Pluribus: Season 1 – Review | Apple TV

PLURIBUS on Apple TV is a new Sci-Fi series with a pandemic (and alien) plot, featuring strong world-building. Just sit back and take it all in. The series premieres with its first two hour-long episodes. Read our Pluribus series review here!

PLURIBUS is a new Apple TV Original and, once again, this is a hit right out of the gate. From episode 1, I was completely on board with this new world and its miserable lead character.

The season has nine episodes, and we’re getting the first two on the premiere day. One episode would be enough to get most hooked, but it’s probably good they didn’t release the entire series, as it is very binge-worthy.

And yes, I certainly would have kept watching until the very end.

Continue reading our Pluribus series review below. Find it on Apple TV now.

Save the world from happiness?

In Pluribus, we follow Carol (Rhea Seehorn) as the most miserable person on Earth. She is needed to save the world from happiness. Oh yes, you read that right.

Maybe because “happiness” isn’t so much the right word as “oblivion”. The world has been hit by a pandemic that works instantly and makes everyone happy. Or, you know, blissfully obedient to being a “we” and working as one.

This genre-bending series is a real treat to watch. Not unlike Severance or Servant, it builds an entire world for us to enjoy in record time. A world that looks like the one we know, but has some distinct and all-consuming differences.

Alongside Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul) in the all-important lead role, the series stars Karolina Wydra (Incarnate, Sneaky Pete) and Carlos-Manuel Vesga (The Hijacking of Flight 601).

Also, we get guest stars Miriam Shor (American Fiction) and Samba Schutte (Our Flag Means Death).

A very miserable person indeed

Admittedly, the lead character of Pluribus is a very miserable person from the onset of the series. However, I would say there is a damn good reason why she soon becomes even more miserable. I mean, most anyone would be in her situation.

Also, on a personal note, I absolutely loathe that it’s a trope I’ve seen too many times (yet again!) recently. Including in an Apple TV production that has yet to be released. Just a little semi-spoiler, but it happens in the opening of the series, so not by much.

In any case, I did enjoy the overall concept of Pluribus (apart from that element), and the world-building is absolutely spectacular. It’s a pandemic plot mixed with an alien element, but not in any typical way.

A lighter version of 3 Body Problem… sort of, but not really. Pluribus is very much its own thing. Just watch it, seriously!

Will we get a season 2 of Pluribus on Apple TV?

Yes, Pluribus is one of those fairly few instances where a series has been ordered for two seasons from the onset.

This means that when the final episode of this season has aired, you won’t have to wonder if more is coming.

You already know Pluribus season 2 will come to Apple TV.

Start watching Pluribus on Apple TV now

Pluribus (or Plur1bus) comes from creator Vince Gilligan. If the name sounds familiar, it’s probably because he also created Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and wrote 30 episodes of The X Files. Oh yeah, and the 2008 superhero movie Hancock.

The title of Pluribus is also written as PLUR1BUS in the title to focus on the one among the many. Suddenly, all humans on Earth are working as one for the greater good. Not unlike an ant colony.

But the greater good of what? And what about your individual happiness? Well, you’ll have to watch Pluribus on Apple TV to find out. And you really should!

The series debuts with its two first episodes and then continues with a weekly episode. This means the final episode of season 1 is released on December 26, 2025.

Pluribus premieres globally on Apple TV on November 7, 2025.

Details

Creator: Vince Gilligan
Directors: Vince Gilligan, Gordon Smith, Zetna Fuentes, Gandja Monteiro
Cast: Rhea Seehorn, Carlos Manuel Vesga, Karolina Wydra, Miriam Shor, Samba Schutte