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

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So how did Carol’s girl/friend just flat out die instead of turn as well?

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She fell hard on her head. I'm guessing she died of a brain injury

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886MM didn’t die from a fall though, there’s more to it that we’ve not been shown yet

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Yeah that’s like 10% of the world population. On one hand it’s not terribly difficult to imagine how the entire world spazzing out for 15 minutes or whatever might result in a lot of deaths. On the other hand.. 10% of the population?

I suppose you’d have mass casualties in population centers that were in rush hour at the time. Thinking about the interstate when all of the drivers seize up. But even then it doesn’t seem like they would all die. And the event seemed way too short-lived for any long term effects from power outages etc. to have that sort of impact.

I agree, I think there’s more to that story. Maybe the “infection” itself killed a bunch of people.

Anybody operating heavy machinery, working in a factory, swimming, literally doing anything where a split second of lost focus could result in death. 10% of the worlds population is an easy figure to get to.

Hey all, I went deep dive... this is so good.

I guess I was so immersed in the plot and all that was going on in the show I didn’t realize that was her wife that dies. I thought it was just her agent and good friend

I think it's pretty simple really.

The 880MM people that died were the ones immune to the process.

The 13 people that lived and did not join the hive were simply supposed to die and be part of the 880million.

The confusion by the hive on "why it happened?" isn't, "why did you not join the hive" -- they expected a certain conversion rate failure. What is surprising is that those 13 people survived the expected termination of life of those not able to join the hive.

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if your theory is correct, it has to be something specific to be as widespread as that (10% of population)

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The percentage of patients with organ transplants who experience organ rejection varies, but acute rejection can occur in 10-20%

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We rewatched the first two episodes and I caught something I did not before. In the first episode, when the guy on TV is talking to Carol, he said that there were the 13 left, but he figured it would be about 20 days or so and they would have that figured out. So, the clock is ticking before they come in with a solution and convert them all.

Yup love me some Kimmie! This show is a blast! And Pete Peppers is doing episode recaps. And going to start watching Severance cause why not.