not_an_octopus

As a native New Mexican and huge fan of the BB universe, I've been SO excited for Pluribus. Rhea Seehorn is a treasure, and she is holding nothing back as the grieving, virus-immune protagonist in this mysterious Sci-Fi thriller set in beautiful Albuquerque New Mexico. I so love getting to see my home town featured in yet another Gilligan-led series. He seems to know exactly how to showcase the Southwest as if it were its own character. I'm excited to see where this season goes; it's already off to a banger start. Thank you Vince, for being an incredible storyteller who puts the effort in to make your shows extra special. And maybe Rhea will finally get her Emmy this year...

edit: I'm updating this review after having seen the finale. It's a bit disappointing that we got so few episodes, glacial storytelling, circular plot and character development, and now likely have to wait 3 years (or more) for the next season. This is an infuriatingly common trend in television right now, but as long as the studios keep getting our money I suppose the joke's on us.

I think this series kept getting renewed because of all the hate-watchers because I genuinely don't understand how a show can be this bad and keep getting renewed season after season. Why does it have such a big budget? Why doesn't anyone act like a human would act? Everything in this series is terrible. Is the dialogue written by an AI? The writing is so bad it must be on purpose because we're here talking about it. Not one single character makes coherent choices. The children are INSUFFERABLE little monsters and I actively root for their demise. The one scientist character who could have had a solid storyline is reduced to a cliche that makes her entire personality being a lesbian. No characters will interact with her unless she is lesbianing lesbianly. And yet they somehow manage to flub the story with the girlfriend. HOW and WHY are the aliens so incompetent? They arrived in a climactic finale in season one, and then they just TIME SKIP ahead in season 2 and.... NOTHING IS HAPPENING. Do the aliens not have a handbook or a plan of some kind that gives them instructions on how to invade a planet? They don't seem to know what they're doing any more than the clueless humans. Also, it appears one of the child characters has a WEAPON that can KILL the aliens, yet this weapon is NEVER discussed or used in ANY meaningful capacity.