Rhea Seehorn Assembles the Puzzle Pieces
“Vince will definitely want to hear about this,” she said, mentioning Vince Gilligan, the creator of Pluribus. We were in the building on a quiet day when it was closed to the public—it felt strangely empty, like something otherworldly had disrupted things and left us isolated. It was the perfect setting to talk about the show, which centers around a mysterious message from space that merges almost all of humanity into a single, unified consciousness. Only Seehorn’s character, Carol, is left alone in Albuquerque, New Mexico, along with a few others scattered around the world. Those connected to the hive mind, often communicating with Carol through an envoy played by the calmly unsettling Karolina Wydra, are all content in their peaceful, collaborative world. Even the few remaining individuals who haven’t joined the hive are enjoying a sense of calm, with the hive mind readily available to them. Carol, a deeply unhappy romance writer, resents them all and actively—and sometimes accidentally—works to undermine their project, believing they’re misguided. The show unfolds with a series of sci-fi surprises that have become a major talking point in 2025.
