When Vince Gilligan launches a new series, expectations naturally skyrocket, especially when the legacy includes Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul . Pluribus , now two episodes into its Apple TV run, immediately stakes out new ground. Instead of cartel manoeuvres or slippery legal games, the world collapses into a strangely cheerful hive mind, leaving just a handful of people unaffected, including romance author Carol Sturka. What follows is something eerie, absorbing and wholly unpredictable, even by Gilligan’s standards. And while the creator insists this show has nothing to do with his previous universe, attentive viewers will spot nods sprinkled like breadcrumbs. Pluribus wastes no time shifting the ground beneath viewers. A mysterious extraterrestrial RNA recipe is detected

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