I posted before about Plur1bus. Now that I’ve finished the first season, I’ve got a short additional thought to share.

So, the hive mind of Plur1bus makes even less sense. They claim they don’t make people join them against their will even though they did this to billions of people in the first episode. They say animals aren’t part of the hive mind, even though it all started with a rat. They claim they can’t lie, but they do lie by omission. At one point, they let Carol believe they’re vegetarians by saying they “prefer to be vegetarians” when they really aren’t. This counts as lying as far as I’m concerned. When one of them dies or is in pain, they’re aware of it, but it doesn’t hurt the rest of them. If this is the case, why do millions of them die whenever Carol yells at them? The only explanation is that the hive mind can indeed lie. With all the time she has to think things over, Carol really should have figured out they’re a liar much sooner, but she hasn’t.

Also, they apparently can’t pick apples from trees because they think this hurts the tree. Huh? Why would someone with the collective knowledge of all humanity believe such an obviously wrong and fringe idea? They can’t hurt any living thing directly, but they don’t do anything to prevent living things from harming each other. Who would think that kind of morality makes sense? The set of rules they follow gets more nonsensical and self-contradictory as the season goes along. I guess it’s still interesting to watch, but it’s definitely one of those shows you have to turn your brain off before watching. If there’s a second season, I probably won’t bother with it.