"When Apple TV's Pluribus was first announced, all we knew was that it was a science fiction series from Vince Gilligan, and that it would star Rhea Seehorn, who had just finished giving one of TV's most captivating performances on Better Call Saul. Everything about that equation was exciting, especially because before changing television on a fundamental level with Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Gilligan was a key writer on The X-Files during some of its best years."
"It turns out, though, Pluribus has far less connection with The X-Files than it does with The Twilight Zone's particular brand of storytelling - ordinary people caught up in an extraordinary situation. There is an investigatory element, especially early on, when the questions feel overwhelming. Yet that's really not the thrust of the series, at least based on the first seven episodes provided to critics. Instead, it's a show about the individual, as well as society, and how those concepts might exist in direct opposition to each other."
"When Pluribus begins, the scientific world is on the verge of a major discovery - but most people have no idea, just living their lives as if there's not a giant countdown clock looming above them. This includes Carol (Rhea Seehorn), a frustrated writer whose speculative historical romances are best-sellers, but not exactly creatively fulfilling. ("Mindless crap," she calls it.) Still, as her partner Helen (Miriam Shor) reminds her, it pays the bills for their otherwise content existence."
Pluribus is a science fiction drama by Vince Gilligan starring Rhea Seehorn that leans toward Twilight Zone‑style storytelling: ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances. The series opens amid a looming scientific breakthrough that most people fail to notice while life continues. The narrative follows Carol, a bestselling but creatively frustrated writer, and her partner Helen as their comfortable existence unravels. Early episodes include investigatory moments, but the core focus remains the tension between personal needs and societal forces, and the question of whether the world requires fixing or acceptance of a new reality.
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