"But it's worth noting a couple of places in the thrillingly expansive second episode, "Pirate Lady," that draw the two shows together. First, there's the classic WTF cold open, which may not be as cryptic as the pre-title sequences in Better Call Saul or Breaking Bad, but it introduces us to characters and a scenario that are wholly disconnected from what we've seen so far."
"With help from a nearby truck driver, she wraps up the body and drags it uphill to the bus, where we can see other bodies are being collected. From there, she drives a waiting moped to the airport, climbs into the cockpit of a cargo plane, and pilots it to Albuquerque, where minions await with coffee, a hot shower, and a change of identity."
Pluribus (set in Albuquerque with Rhea Seehorn) has little obvious crossover with Better Call Saul but connects more to Vince Gilligan's X-Files past. The second episode, "Pirate Lady," opens with a standalone cold open introducing characters and an isolated scenario. An unnamed woman in a burlap robe removes a charred body from an overturned vehicle in a Middle Eastern city, helps collect other bodies, then rides a moped to an airport, pilots a cargo plane to Albuquerque, and receives a new identity, coffee and a shower. The sequence broadens the show's scope and suggests a global alien operation that prioritizes cleaning up its damage.
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