Pluribus - Series Premiere Discussion Thread (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by popcar2@programming.dev to c/television@piefed.social

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I haven't see any discussion for this show on Lemmy so I thought I'd be the first!

Pluribus is the new show from Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. The marketing on this show was so vague that it was intended to be watched completely blind, with nobody knowing what it was even about.

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[-] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I had the same thought.

Couple of possibilities:

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Animals don't seem to be infected in the same way humans are, and rats bite on their own anyway. Perhaps it was just a carrier rather than part of the hive. While it showed the same symptoms as later humans who became infected that doesn't necessarily mean it was part of the hive. The zoo animals that were let loose definitely do not seem to be part of the hive (they attacked "them" who couldn't defend themselves).
If the rat was part of the hive, then it could just be the "biological imperative to spread" loophole that allows them to assimilate without consent.