Pluribus

[Null]

Anybody watched this yet? It’s out now on Apple+. Been waiting for this for a long while. I’m going to get stuck in tonight.

[Dirty Duck]

Definitely on my radar. Don't really know any of his non-Breaking Bad stuff but would be great to have some telly of a similar calibre.

[Wayno]

Going to throw the first episode on tonight. I've only seen Rhea in a few things outside of BCS so I'm very much looking forward to it.

[Dirty Duck]

Watched the first two episodes without knowing what the show was about and I found them really engrossing. Was quite shocked to realise what the plot is (likely due to Breaking Bad and BCS being so grounded) but so far it's playing it really well. It's also nice to have a show have some fun with its cinematography again, the show just looks very good visually. It goes without saying that Rhea Seehorne is great, don't think there was any question about that.

Looking forward to the next episode.

[Null]

Yeah I really enjoyed the first two episodes as well. Audibly groaned when I saw the third wasn’t available yet.

I’m super interested to see how it’s going to evolve.

[NateDog]

Waiting to get a chance to watch this but need to resub to Apple TV too so not sure when it'll be.

[Dirty Duck]

Just watched episode 3.

Spoiler:

The grenade moment was actually hilarious with how Zosia handled it. "May we?"

I'm enjoying how it's tackling it's big moral quandary so far. I can't really think of many Western pieces of media I've seen that have dabbled with the concept of human consciousness being one, but I can think of a few anime and Japanese games that tackle it and they always make a real point of adversity and individuality being necessary components of the human experience and living. Comparatively Pluribus feels quite measured so far in its stance. Carol isn't exactly likeable-though you feel for her and what she's going through. The show even calls her "the most miserable woman alive" in its marketing and yet she is the only one opposed to what's going on. I'm interested to see if a 'darker' side ever comes forward to what's going on or if the darkness lies solely in the implication, like in this episode where Carol questioned why she has no say in whether she eventually becomes part of the whole.

[Dirty Duck]

(I thought Plurbius was great!)

[Null]

I have enjoyed the first season, I don’t really care about how “slow” people think it’s going or whatever. I have learned to trust Vince Gilligan; he’s an expert at sitting in really long and often uncomfortable stories with extremely satisfying pay offs.

[Jassassino]

Absolutely loved the first season and really excited for the second one. I personally preferred the penultimate episode to the finale, and I actually think the finale would've either been a good opener to season 2, or better split between two episodes as it felt like a lot of back and forth between notions and ideas for a single episode to deal with. But it's such a small irk with the show as a whole.

Also feels like such a unique idea considering resource crises presented throughout this show which I don't think anything discussing

Spoiler:

a hive mind

has ever really tapped into before.

Also, will be absolutely criminal if this show isn't nominated for any awards, Rhea Seehorn is great but I just know her performance is going to be written off as nothing but angry and/or stubborn without nuance come award season.