“Rest assured, Carol – we will figure out what makes you different.” That single line from the trailer is eerie enough to hook you, especially once you realize the setup: a world consumed by forced happiness, and the only miserable person left alive might be humanity’s last hope. Now that’s peak Gilligan — taking moral paradox and emotional decay to a twisted new level.
Pluribus (Latin for “much” or “many”) unfolds in a warped version of present-day Albuquerque, New Mexico. The trailer reveals unsettling smiles, unnaturally cheerful citizens, and one woman who isn’t “infected.” Rhea Seehorn — yes, Kim Wexler herself — stars as Carol, the lone cynic immune to an epidemic of joy. She’s surrounded by an ensemble including Carlos Manuel Vesga, Karolina Wydra, Miriam Shor, and Samba Schutte. As government scientists and shadowy officials close in, Carol becomes both the key to curing the blissed-out world and the target of those desperate to preserve its artificial peace.
Gilligan’s creative fingerprints are all over this premise: ordinary settings cracking under extraordinary pressure, moral dilemmas painted in surreal hues, and a quiet undercurrent of dark humor. The tagline sums up the madness beautifully — “The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.”
With writing contributions from Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, Vera Blasi, Jenn Carroll, Jonny Gomez, and Ariel Levine, and episodes directed by Gilligan and Byron Howard, Pluribus promises a blend of philosophical bite and emotional complexity. Produced by High Bridge Productions, Bristol Circle Entertainment, and Sony Pictures Television, the nine-episode run releases weekly through December.
Whether it’s a dystopian allegory about forced conformity or a sly commentary on how joy itself can become weaponized, Pluribus looks like a genre-bending trip only Vince Gilligan could dream up. This fall, happiness might just be the enemy.
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