In Pluribus , Apple TV’s new sci-fi series , an alien virus takes over Earth and connects every human into a singular hive mind—with the exception of Carol (Rhea Seehorn) and a handful of others across the globe. When a desperate Carol reaches out to a few of them, she’s shocked by how unbothered they are.

The new way of things is harmonious and peaceful, they say, and they’re dismissive when she unleashes what she thinks is a truth bomb on the room. Everyone else in the world, she argues, is now “some kind of fucking pod person.” It doesn’t matter how nice and kind they seem to be, she says. This situation is not right: “I’ve seen this movie. We’ve all seen this movie, and we know it does not end well .”

We tend to agree with Carol, who is messy, hot-tempered, sarcastic, and d

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