I haven’t see any discussion for this show on Lemmy so I thought I’d be the first!

Pluribus is the new show from Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. The marketing on this show was so vague that it was intended to be watched completely blind, with nobody knowing what it was even about.

  • popcar2@programming.devOPEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I just finished watching the first two episodes and thought it was excellent. It’s been a while since a show hooked me from the very start.

    Episode 2 theory

    After finishing episode 2, I now have a theory on where this is going. When the hivemind says that it can’t hurt anything, I think they mean it literally. They are not allowed to hurt any living thing and are completely docile.

    The reason they have a seizure when shouted it is that they want to hurt Carol back but aren’t allowed to, so they deadlock. They also seem to do 100% of everything they’re told to do. Nobody noticed this yet in the show but potentially this could mean someone could order around everybody on earth to try and rule it, which could be wild. Curious to see where this goes and whether I’m right.

    • Iced Raktajino@startrek.website
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      10 days ago

      :::spoiler

      They also seem to do 100% of everything they’re told to do.

      I’m also wondering if that is just to placate the immune until “They” figure out the fix. Assuming “they” truly cannot intentionally cause harm to another living thing (and nothing so far has indicated that to be untrue), then the immune population (no matter how tiny) could be considered a threat and acting like a doormat is just “their” way of dealing with that.

      Since they don’t consider assimilation to be harm, once “they” figure out how to infect the immune, I think things could turn quite a bit darker after that (but still with the creepy cheerful demeanor).

      Edit/addition: While “they” seemingly cannot cause harm to people, they don’t seem to be limited such that they’re forced to prevent harm from occurring.

      Evidence:

      1. Carol was close to heat exhaustion when burying Helen. “Pirate Lady” only suggested she drink some water but did not force her to.
      2. “They” don’t seem to care that the dangerous zoo animals mauled/killed people
      3. “Pirate Lady” flat out said “they” could not protect Carol and the other “immune” from each other.

      Between that and the “biological imperative to spread” loopholes, I’m definitely curious where those go.

      :::

      I’m genuinely excited to see where this goes.