Brand new trailer Pluribus by Vince Gilligan is released 

Pluribus has finally dropped its much-anticipated trailer, and it’s every bit as strange and weird as fans expected from Vince Gilligan.

The new Apple TV series stars Rhea Seehorn as Carol, a woman who has been described as “the most miserable person on Earth,” who somehow ends up being humanity’s last hope against a world that has been drowning in forced happiness.

The show is filled with dark humor and an over-the-top, bizarre tone, and the premise of the show flips all of the optimism on its head. For now, Pluribus is already perhaps on its way to being Gilligan’s boldest experiment yet.

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When misery becomes the world’s only hope in Pluribus

The trailer for Pluribus almost immediately introduces us to most of the ongoing chaos. Carol, who has been played by Rhea Seehorn, wakes up in a world where the obsession is with people being happy, unnervingly so.

Some people greet her with plastered smiles, breakfast that somehow magically seems to appear at her door, and everyone acts like joy is the norm all day, all night. But Carol? She’s not buying it.

In one scene from the trailer, she tosses her perfectly arranged breakfast straight into the trash can, saying nothing but showing everything about how this is a woman who is allergic to fake bliss.

A voice soon is heard through a speaker, assuring her,

“Rest assured, Carol. We will figure out what makes you different.”

The line, spoken with eerie calm, sets the tone for what feels like a psychological sci-fi story about individuality and rebellion.

The Apple TV show has been created by Vince Gilligan and could be described as a dark humor sci-fi dystopian series that refuses to stick to checking just one box.

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Vince Gilligan makes a comeback, and it’s unlike anything he’s done before

Vince Gilligan has spent years building worlds with crime and moral gray zones. However, this Apple TV show marks a sharp turn because it is a world that looks normal but yet it is twisted beyond our recognition. The series, premiering November 7 with two episodes on premiere day via Apple TV, will run for nine episodes, and it’s already been renewed for a second season.

In the trailer, flashes of scientists in hazmat suits, a mysterious government presence, and a too-perfect society suggest that something huge has gone wrong.

Carol, who seems to be the only person immune to whatever’s infecting humanity, becomes the key to “saving” the world. As the President’s voice calmly tells her, “So you can join us,” it’s clear that conformity might be the real villain here.

Rhea Seehorn described the project to Deadline as something:

“Very thought-provoking and upsetting sometimes, and other times, so, so funny.”

She also praised Gilligan for his knack for blending humor and darkness, saying that in Pluribus, he “pushes that to the limit.”

In an interview with Variety, Gilligan said:

“The world changes very abruptly in the first episode, and then it is quite different. It’s the modern world — the world we live in — but it changes very abruptly...”

The show also co-stars Karolina Wydra, Carlos-Manuel Vesga, Miriam Shor, and Samba Schutte, rounding out an ensemble that promises both heart and absurdity.

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The trailer for Pluribus proves Vince Gilligan hasn’t lost his storytelling spark, and he’s just pointing it somewhere new. Mixing the ordinary with the bizarre, the Apple TV show teases a story about free will, control, and what it really means to feel anything at all.

With Rhea Seehorn leading the charge, the series looks like another deep, daring dive into the human condition, and this time, one smile at a time.

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