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^^^^^ Oh right(about breathalyzer device)

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Glad zosia and carol bwned. Wraith I think nailed it with the whole antenna speculation. So was kepler-22 planet where they were originally from or what? She mentioned something about being grateful to them, like they wouldn't be on earth without them. But also said something like they are too far away to learn about. I think the collective genuinely is excited for carol to write something new

12/19/2025 1:34:04 AM

Kepler 22 is where the signal originated, I don't think we'll know anything about them or if that's where the virus originated. I suspect it's either too far for the hive mind to work or they're all dead

12/19/2025 11:09:42 AM

Carol definitely seems more susceptible to giving in to the hive mind than Manousos does, but she still seems very resistant.

12/20/2025 1:52:42 AM

She has a lot of trust that they don't read her white board?

12/20/2025 2:14:00 AM

Seems like that would go against their rules or whatever. I mean if Zosia actually saw the whiteboard, the whole hive would know. But they didn't know about the train horn, etc, so there seem to be things she can do in private that they don't know about.

12/20/2025 2:15:34 AM

I'm not totally convinced Carol truly believes that loneliest sound thing about trains. Almost seemed like a test

12/20/2025 2:20:44 AM

Last ep of season moved up to Wed release which i believe means 11pm central on 22nd

12/21/2025 1:51:00 PM

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Good watch so far. Get Truman show vibes at times, and it was interesting the part of seeing where the signal came from, feel like that scene will be important at some point.

Spoiler just to throw my overall theory out. Aliens send the signal out to planets ahead of their actual invasion, humans(or whatever is on the planet) gets infected, works as one to build a new antenna to send the signal to the next planet, dying out slowly while using up no resources and just eating themselves. 10 years from now humans are gone and aliens get to settle the planet with the signal being sent on to the next spot of invasion. Carol has to reverse this, then we fight off the aliens. Or not.

12/21/2025 8:33:45 PM

So an interesting thing about Kepler-22b is that it was actually discovered a few years ago as a planet in the habitable zone of its local star. Astronomers have predicted that given its size/color/etc., it could very plausibly have liquid water on the surface, and a chance of actual alien life. I actually do public outreach stuff on space, and whenever students ask about aliens, I mention Kepler-22b.



Given that it is 600 light years away, if the alien race that sent the signal in Pluribus is still there/alive, it would be impossible to communicate real time. I think ultimately it might end up being an in-universe explanation for the Fermi Paradox -- some alien race somewhere started broadcasting the signal and any time any other life gets intelligent enough to understand it, they get turned into a collective.

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"She has a lot of trust that they don't read her white board?"

I expect that she covers it with the other white board that has the Wycaro notes on it when she isn't actively looking at it.

Regarding the trains -- the only way they would know that she actually thinks that is if Helen (or someone else) knew it about her.

One interesting thought about them communicating through electromagnetic signals -- if she can trick one into going into a faraday cage, it would cut them off from the collective.

12/21/2025 11:00:14 PM

The few reports i've read think season 2 mid 2027 at best. I hope they can fast track it somehow

[Edited on December 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM. Reason : Season]

12/23/2025 10:42:06 PM

I SURE HOPE THEIR RELATIONSHIP DOESN'T....
BLOW UP!

12/24/2025 11:32:32 AM

So the intro scene with the girl in the village was around 71 days in, and then when Manousos arrived in Albuquerque it was about 60 days in. The end of the episode is around day 74. So I guess he's been in Albuquerque for about 2 weeks at the end of the season.

12/24/2025 5:46:28 PM

I was watching on my phone since i was visiting my folks and a little distracted...but I couldn't really tell what the signal did to the replacement hive person after Carol made Zosia leave. I mean I saw Manousos whispering in his ear like the person still had the ability to hear him, but it didn't seem like the radio frequency did anything


rewatching ep 1 now

12/25/2025 6:41:30 AM

One kinda cool thing i noticed rewatching, minor but neat at least

When they are walking out to smoke a cig, i remember the first time rewinding cause she like steps in something and checks her shoe

What i noticed this time is the shot of the TV, it had breaking news, and said the airbase was on lockdown. Thought that was kinda neat

Do they ever explain why some people didn't live? Also, that like 5 seconds Helen looks at Carol in the bed of the truck before passing, was that her still as Helen you think? I think so, but i guess open to interpretation

Also, i wonder why some people turn in a few seconds in the beginning, but when everyone turns, its like a 20 minute event. Easy to guess but wondered if anything I missed later. Under secretary dude says its kinda like a virus but not. More of a glue

[Edited on December 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM. Reason : .]

12/25/2025 7:53:18 AM

That spiky palm tree is a real thing as well:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrocaryum_standleyanum

12/28/2025 1:59:41 PM

Quote :

"Do they ever explain why some people didn't live? Also, that like 5 seconds Helen looks at Carol in the bed of the truck before passing, was that her still as Helen you think? I think so, but i guess open to interpretation"

Some people (like Helen) were just unlucky in how they were positioned when they started seizing. People in a plane, in cars on an interstate, on a roof, etc. Helen fell and hit her head. Others might just naturally reject the virus and rather than being immune, died as a result of being infected. When Helen looked at Carol before dying, she was part of the collective. We know they had all of Helen's memories, and she smiled briefly after waking up which is probably not something that would happen if someone was dying from brain trauma.

12/28/2025 7:21:56 PM