Rhea Seehorn is the star of Apple TV 's acclaimed new series Pluribus

If the critics are to be believed, it’s time to lock in and get ready for the next great TV drama.

Pluribus, the latest creation from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan, has been raking in top-tier reviews across the board, being lauded as “incredible”, “compellingly strange” and “one of 2025′s smartest shows”, even landing an enviable 100% score on the aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.

The Apple TV sci-fi thriller centres on author Carol Sturka (played by Better Call Saul’s Rhea Seehorn), otherwise known as “the most miserable person on Earth”, who is tasked with saving the world from happiness when an alien virus threatens to sweep humanity into hive mind contentment.

Here’s why it’s been billed as the next big thing…

BBC Culture(5/5)

“[Vince] Gilligan wraps timely social commentary in sci-fi tropes – and centres the story around a prickly but sympathetically down-to-earth heroine – to create one of the smartest, most entertaining shows of the year [...] A series that is both a plea for humanity and freedom of thought – and that is extremely fun to watch.”

The Guardian (4/5)

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