Paradise Vs Silo: How are the two shows similar?

Hulu’s new political thriller, Paradise, quickly became a fan favorite after premiering in January 2025. The show stars big names like Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden, and Julianne Nicholson.

Created by Dan Fogelman, also known for This Is Us and Crazy, Stupid, Love, the show dropped almost a week after Apple TV’s popular sci-fi show Silo’s Season 2 finale. Due to having similar themes such as post-apocalyptic dystopian worlds, human extinction events, and social hierarchy and control, Paradise has kept sci-fi fans busy as they wait for Silo Season 3.

Paradise follows Sterling K. Brown’s Xavier Collins, a Secret Service Agent accused of killing President Cal Bradford, portrayed by James Marsden. While trying to prove his innocence, Brown’s Collins faces many challenges and uncovers several truths about Paradise and the conspiracies created by the powerful people of the community.

Apart from having powerful ensemble casts known for their strong screen presence, there are several other similarities between Paradise and Silo.

Continue to read to learn more about the similarities between Silo and Paradise.

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How are Paradise and Silo similar? Reasons explored

As previously mentioned, both Hulu’s Paradise and Apple TV’s Silo, which is based on Hugh Howey’s novels, take place in post-apocalyptic worlds where the surviving human beings live in closed and confined communities after catastrophic events deem the earth’s environment to be toxic.

Other than that, it also shares the theme of social hierarchy and control as the characters in power govern the lives of the people who are at the bottom of the hierarchy. Living and continuing to follow rules and regulations, these people sometimes find truths and conspiracies about powerful people and start questioning the deceptions and lies told to them.

Paradise and Silo also share the theme of mystery that revolves around the question of the existence of these communities living in confined places and the true nature of the events that led to these circumstances, keeping the fans hooked.

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More about Paradise and Silo

While Silo and Paradise may appear similar, they still have their own differences.

As revealed in the two seasons of Silo, the community and the bunkers are thousands of years old, while the Paradise community in Paradise is newer and we get to see the circumstances of the formation of the underground city in Colorado from the beginning.

Paradise also looks more technologically advanced than Silo, which has a grittier and industrial look to it. Other than Sterling K. Brown, the show also stars Sarah Shahi as Dr. Gabriela Torabi, Jon Beavers as Agent William Pace, and Nicole Bryden Bloom as Agent Jane Driscoll.

As Apple TV’s Silo Season 3 might premiere in the fall of 2025, just like season 2, sci-fi lovers can enjoy this new take on the post-apocalyptic dystopian world set by Dan Fogelman’s Paradise.

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Paradise is now streaming on Disney Plus and Hulu.