Joan and I recently started to watch “PLUR1BUS” on Apple tv, a new series by Vince Gilligan, the mind behind both “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul ." Its lead is portrayed by Rhea Seehorn, who played Bob Odenkirk’s companion in “Saul.”

The premise is basic post-apocalyptic dystopia: an extra-terrestrial virus takes over all but 11 people on the planet, killing more than 800 million folks in the process. The show leans heavily on the feelings we all experienced during the pandemic: isolation, fear, wariness of “other people.” Joan wondered out loud if the pandemic set the stage for the current president’s re-election and I couldn’t actually find a reason to disagree with her. More later.

I’m pretty sure we are entering a decade of post-pandemic art, shows like “Severance” and film

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