"Celebrity guest stars are part of the television toolbox. But for some shows, it's easier to cast high-profile stars than others - especially if the celebrity plays themselves. , Apple TV's latest hit sci-fi series, feels like the last place you'd see a celebrity guest star: it's a profoundly lonely series, focusing on one woman trying to save the world despite almost everyone else on Earth being absorbed into a hive mind."
"She tells him the dark secret she has discovered: the hive mind subsists on a strange milky product that is, in part, made of human remains. He doesn't seem surprised by this, however; he discovered the secret earlier by asking the hive mind persistently. In fact, he asked one specific member of the hive mind: John Cena, who apparently has been hanging out with Mr. Diabaté."
"The hive mind also decided the wrestler-turned-actor was the best person to explain this to Carol, and Mr. Diabaté plays a video where Cena explains the hive mind cannot in good conscience end any life, including plant life, so all seven million members or so of the hive mind subsist on a sludge made from "windfall" - crops that can merely be scavenged, not harvested; leftover processed food from before the Joining; and "H.D.P., aka human derived product."
In Episode 6, "H.D.P.," Carol travels to Las Vegas to visit Mr. Diabaté, who has settled there. She reveals that the hive mind subsists on a strange milky product that includes human remains. Mr. Diabaté already knew after persistently asking the hive mind and consulted one specific member, John Cena. A video of Cena explains that the hive mind will not end any life, including plants, so its roughly seven million members consume a sludge composed of windfall crops, leftover processed food from before the Joining, and H.D.P. (human-derived product). The revelation reframes survival ethics within the Joining.
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