"but in the case of Pluribus, it boils down to a sentence: What if the body snatchers were right? To be sure, it could have been any one of a handful of sentences, including "Vince Gilligan has a new idea" and "Rhea Seehorn is playing the lead." But the show, whose first two episodes drop on Apple TV+ this Friday, has more to offer than the tantalizing prospect of reuniting the creator"
"Although she's the author of a string of successful romantasy novels, Seehorn's Carol Sturka isn't wild about genre fiction herself. As she and her agent, Helen (Miriam Shor), head back to the hotel after a book signing full of rabid fans and inane questions, their driver apologetically asks if he should know who Carol is. "Depends," she deadpans. "You a big fan of mindless crap?""
"Carol isn't indifferent to success. As they travel through an airport, she gives Helen a subtle nod in the direction of the nearest bookstore, and Helen obligingly sneaks in and shifts the fat hardcovers of Carol's latest novel, The Wings of Wycaro, to the top shelf, discreetly relocating a few Diana Gabaldon tomes to floor level. But Carol has clearly come to regard both her fans and her own books with contempt, a distraction from the serious writing she keeps meaning to attempt."
Pluribus is a new television series premised on the question, What if the body snatchers were right? The series reunites creator Vince Gilligan with actor Rhea Seehorn, who plays Carol Sturka, a successful romantasy novelist who privately disdains genre fiction and regards her fanbase with contempt. Carol travels with her pragmatic agent Helen after a fraught book tour and subtly manipulates bookstore displays to assert priorities. The show launches on Apple TV+ with its first two episodes and returns Gilligan to science-fiction themes after two decades. A virus of alien origin begins spreading across the world, threatening to erase individuality and ordinary happiness.
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