"If you weren't clear on just what a miserable person Carol (Rhea Seehorn) is, episode 3 of Pluribus sure makes it obvious. It opens with a flashback, as Carol and her partner Helen (Miriam Shor) are on a dream vacation at an ice hotel in Norway, and all she can do is complain about how cold it is. When Carol sees a stunning aurora borealis, her only thought is "it looks like a screensaver.""
"Welcome! The two-episode premiere of Pluribus, the new Apple TV show from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, introduced a strange world where a woman named Carol is thrust into an almost postapocalyptic setting where nearly everyone else on the planet is now part of a hive mind powered by unyielding positivity. The premiere also generated a lot of great discussion among Verge subscribers."
Pluribus presents a near-postapocalyptic world where most people are part of a hive mind driven by relentless positivity. Episode three centers on Carol, whose misanthropic cynicism is shown in a flashback to an ice-hotel vacation with her partner Helen in Norway, where she complains about the cold and dismisses a stunning aurora borealis as "it looks like a screensaver." That persistent cynicism is framed as a potential advantage as Carol readies to confront and attempt to solve the hive-mind apocalypse. The series premiere establishes Carol's isolation and the contrast between her worldview and the hive's unyielding cheerfulness.
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