals who most likely didn’t deserve it—however none of it’s random. He’s grieving. And ESFJs grieve onerous when their emotional basis collapses.
He’s not a flashy character, however he’s a deeply human one. He doesn’t need energy, simply peace. He desires to guard the folks he loves, and after they’re taken from him, he goes full “dad on the fringe of a breakdown” mode. Nonetheless, he exhibits up. He backs Juliette. He does what wants doing.
What makes him lovable is that behind all of the gruffness is that this aching tenderness. He desires to retire and open a little bit store. He desires a standard life. However the Silo doesn’t give “regular” to males like Sam.
He’s the man who stays when everybody else walks out. And in a spot constructed on secrets and techniques and betrayals, that loyalty is uncommon and treasured.
Martha Walker – INTP
Walker is the type of particular person you underestimate—till you understand she’s quietly ten steps forward and simply didn’t really feel like telling you.
She’s good. Dry. Hilarious in that “Oh god, she simply roasted Bernard and didn’t even blink” type of approach. She lives in her head, in her workshop, in her tangle of wires and soldered circuits. The surface world? No thanks. Let her tinker in peace with a teacup and her devices.
However right here’s the factor: like most INTPs, she’s not chilly. She simply doesn’t broadcast emotion the way in which others do. When Juliette comes crashing into her world, Walker exhibits up—not with fanfare, however with fierce protectiveness, biting wit, and quiet acts of sacrifice.
INTPs are recognized for needing proof, and Walker’s a strolling catalog of it. She doesn’t consider the lies of the Silo as a result of they don’t add up. And when she realizes Juliette is in peril, she finds the braveness to do one thing she hasn’t performed in twenty-five years: depart her dwelling.
That second? When she goes out into the corridors to get warmth tape to assist Juliette survive the Cleansing? It’s small. And large. INTPs don’t do grand gestures. However after they love you, they’ll cross galaxies of concern to get you a roll of tape.
Lukas Kyle – INTP
Lukas is one other INTP, however the place Walker is sardonic and regular, Lukas is dreamy and wide-eyed, even when he tries to cover it. He works in IT, however he spends his nights gazing on the “lights within the sky,” not even understanding they’re referred to as stars.
INTPs typically really feel like aliens in their very own world. Lukas would relate. He’s a person obsessive about patterns and wonder in a society that crushes each. His curiosity is harmful—not as a result of it’s harmful, however as a result of it opens doorways that should keep sealed.
He befriends Juliette as a result of his seek for which means aligns with hers. And when that alliance lands him within the mines? He doesn’t rage. He doesn’t even combat. He adapts. He watches. He thinks.
Season 2 sees Bernard recognizing Lukas’ brilliance and dragging him into IT’s interior circle. However Lukas nonetheless believes in reality. He’s not boastful sufficient to assume he is aware of every little thing, however he’s courageous sufficient to ask the questions nobody else will.
The world breaks thinkers like Lukas. But it surely additionally wants them to outlive.
Camille Sims – INTJ
Camille Sims doesn’t waste phrases. Or strikes. Or power. She’s the type of INTJ who sees the whole chessboard, nods as soon as, and lets everybody else assume the thought was theirs.
On the floor, she’s the supportive spouse. However dig deeper, and also you see the schemer behind the strategist. She’s not simply backing her husband—she’s positioning him. Encouraging him. Testing his resolve. And when Bernard refuses to make Sims his shadow? Camille pivots. She helps Mechanical escape, undermines Bernard’s plans, and reasserts her affect—all whereas staying technically loyal.
INTJs don’t waste loyalty on those that don’t earn it. Bernard misplaced her respect. Sims may lose her belief. Camille is continually calculating who’s value her effort, and her efforts are all the time greater than they seem.
What makes her fascinating isn’t simply her intelligence—it’s her restraint. She is aware of precisely what’s occurring however doesn’t broadcast it. She’s harmful as a result of she doesn’t want to be seen. Her fingerprints are on each main turning level, however she’s by no means within the highlight.
Her alignment is ambiguous, however her intentions are razor-sharp: safe energy, shield her son, and outwit a system designed to crush ladies like her. And he or she’s doing it one transfer at a time.
Solo (Jimmy) – INFP
Solo is the Silo’s misplaced youngster. Actually and emotionally.
Trapped within the ruins of Silo 17 for the reason that age of twelve, his world stopped when everybody else’s ended. And what’s left is a damaged, lovely INFP—fragile and fierce, hiding underneath piles of relics and layers of paranoia.
Once we first meet Solo, he’s threatening to kill Juliette by way of a door. And but, even in that risk, there’s disappointment. A determined want to guard himself, to be understood, to not be damage once more. Solo is each unpredictable and fully comprehensible as soon as what he’s endured. He noticed his father executed. He survived the apocalypse of his group. He renamed himself out of disgrace.
His quote about Jimmy being a coward? That’s the inner monologue of each INFP who’s ever let their beliefs slip by way of their fingers after which judged themselves mercilessly for it.
Decide Mary Meadows – INTP
Decide Meadows begins because the Wizard of Oz: huge voice, closed doorways, smoke and concern. However pull again the curtain and what do you discover? A drained, good lady drowning in remorse and brandy.
INTPs are the system-mappers of the MBTI® world. And Meadows mapped the Silo too effectively. She noticed the reality—actually noticed it—and it broke her. As an alternative of attempting to alter the system, she discovered a approach to survive it. Energy, in her case, grew to become armor. Or perhaps a jail.
Meadows isn’t heartless. She’s simply exhausted. She understands the equipment of deception and makes use of it with precision—till the fee turns into too excessive. Her relationship with Bernard is tragic: mutual respect tangled with manipulation. They’re the final two in a dying recreation of chess, and he or she is aware of she’s the piece being sacrificed.
Dr. Pete Nichols – ISFJ
Pete Nichols is the man who desires to be good, even when the principles ask him to not be.
He’s an ISFJ right down to the soul: loyal, light, dutiful. And for a very long time, these traits have been weaponized by the Silo’s authority. He adopted orders. Gave ladies faux hope. Performed his position as a quiet cog within the machine, even whereas it broke his spouse, after which his daughter.
However one thing shifts when Juliette comes again into his life. At first, it’s awkward—he doesn’t know how one can attain her. He’s full of guilt, and he’s so reserved it virtually reads as chilly. However ISFJs don’t categorical themselves loudly. They present up. They bear in mind. They do.
So when he’s instructed to not take away a contraception implant and does it anyway? That’s enormous. When he helps Juliette attain Gloria, when he leaves his put up to work in Mechanical—these are his rebellions. Quiet, purposeful, and completely life-changing for the folks they have an effect on.
ISFJs don’t typically break the principles. However after they do, it’s as a result of their loyalty has shifted from establishments to people. From doctrine to dignity.
Bernard Holland – ISTJ
Bernard is like if Large Brother had glasses, a gravelly voice, and occasional existential dread.
He’s an ISTJ—however not the regular, heat form. He’s the strategist on the verge of a breakdown form. The one who has a plan for every little thing, a justification for something, and a deep-down panic that if he lets go of the wheel for one second, the whole world will burn.
As a result of Bernard is aware of issues. Horrible issues. World-ending issues. And in true ISTJ trend, he’s taken all of it and turned it right into a job description. He builds the principles, breaks them, hides them, and duct-tapes them again collectively if it means the Silo survives.
He’s not merciless for cruelty’s sake. He’s not even power-hungry within the conventional sense. He’s simply satisfied that he’s the one one who can do what must be performed. And in some methods… he could be proper. That’s what makes him so terrifying.
ISTJs normally get a status for being probably the most loyal of varieties. However Bernard? He’s solely loyal to the mission.
And that makes him harmful.
Robert Sims – ESTJ
Sims is the type of man you don’t wish to meet in a darkish hall except you’ve acquired your story straight. He’s blunt, commanding, and strikes like a person who doesn’t apologize—as a result of if he did, he’d by no means cease.
As an ESTJ, Sims is action-first. Guidelines aren’t theories—they’re anchors. And anybody who threatens the Silo’s stability threatens his complete worldview.
What’s fascinating about Sims is that he’s not only a employed thug. He believes so as. Within the chain of command. In his position because the system’s sword. However he additionally deeply loves his household. He’s a dad. A husband. And people roles are actual to him in a approach that his job typically isn’t.
That duality creates a quiet tragedy: Sims is prepared to kill for the system… however not all the time prepared to query who’s operating it. Bernard makes use of that. Camille pokes at it. And the extra he realizes that his loyalty could be misplaced, the extra his grip tightens.
Paul Billings – ISFJ
Paul Billings begins out trying like a puppet. He is aware of the Pact by coronary heart. He’s buttoned-up, respectful, well mannered—every little thing you’d need in a figurehead. Which is strictly what makes him harmful to the improper folks.
As a result of ISFJs, whereas comfortable on the surface, are metal beneath.
Billings follows guidelines not as a result of he’s spineless—however as a result of he believes in them. He believes they exist to guard folks. To keep up peace. And when he realizes that these guidelines are being twisted into instruments of management? That’s when the gloves come off.
The transformation is delicate however seismic. He stops hiding his syndrome. He stops masking for Bernard. He begins investigating on his personal phrases. And in one of the vital satisfying moments of season 2, Bernard realizes too late that Billings has switched sides.
The tremors disappear. Not as a result of the illness is gone, however as a result of the lie is.
ISFJs don’t shout their rebellions from the rooftops. They plant them in quiet acts of integrity and watch them bloom.
Billings is now not only a deputy. He’s a logo you can uphold your values and combat the system—and that kindness doesn’t imply weak spot.
Juliette Nichols – ISTP
Juliette is the quintessential ISTP: hands-on, emotionally guarded, fix-it-before-I-feel-it. Her love language is “I broke open a pipe to avoid wasting your life.” Her grief language is “I threw a wrench on the wall after which fastened the factor I broke.” She’s not right here for heat fuzzies. She’s right here to maintain the generator operating—and the Silo, by extension—alive.
Juliette doesn’t ask for energy. She doesn’t wish to be anybody’s hero. However when Holston names her Sheriff, she doesn’t stroll away. She glares at authority, drinks one thing vaguely flammable, and takes the job anyway. After which she truly tries to do it effectively. As a result of that’s the twist: underneath all of the metal and sarcasm, she cares.
Deeply.
I felt particularly dangerous for Juliette when she was caught with Solo in Season 2. ISTPs and INFPs have a tendency to grasp one another poorly. She’s attempting to resolve the fast downside, have a look at the info, and get into her head to troubleshoot in a make-or-break state of affairs. Solo is telling her “irrelevant” tales and asking for connection. He’s dramatic, naive, and dreamy. She’s acquired a job to do and he’s getting in the way in which….perhaps. Ultimately the 2 study to work collectively after which they turn out to be a powerhouse of differing strengths. But it surely was a demanding season to make sure!
Shirley – ESFP
Shirley is that good friend who will combat a fascist for you—after which deliver you a sandwich.
As an ESFP, she’s passionate, loyal, and loud in one of the simplest ways. She feels issues huge and quick, and he or she acts earlier than overthinking ruins the second. She’s the tether to actual life, the one who reminds Juliette what she’s combating for.
In season 2, when the world begins crumbling and every little thing will get ten instances extra harmful, Shirley leans in. She doesn’t sit again. She strikes. Even when it’s messy. Even when it’s reckless. As a result of for Shirley, loyalty isn’t a sense—it’s a resolution. And he or she decides, again and again, to face together with her folks.
She’s not a strategist. She’s not a planner. She’s a burst of emotion and muscle and guts. However that doesn’t make her silly—it makes her actual. And in a spot the place so many individuals select silence, Shirley shouts.
George Wilkins – ENTP
George is the ENTP who acquired too near the sting of the map—and smiled anyway.
He’s curious, intelligent, and all the time on the verge of claiming one thing both genius or deeply inappropriate. He runs a pc restore store, however what he actually does is dig for forbidden data. He’s the type of man who sees a sealed door and instantly begins on the lookout for a crowbar and a cause.
That’s the ENTP soul: “Why shouldn’t we all know? Why wouldn’t we query? What are they so afraid of?”
George dies early, however his presence lingers like a puzzle that hasn’t been solved. Juliette wears his watch. Folks converse his identify like a ghost. And when the reality lastly cracks open, it’s as a result of George planted the seeds.
He wasn’t excellent. There are hints he used folks—perhaps even Juliette. However ENTPs don’t all the time understand when their trigger turns into extra essential than the folks round them. Nonetheless, he meant one thing to her. And that which means fuels Juliette’s fireplace.
Knox – ESTJ
Knox is the type of man you need operating issues when the world goes sideways. He’s a textbook ESTJ—direct, pragmatic, organized—however with one thing lots of people neglect ESTJs can have in spades: loyalty.
He runs Mechanical like a ship’s engine room—tight, scorching, sweaty, and held collectively by self-discipline, loyalty, and the occasional shouted reminder to not die within the generators. And his folks belief him. Not as a result of he’s heat and fuzzy (he’s not), however as a result of he’s honest. Constant. Competent. He’s not some clipboard-waving boss barking orders from above. He’s in it—lined in grease and technique and accountability he by no means requested for however refuses to shirk.
When Juliette is being hunted and every little thing is falling aside, Knox doesn’t go full chaos. He tries to cause with the authorities. He negotiates. He holds the road. And solely when it turns into clear that nobody in energy is enjoying honest does he let that interior ESTJ battle common take over.
Knox doesn’t need a combat. However when he chooses one, it’s as a result of he’s already calculated the fee—and determined it’s value it.
And the perfect half? He nonetheless does it with integrity. When he discovers somebody in Mechanical was coerced into betraying them, he doesn’t scream or exile her. He provides her a objective. A second probability. As a result of Knox understands that management isn’t nearly energy—it’s about folks.
He’s the type of ESTJ who sees the massive image and the folks in it. And that’s uncommon.
What Do You Assume?
Do you agree with my decisions for the Silo characters or do you’ve a unique perspective? Let me know within the feedback!
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