{"id":11824,"date":"2025-11-16T00:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=11824"},"modified":"2025-11-16T00:18:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:18:42","slug":"pluribus-appletvs-dystopian-sci-fi-makes-the-end-of-the-world-look-happier-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=11824","title":{"rendered":"Pluribus, AppleTV+\u2019s dystopian sci-fi, makes the end of the world look happier than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The end of the world is not usually so cheery.<\/p>\n

In Pluribus<\/em>, the new Apple TV+ series from Breaking Bad<\/em> creator Vince Gilligan, scientists encounter a mysterious repeating signal coming from outer space.<\/p>\n

That discovery leads researchers working for the United States military to encode a sort of virus that inevitably gets set loose and, after brief periods of mass seizures, leads to a psychic harmony among every human on Earth, who now operate as an \u201cus\u201d.<\/p>\n

The thing is, they are really very nice. They offer pooled resources, true equality and, above all else, contentment.<\/p>\n

For Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn), a grumpy romantasy writer who is immune and surrounded by smiling altruists at her home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, things could not be worse.<\/p>\n

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Rhea Seehorn in a still from Pluribus. Photo: Apple TV\/TNS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Typically, post-apocalyptic and dystopian speculative fiction narratives offer worst-case scenarios. Think Fallout<\/em>, 28 Years Later<\/em><\/span> and The Last of Us<\/em><\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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