re: 'Pluribus' Vince Gilligan’s new sci-fi show now streaming. Spoilers Allowed

I really like the show and the characters. Everything is intriguing enough to keep me hooked and Vince always delivers with dialogue, cinematography, and pacing.

But I really worry about the delay between seasons. This show is too slow with too little payoff to go years between seasons. The finale felt like a midseason episode. Nothing concluded for the story arc of the season, which was focused on understanding a way to reverse the joining.

A better ending would have been one more episode with Carol and Manuoso succeeding —maybe with just one like Rick or Zosia— and learning what the hive would do in that event. Like either changing their frequency or killing the unjoiner or abandoning Carol and Manuoso permanently. I don’t know…it ended with the two characters agreeing to save the world. We already knew they both wanted to do that six episodes ago.

Again, I’m fine with the season if I knew season 2 was coming in August. The idea of waiting for this show to return maybe-sometime in 2027 is a big hindrance to me continuing to care about it.