Spoilers for "Pluribus" episodes 1-2 follow.

"Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan has said he doesn't want to be remembered only for writing antiheroes like Walter White/Heisenberg (Bryan Cranston) . He's pitched his new Apple TV sci-fi series "Pluribus" as having a truly heroic lead: Carol Sturka, played by Rhea Seehorn (previously Kim Wexler on "Better Call Saul") .

Now that "Pluribus" is here, it's clear that while Carol is nowhere near the monster who Walt becomes, she's still an unconventional hero. Carol is "the most miserable person in the world," per the show's synopsis, because she's one of the only individuals left on Earth. Almost everyone else has been hit with an alien virus turning them into a hive mind of blissful, polite, always smiling, helpful worker bees.

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