"The concept of an alien invasion is already one that's been explored on plenty of shows, but Pluribus flips the script by focusing on a non-hostile invasion of body snatchers and the one (very miserable) person that's immune to their powers. Better Call Saul alum Rhea Seehorn reteams with Gilligan to play Carol, an unlikely heroine who's suffering from a perpetual bad attitude long before everything takes a turn for the worse."
"Pluribus doesn't focus much on Carol's former life: though we do catch the tail-end of her latest book tour, the world as Carol knows it comes to an end shortly after. Still, her career as a romantasy author plays a role in other aspects of the show. The hive mind that now runs the world gives her a companion named Zosia (Karolina Wydra), chosen for her resemblance to a character in Carol's space-pirate series."
Pluribus centers on Carol, a misanthropic romantasy novelist who becomes uniquely immune when a non-hostile, hive-mind alien invasion replaces humans with body-snatched copies. The hive mind assigns Carol a companion, Zosia, chosen for resemblance to a character from Carol's space-pirate series. The show briefly shows Carol's ending book tour before the invasion and highlights how her writing influences the new world. A chapter of Carol's next in-world novel, Bloodsong of Wycaro, is available free on Apple Books as an eleven-page excerpt that reveals Raban, a star-crossed love, survives despite appearing to walk the plank in the prior novel Stormshadow.
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