Oh yeah I forgot to post the Synopsis for this one here it is in spoiler tags: Spoiler (click to show/hide)
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Carol returns to Albuquerque and exploits luxuries abandoned by, or requested from, the hive mind as they continue to avoid her. Manousos ventures across South America alone, running low on fuel, food and water, but refusing help from the Others. He practices English by listening to language lesson tapes along the way. When he reaches the Darién Gap, the Others warn him of dangerous conditions and urge him not to continue his journey on foot, offering to transport him and his car directly to Carol. In response, Manousos defiantly burns his car and tells the Others that he will never accept their help because everything they could offer him is stolen. During his trek through the jungle, Manousos trips and is impaled on a chunga palm tree. Despite attempts to cauterize his wounds, he collapses and is rescued by the Others. Having spent over a month in isolation, Carol succumbs to depression. She paints a message on the street asking the Others to come back to her, leading to Zosia's arrival at her home. Carol tearfully embraces her.
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Oh boy this was a great episode! Manousos decided to go on a journey to try and meet Carol, but ended up falling into a poisonous plant along the way. He really does not want help from the hive mind! And poor Carol finally broke and begged for the hive mind to return. It's also been 48 days since the virus struck, so there was a bit of a time skip in this episode. I'm so happy to see that Zosia is back!
Does anyone here think that Carol will become part of the hive mind eventually? I'm guessing at some point the others, maybe except for Manousos will join the others and become part of the hive mind. I doubt she will ever cave in and be part of the hive mind, she's a very independent person. However, loneliness can really mess with a person's mind so there's a slim chance she might become part of the hive mind.
This is one of those classic forum threads where you post what you're listening to lol. This is what I'm listening to, I'm on track 8 called Too Turquiose. https://youtu.be/u9Qjacj3ZwM?si=3tAIomWr2ahf4Tkb
So I'll admit, I'm not the biggest fan of podcasts and I never actually listened to one outside of my therapist sessions from a few years ago. So I haven't listened to the podcast that the show has, have you? If so let me know what you think of it and if I'm missing out on some lore that I'm not aware of from just watching the show.
So we know that the ones who weren't affected by the virus can be changed if they ask to be changed. If you were given the choice to join the others and be part of the hive mind would you? I don't think I would, if I was already affect well there's nothing I could do but if I had the choice I would choose the path that's clear, I would choose free will. (Yes I meant to quote the Rush song. )
This one isn't available just yet. So I can't post a synopsis for it! However I'm wondering if now Carol is going to tone down and try to get the others to warm back up to her. I know they need their space but I wonder for how long they're going to need their space. Also we now know that the last remaining humans don't have to become like the others, and will eventually probably starve to death unless a solution is made. Hopefully Carol can get through to everyone, not just the others to make a plan to help save humanity in some way. I'm guessing the gap will be based around Manousos's journey to the US to meet up with Carol but other than that I can't think of anything else it could mean. We know the titles always mean something.
Carol records her discovery from the packaging warehouse, which is filled with hundreds of shrink wrapped human body parts. She drives to Las Vegas, where Diabaté is living in the penthouse of the Westgate, causing the Others to leave the city. When Carol arrives, Diabaté reveals he is already aware of her findings. He shows her a recording which explains that the Others cannot kill any animal or plant; hence, to sustain their bodies, they supplement their diet with human-derived protein (HDP) from dead bodies. Diabaté also reveals that he and most of the immune stay in touch over video calls from which Carol is excluded due to a majority vote, which devastates her. The next morning, Diabaté reveals the Others have learned how to convert the immune – by extracting their stem cells and customizing the virus for each individual – but they require the person's consent to do so. Carol calls the Others to firmly refuse consent before leaving. Three days prior, Manousos receives the first of Carol's messages and realizes he is not alone. Using the address from the package, he begins driving to Albuquerque.
So this is the latest episode we got so far. Ooh man we finally figured out what the hell was in the plant and what the others are consuming. You better be prepared for this next sentence, I recommend if you have a weak stomach you don't read it! The others are consuming HUMANS! There were human remains in the warehouse, chopped up and were being processed and put into the milk cartons. All the dead bodies were used for the others food source, as mentioned by John Cena. Yes the others decided to talk to Carol as John Cena through a tv screen in Las Vegas where Diabaté has been chilling out at. (Also he made the others basically roleplay this whole party/poker scene for him.) That made me laugh my ass off too! xD Also the fact that Manousos finally got Carol's tape and is now on his way to go and visit her is huge. I can't wait for the next episode!
After Zosia is returned to the hospital, Laxmi, one of the immune, calls Carol and berates her for disrupting the Others. Carol naps, during which the entire Albuquerque population departs, leaving a recorded message telling Carol they need space from her. She records a video message to the other twelve immune, explaining what she's learned and asking for their help. In trying to prevent wolves from digging in her garbage, she takes her trash to town and discovers a large number of empty milk cartons from a local dairy. She investigates and finds that, instead of milk, the dairy was producing a strange fluid created from a bagged crystalline substance. Carol performs tests on the bagged substance, recording her observations in a video to the immune. She postulates the Others drink it to maintain the hive mind. The wolves return for more food and attempt to dig up Helen's body. Carol scares them away with her police car and lays heavy tiles over the grave to protect it. After finding a barcode on the bag, she traces its origin to a local food packaging plant and discovers something shocking hidden under a tarp.
Way to go Carol you finally did it. You did something so damn bad the others don't want anything to do with you now! Not just the others, but I'm sure the people who were immune aren't happy with her either. But this one had the funniest scene from the show so far in it, since the others don't want to go near Carol they send a drone to pick up her trash after she requests that she wants it picked up. The drone gets stuck on a lamppost since the bag is too heavy, gets wrapped around it and the bag rips open. I laughed my ass off at that part! Carol really did deserve it IMO. But a huge discovery is made in this one, Carol ends up finding tons of milk cartons in the trash and she thinks it's odd so she does some digging and goes to a local dairy plant. That's when she notices that the substance the others drink isn't quite milk but is a weird substance. Eventually she ends up going to another plant and yeah she finds something pretty jarring. This was another big one and a great episode.
In a flashback, Manousos, living in a storage facility office in Paraguay, refuses help from the Others. He ransacks the lockers for food when he receives Carol's call. In the present, Carol returns home from the hospital and starts to compile a list of facts she has learned about the Others, determining they cannot lie. Carol goes to Zosia at the hospital to ask if the Joining is reversible, but the hive mind refuses to answer. Carol secretly takes vials of sodium thiopental and tests its effectiveness as a truth serum at home, revealing to herself that she is sexually attracted to Zosia. Back at the hospital, Carol takes Zosia for a walk outside the hospital, stealthily injecting the serum into her IV bag. When Zosia starts to lose clarity, Carol tries to probe the answer from her about reversing the Joining. Zosia struggles to speak, while several Others arrive to surround them, repeatedly chanting "Please, Carol". Zosia collapses from cardiac arrest, with members of the hive mind coming in to try to revive her.
Okay I think this might be my favorite episode so far. This was a big one, like all the other threads about the show there are some major spoilers so I wouldn't click the spoiler tag or really continue reading if you're not caught up. Or if you don't care to get spoiled, well then continue reading. We finally get to see the other survivor who's been hiding from the others. We also got to see the scene when Carol calls him from the jet plane in Episode 2. We also find out here that the others cannot lie, Carol also comes to the conclusion after she visited Zosia in the hospital. She also secretly steals a vial of sodium thiopental and asks one of the others if she could get heroin. No I'm not kidding, she literally asked one of them to get it haha. She got it and a few syringes, but threw the heroin away I figured she wouldn't take the heroin but instead she took the truth serum. She records herself too and man the scene when she is watching her recording is hilarious, especially the part when she confessed that Zosia was annoying yet she says "Why is she so fuckable?" But Carol had to ruin things when she returned to the hospital the next day and gave Zosia a pretty lethal dose of the serum and she almost kills Zosia. The creepiest thing though was when all the others started chanting Please Carol, over and over again. Oof this was a good one!
More than seven years before the Joining, Carol and Helen visit an ice hotel, where they witness the aurora borealis. Carol and Zosia fly back to Albuquerque, during which Carol calls Manousos, one of the immune, but he curses at her. Zosia provides Carol with a gift that Helen had ordered before the Joining; Carol demands the hive mind completely forget about Helen. Carol refuses a meal prepared by the Others and instead goes grocery shopping, finding her local store empty because of the Others' allocation of resources. At Carol's request, the store is immediately restocked. Angered by a forced power outage, Carol sarcastically asks for a hand grenade. Later, Zosia brings a grenade to Carol's home. Over drinks, Carol vents her frustrations and primes the hand grenade, thinking it is fake, but is shocked to learn it is real. Zosia quickly throws it away but is injured in the explosion and taken to a hospital. While waiting for Zosia to recover, Carol speaks to a representative of the hive mind, asking if they would give her anything, even a nuclear weapon. When the hive mind confirms that they would, Carol dismisses the representative as she contemplates.
This is another instance where Carol is shown as a bitch, but she's also very independent so of course she wants to shop and cook her own meals. Still she forced the others to restock her local grocery store, and all she bought were frozen meals and didn't bother to get ingredients to make her own food. Though I have to admit the fact that Carol sarcastically asked for a hand grenade and got one from Zosia was hilarious. And it was funny that Carol didn't think it was real so she pulled the pin and ended up destroying part of her house and also injuring Zosia. This shows that the others will do whatever for those who are not affected by the virus, so these people can literally get anything even weapons. The flashback at the beginning of the episode really helps the viewer see Carol's true colors if they didn't see them already.
Here I will be posting updates on Plru1bus Chat, whether it's new themes installed, new plugins or if someone was promoted to staff. I figured I will have a roadmap thread so members can see as well whenever new things are added. So far I've added a new theme, which is called Gruesome. I think this dark theme fits the narrative of Plur1bus in some ways, at least how Carol views it right? I will be installing a light theme other than the default one so those who prefer a light theme can use that one instead. I plan on making some more threads and possibly starting a post exchange topic over on a few promotional forums to help get some activity here before I promote it to the public.
While burying Helen, Carol is approached by Zosia, a member of the hive mind (the "Others"), who explains that all infected humans share one consciousness, containing each other's memories—including Helen's. When Carol lashes out at her, Zosia convulses. After recovering, Zosia reveals that Carol's anger overwhelmed the hive mind, and that many died. Carol demands to meet the five other immune English speakers, and the Others arrange a meetup in Bilbao, Spain. One survivor, the hedonistic Koumba Diabaté, arrives aboard Air Force One, where the group assembles. Carol discovers the other survivors have accepted the new collective existence, despite her pleas to search for a cure. Zosia explains that the Others are nonviolent, but admits that over 886 million people died during the initial "Joining". Enraged, Carol accidentally triggers a second deadly global seizure, prompting the other survivors to abandon her. Diabaté tells Carol he plans to travel to Las Vegas with Zosia as a sexual companion, but he requires Carol's permission. Carol protests but allows it before getting on her own commercial jet to return home. When she sees Zosia leaving with Diabaté, she has a change of heart and rushes to stop their departing plane.
This one was absolutely hilarious to me. We finally got to meet Zosia, who resembles the pirate character in Carol's book because the others truly believed that she would feel more comfortable talking to someone they think she would like. Carol also accidentally caused the others to have a seizure again, similar to the ones they had when they first were shifted. Carol also gets to meet the other 11 people who were not affected by the illness, and well that didn't go so well did it. I still don't know if this is my favorite episode so far or not.
If you celebrate Christmas, let us know what your plans are for the Holidays. I will be chilling at home, I think we might open up gifts on Christmas Eve since we usually do this. We'll probably have early dinner. I work the day after Christmas so I can't really do too much lol.
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I laughed my ass off at that part! Carol really did deserve it IMO. But a huge discovery is made in this one, Carol ends up finding tons of milk cartons in the trash and she thinks it's odd so she does some digging and goes to a local dairy plant. That's when she notices that the substance the others drink isn't quite milk but is a weird substance. Eventually she ends up going to another plant and yeah she finds something pretty jarring. This was another big one and a great episode.