"There's a good chance Pluribus will alienate you with its deliberate pace and high-wire premise. There's an equally good chance Pluribus will completely take over your life for the few weeks it runs on Apple TV. In Vince Gilligan's first new television project since Better Call Saul and the larger Breaking Baduniverse, scenes unfold naturalistically, with characters performing tasks in real time, uncut and unhurried."
"A profound quiet hums beneath every frame. In that stillness, the series feels like an argument against our current hyperstimulated existence and uneasiness with anything that doesn't immediately seize attention or resolve a question. If that all sounds a touch lofty, don't let it turn you off: You owe it to yourself to give Pluribus a chance. Something glorious is gestating inside this entrancing piece of television, and to experience its full effect, you have to trust the process."
Pluribus unfolds with deliberate pacing and unhurried, naturalistic scenes that place characters performing tasks in real time. A profound quiet pervades the show, positioning its tone as a counterpoint to hyperstimulated attention-seeking culture. Vince Gilligan applies an eerie, evocative sci-fi sensibility reminiscent of The X-Files to probe big ideas and character. Rhea Seehorn portrays Carol Sturka, a grouchy romantasy author alienated from readers and society. A sudden global event brings a near-universal peace that Carol perceives as evidence something essential is broken. The series follows Carol's resistance to the new unity and her attempts to restore the former state.
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