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Kate and Ru react to Episode 8 in which Manousos and Carol finally meet... and things don't go as well as we hoped. Then Carol travels the world. And leaves us waiting for a year and half on perhaps the most unusual cliffhanger of recent times.

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Pluribusters – Episode 9 (Finale) discussion topics (click time to jump if available):

00:00:00 Welcome & Christmas Eve setting 00:01:15 Why this series worked (even for a non–sci-fi fan) 00:03:19 Podcast sponsor, endings & ritual 00:04:19 Community, audience growth & what happens next 00:05:22 Genre-defining TV & Carol’s central dilemma 00:06:55 Carol’s world tour, loneliness & family reactions 00:08:02 Happiness, hormones & emotional flatness 00:09:35 Translation scenes, sound design & inevitability 00:11:20 The eggs, omission, religion & coercive “love” 00:14:23 Manousos arrives — distrust, humour & jealousy 00:15:15 Ownership, morality & being “Team Carol” 00:16:55 Luxury, perfection & the Uber-rich world 00:17:55 Biblical imagery, origins & deeper mythology 00:19:10 Propagation, monoculture & the virus metaphor 00:20:21 Invasion of the Body Snatchers & sci-fi lineage 00:23:13 Love vs numbness — Buddhist & philosophical takes 00:24:44 Relationships, transgression & dark humour 00:27:12 Manousos’ skills, radio frequencies & resistance 00:29:08 Standing waves, sound, singing & interference 00:31:16 Humanity, collaboration & what makes us human 00:33:01 Cultural erasure & domination 00:34:23 Waiting for Season 2 & possible future episodes 00:36:18 Praise for the creative team & performances 00:38:13 Final thoughts, gratitude & sign-off

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Kate and Ru react to Episode 8 - in which Carol starts to have even more fun with Zosia... except... They. EAT. People. And have the writers answered all our questions?

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Kate and Ru react to another beautiful and mostly silent episode of Pluribus: Episode 7 - The Gap. In which Carol starts to have some fun (or does she?), and Manousos and his MG go on a montage.

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