"Carol (Rhea Seehorn) and the rest of the immune folk in Pluribus had two very different reactions to last week's big reveal: The virus is liquifying dead humans and consuming them for food. While the rest of the group held secret meetings without Carol to consider how to save the alien hive mind, not even an infomercial starring John Cena helped Carol see their uncomfortable truth as anything other than further proof they are absolutely fucked."
"She's back to requesting frivolous items over the phone like red Gatorade, and the aliens are more than happy to deliver them to her via drone carriers. I've read a lot of responses online to Pluribus so farit seems that a lot of viewers are fed up with how unlikable Carol is as a character. Her insistence at the beginning of this episode to chide the hive mind for delivering her a lukewarm drink instead of the ice cold one she requested certainly isn't helping."
"But I thought the same thing of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) in Breaking Bad. Series creator Vince Gilligan finds unlikable protagonists way more interesting than your typical heroes, and I'm sure there's a fair number of humans who would spend the end of the world blowing off fireworks and golfing instead of jumping to save the day. Frustrating, sure. That's the reality."
Carol investigates a hive mind created by a virus that liquefies dead humans and consumes them. Immune group members respond differently: some hold secret meetings to consider saving the alien collective while excluding Carol. The hive mind anticipates Carol's findings and supplies frivolous comforts like red Gatorade via drone carriers. Carol remains defiantly skeptical, viewing the hive mind's consumption of humans as horrific rather than beneficial. Many viewers react to Carol's unlikable behavior, and the episode likens her to morally ambiguous protagonists such as Walter White. The group progresses rapidly through grief and begins diplomatic engagement with the alien intelligence.
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