From the twist at the start of the very first episode, I have been obsessed with Pluribus. It's a show about trying to save humanity from aliens, but done in a way I have never ever seen before.Leave it to Vince Gilligan to completely surprise audiences and give them another southwestern world that unpacks who we are as human beings.This is a show that treats aliens like an infection and pulls apart what it means to be human and to have free will.The first season had a ton of characters, twists, turns, and ideas that I want to discuss here today, along with explaining the ending and what we may get from the second season.Warning: Massive spoilers ahead for Pluribus Season 1.Let's dive in.Pluribus: Season One PlotPluribus is a slow-burning mystery wrapped in a sci-fi epic; There are no spaceships, just a quiet, eerie transformation of the human race into a singular collective known as the "Others."The series begins several days after a global event where the vast majority of the human population "joined." This wasn't a violent takeover; rather, a biological shift occurred where individuals lost their personal identities to become part of a global hive mind.And they want to convert the people who are left, who seemingly have been able to resist the hive. The Others are incapable of violence, feel no grief, and spend their days maintaining the planet. They also eat all the dead bodies of humans that happen throughout the normal course of the day....
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 29 December