This post contains spoilers for Vince Gilligan’s new Apple TV series Pluribus. If it would make you unhappy to read them before seeing the first two episodes, keep this tab open until you watch them.

In Pluribus, Apple TV’s new sci-fi series, an alien virus takes over Earth and connects every human into a singular hive mind—with the exception of Carol (Rhea Seehorn) and a handful of others across ...