Please join the conversation - comment, follow and like to support us. Kate and Ru react to Episode 8  in which Manousos and Carol finally meet... and things don't go as well as we hoped. Then Carol travels the world.  And leaves us waiting for a year and half on perhaps the most unusual cliffhanger of recent times. Please follow us and keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming. Email [email protected], DM us on Instagram or join the conversation on Spotify - and please follow, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts - it really helps people discover us. Pluribusters is a podcast about Pluribus: Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) decided to start it when they had a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it was mostly Ru who thought this. Kate hadn't heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in video, audio and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything Interactive. Pluribusters – Episode 9 (Finale) discussion topics (click time to jump if available): 00:00:00 Welcome & Christmas Eve setting00:01:15 Why this series worked (even for a non–sci-fi fan)00:03:19 Podcast sponsor, endings & ritual00:04:19 Community, audience growth & what happens next00:05:22 Genre-defining TV & Carol’s central dilemma00:06:55 Carol’s world tour, loneliness & family reactions00:08:02 Happiness, hormones & emotional flatness00:09:35 Translation scenes, sound design & inevitability00:11:20 The eggs, omission, religion & coercive “love”00:14:23 Manousos arrives — distrust, humour & jealousy00:15:15 Ownership, morality & being “Team Carol”00:16:55 Luxury, perfection & the Uber-rich world00:17:55 Biblical imagery, origins & deeper mythology00:19:10 Propagation, monoculture & the virus metaphor00:20:21 Invasion of the Body Snatchers & sci-fi lineage00:23:13 Love vs numbness — Buddhist & philosophical takes00:24:44 Relationships, transgression & dark humour00:27:12 Manousos’ skills, radio frequencies & resistance00:29:08 Standing waves, sound, singing & interference00:31:16 Humanity, collaboration & what makes us human00:33:01 Cultural erasure & domination00:34:23 Waiting for Season 2 & possible future episodes00:36:18 Praise for the creative team & performances00:38:13 Final thoughts, gratitude & sign-off

Please join the conversation - comment, follow and like to support us. Kate and Ru react to Episode 8 - in which Carol starts to have even more fun with Zosia... except... They. EAT. People.  And have the writers answered all our questions? Please follow us and keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming. Email [email protected], DM us on Instagram or join the conversation on Spotify - and please follow, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts - it really helps people discover us. Pluribusters is a podcast about Pluribus: Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) decided to start it when they had a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it was mostly Ru who thought this. Kate hadn't heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in video, audio and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything InteractiveChapters – Pluribus Episode 8 discussion topics (click time to jump if available):00:00 Episode 8: Charm Offensive – opening reactions02:22 Why some viewers checked out03:10 The animal question and missing life04:23 The desert train and visual storytelling05:53 Desire, taste and Carol biting Zosia07:09 Penultimate episode energy08:25 Carol’s manipulation and the café wall10:04 How the hive mind really works12:08 Comedy, exposition and tonal shift13:05 Setting up the finale15:01 Can the world actually be saved?16:06 Effective altruism, tech and moral horror17:22 Cult dynamics and resistance19:01 What Carol now has to lose20:02 Sound design, emptiness and loneliness22:07 Listener theories and community responses25:02 Gender, gaze and intimacy on screen31:24 Do shows still know how to end?38:35 The signal, the virus and spreading consciousness43:07 Hopes and predictions for the finale

Please follow to see new weekly episodes, and join the conversation - comment and like to support us. Kate and Ru react to another beautiful and mostly silent episode of Pluribus: Episode 7 - The Gap. In which Carol starts to have some fun (or does she?), and Manousos and his MG go on a montage. Please follow us and keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming. Email [email protected], DM us on Instagram or join the conversation on Spotify - and please follow, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts - it really helps people discover us. Pluribusters is a podcast about Pluribus: Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) decided to start it when they had a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it was mostly Ru who thought this. Kate hadn't heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in video, audio and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything Interactive.

What an episode! Please comment, follow and like to support us. Kate and Ru react to Episode 6: HDP - in which Carol travels to Vegas, we get to see more of Casanova McBoner, and the man in Patagonia makes a move Please follow us and keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming. Email [email protected], DM us on Instagram or join the conversation on Spotify - and please follow, rate an review us on Apple Podcasts - it really helps people discover us. Pluribusters is a podcast about Pluribus: Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) decided to start it when they had a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it was mostly Ru who thought this. Kate hadn't heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in video, audio and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything Interactive.

Please rate, review and leave comments for discussion on the show via https://pluribusters.com or on Spotify or via [email protected] Kate and Ru react to the silent movie that is Episode 5: Got Milk... is this going somewhere...? And what has she discovered? Soylent Green? Please follow us and keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming - and please follow and rate us on Apple Podcasts. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS and JOIN US!Pluribusters is a podcast about Pluribus: Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) decided to start it when they had a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it was mostly Ru who thought this. Kate hadn't heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in video, audio and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything Interactive.

Ru and Kate react to Episode 4. Please follow us and keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming on Spotify - and please follow and rate us on Apple Podcasts.  Pluribusters is a podcast about Pluribus: Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) decided to start it when they had a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it was mostly Ru who thought this. Kate hadn’t heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in video, audio and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything Interactive.

"I am a very independent person." Kate Dimbleby and Ru Howe discuss Pluribus Episode 3: Grenade. Please keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming - and please follow and rate us on Apple or wherever you hear this podcast to help us, and comment or email [email protected]

Now it's getting serious! Ru and Kate unpack a LOT of stuff - with your help! Please keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming - and please follow and rate us on Apple or wherever you hear this podcast to help us, and comment or email [email protected]

It begins! Kate and Ru come fresh from watching the first episode of Pluribus...

2 days before Pluribus drops on Apple TV, Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) have a feeling it might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it’s mostly Ru who thinks this. Kate hasn’t heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in audio, video and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything Interactive.