Silo is a show that’s never been afraid of deciding to reinvent itself, and from the beginning, Apple TV’s hit sci-fi drama has repeatedly moved the goalposts on expectations from the audience, with each revelation about the long, dark history of the underground bunker opening the door to even bigger mysteries. That’s one of the show’s strengths, and as Season 3 has shown, the trend is continuing, especially for one man.
Few characters have undergone a more dramatic journey than Tim Robbins’ Bernard, whose fate at the end of Season 2 left fans wondering exactly what role he would play moving forward. Now, Robbins has teased that viewers should expect a version of Bernard unlike any they’ve seen before as the character officially returns in Episode 5 airing this week on July 31. Speaking with Collider’s Steve Weintraub during San Diego Comic-Con, Robbins was asked what it was like receiving Graham Yost’s scripts for Season 3. The Oscar winner admitted the new episodes gave him one of the greatest opportunities of his career.
“I got a huge gift as an actor when I saw the scripts for Season 3, because it’s rare when you’re playing a part over an extended period of time that it gets to change and evolve so drastically. My character essentially has a revelation at the end of Season 2 that just propels him into a whole new way of thinking, new way of being. Physically, morally, mentally, spiritually, everything changes, which is rare as an actor to get a gift like that, and that was pure gold for me.”
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
02
What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
03
What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
04
How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
05
You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
06
What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
08
When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
‘Silo’s Cast Love Working With Graham Yost
Robbins wasn’t the only cast member to praise creator and showrunner Graham Yost during the discussion. Commondescribed Season 3 as giving him more to do as an actor than ever before, while Jessica Henwick applauded Yost for openly sharing future storylines with the cast rather than keeping them secret. Henwick even argued that some showrunners who refuse to tell actors where their characters are heading are making their jobs harder, calling the practice “infantilizing,” while Yost brought the house down when he admitted that any time creators say they want to preserve an actor’s “fresh eyes,” they’re actually saying they have no idea where the story is going. Luckily, Silo knows exactly where it all ends.
