Silo Season 3: What Juliette's tattoos really signify and why they matter now?

Silo Season 3 premiered seven days ago on Apple TV+, featuring a new story about a ruined future in which people survive inside a massive underground silo. The outside world turned into a deadly wasteland because of the disaster destroying the civilization.

The new chapter reveals the importance of Juliette's tattoos in episode 2. Her tattoos symbolize her friendships and her sense of home. The design is chosen partly as an act of defiance and partly because those in power show no concern for them.

Rebecca's tattoo designer in a BTS video shared by Apple TV on YouTube said that her team developed Juliette's tattoo because the lower levels shown in Silo are quite oppressed. Rebecca Ferguson's makeup artist and hair designer, Louise Coles, shares details about the tattoo's characteristics. She said,

"There can't be any shapes that are natural because they don't know they exist."

According to her, the lower levels are the only ones that truly have artistic expressions, which is why her team focused on tattooing in that area.

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What do Juliette's tattoos signify in Silo Season 3?

In the Apple TV series, Rebecca Ferguson plays an intelligent and resourceful engineer, Juliette Nichols. Her tattoo signifies her close connection with the lowest level of the 'silo,' where people live with more freedom of artistic expression. The rope-like design is not a random mark but a symbol of her friendship, her roots, and her quiet rebellion against the rigid system.

The design itself was shaped to look synthetic and unnatural, but Rebecca wanted something unique that avoided the common tribal style. She found inspiration from a design that looks like ropes tangled with each other. In a Season 1 BTS video, Rebecca said,

"I saw some rope in a tattoo. Lou had found a very similar one, and we thought, oh looks a bit like wool, torn up."

The tangled design reminds Rebecca's character, Juliette, of the community that raised her, even when she struggles with memory loss. The tattoo further signifies that silo's identity is not only about survival but also about belonging.

Rebecca's makeup artist opens up about the tattoo

The skilled hair and make-up designer described how she kept Rebecca's look simple for the show. She shares a major production challenge in a podcast about Rebecca's underwater scenes, where the wigs had to be reset, and the tattoos had to be reapplied each time she stepped out of the water tank. She also discussed her close collaboration with other departments and the actor to ensure the character's full development.

Juliette and the amnesia storyline

Director Michael Dinner changed the plot from Hugh Howey's book series by giving Rebecca Ferguson's character an amnesia storyline. After the change, Rebecca's Juliette becomes Mayor while Sims and Cammille secretly control the Silo with the algorithm.

Juliette's amnesia was caused by her memory loss that comes from the Algorithm's deliberate use of the D+ chemical given on a regular basis. Camille gave her drugs to suppress memory, increased the doses under orders, and implanted false memories about her return.

Her tattoos stand as permanent marks that resist this false identity to remind her of who she truly is. The community sees her survival as proof of hope, and her presence alone prevents rebellion. Her resilience now protects the people and has made her existence vital for Silo's safety.

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