Pluribus

I really don't know what I think of this show. Is it genius or rubbish. Really it is the eye of the beholder and what mood you are in. The initial premise was great . The first 2 episodes fun and intriguing and then what appeared to be a metaphorical brick wall, a show condemned really by its own story limitations. Literally it appears to have no where to go but takes a long time not to get there. At least 3 episodes did nothing . I really mean nothing. The acting is good the filming looks great. The lead has a well fleshed out character but 9 episodes was too much. Its worth watching you could probably jump the middle 3 maybe 4 episodes you wont miss anything.

The problem is- I do not care about the well being or success of any character in this show.

Their motives and aims are not fascinating.

This makes it hard to follow what could have been an interesting concept.

Carol shouts expletives at everyone for 45 mins each episode, then realizes something to move the plot forward in the last 5 minutes. Rinse and repeat.

Edit: After watching all 9 episodes, I'm still indifferent as to whether our main characters succeed or fail.

I am sorry to say that, so far at least, Pluribus is a disappointment. The premise is potentially interesting, but not much happens in this show. There are few bright spots. Rhea's great, but even her skills so far haven't turned this snoozer into a program with the excellence of Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul. My hope is that Carol visits a Cinnabon and is served by Gene Takavic.

We are living in a new world where basic stories need 40-50 hours to tell. Writers are obliged to barely advance plot points so that viewers have enough interest keep their subscriptions, and the streaming services their profits. Long gone are the geniuses like Serling, who could have told 80-100 original stories in the same time. Then we now have Gilligan commenting that the show is so slow because he wants viewers to "savor" it. BS. He wants to push out the show into a 4-5 season series for the cash grab, to maximize the cash return on his small amount of original ideas (and let's face it: this is basically the "Species" premise with some "Twilight Zone" ideas mixed in). At the end of Season 1, I'm bored with every single character. They just ran around in circles for 7.5 hours. To delay plot progression even more they throw in convenient flashbacks when the story starts to develop. If you want to "savor" something, watch a Kubrick movie. Those last 2-3 hours, less than 1/2 the time you'll waste watching season 1, and you get a full story. If I continue on with Season 2, Ill binge watch on at least 2x speed. I don't need to chew my food 1000 times before swallowing.

I want to like this show more, but it falls into the same trap as so many other shows, it should have just been a movie. It takes forever to say anything or get anywhere and this makes it terribly boring and drawn out. If season 1 had been the first 90 minutes of a 2 hour movie with a proper conclusion, it would be getting a 9 star review from me.