They're eating dead human bodies? Mixed with all those fruit and vegetables? In the form of a liquid smoothy?

That's my only guess.

Yeah, that was just a classic VG episode.
An hour (almost) of brilliantly choreogrqphed but light on action drama making you wonder why we invested so much time in where wer were, and in the end it's a huge cliffhanger but clear ****'s about to get really real.
And yeah, humans are the only thing that makes sense, but we will see.

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They're eating dead human bodies? Mixed with all those fruit and vegetables? In the form of a liquid smoothy?

That's my only guess.

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That's where we're leaning as well. I could easily see them using an agricultural plant to highly process the "consolidated resources," which could include deceased humans, into a perfectly calculated liquid food.

Going out on a limb (pardon the pun), but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the hive mind knows what each worker bee needs to survive.

Also, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm seeing a lot of similarities to bees. Like maybe this powder is their "honey." What if they have a "royal jelly" for incubation? Matrix style?

Great episode, the drone parts made me laugh more than I should have. Fun fact, the song during the grave scene is from the Houston based band Khruangbin. Second Houston reference in the show.

I think Carol seemed more surprised/shocked than terrified at the ending scene if that makes sense.

I could see this show going on years and I could see it with a very quick shelf life. She needs to start getting people to separate themselves from the hive. The hive can't lie, and their weakness is they can't kill and they are like pets that just want to please until they can get her to join

Tedious episode for 35 minutes. Scenes and direction are meticulous as usual otherwise I'd be reading a book with this show in the background.

People in the warehouse would be too easy. Maybe clones of people who've died? Who knows?

Damn, I love her house…

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Damn, I love her house…

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Same. Huge fan of the New Mexico style home that Gilligan always displays in his show.

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Southlake said:

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Damn, I love her house…

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Same. Huge fan of the New Mexico style home that Gilligan always displays in his show.

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I'm still trying to figure out how he's pulling this off. They built her neighborhood as a set so as not to repeat the insanity of fans visiting the Walter White house. Did they build a shell for outside shots and then use a real home somewhere else? Surely some weaponized autist will figure out where the real house is if so.

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Damn, I love her house…

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Same. Huge fan of the New Mexico style home that Gilligan always displays in his show.

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I'm still trying to figure out how he's pulling this off. They built her neighborhood as a set so as not to repeat the insanity of fans visiting the Walter White house. Did they build a shell for outside shots and then use a real home somewhere else? Surely some weaponized autist will figure out where the real house is if so.

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To be fair the lady who owns the Breaking Bad house sucks. Like… own it. Monetize that ***** Have fun with it.

Anybody else think that the collective does have at least one more hierarchy to it- like a "queen bee" human, alien, or even computer that makes the decisions? I think it is not an alien since they are so distant.

So good. I am sure there are a bunch of Easter eggs in this as well that upon a rewatch will seem genius - I'm sure Reddit is already all over it. Carol's character is so well designed for everyone to be able to identify with her.

Dead humans would make sense for the hive, who seem hyper efficient.

Thought it was interesting that a drugged individual seemingly detaches from the hive, to some degree, and has autonomy - when Zosia is drugged she has some kind of agency. Which I think means individuality is still there when the connection to the hive is interrupted? If that's the case, where each carrier is still an individual mind, the memories and knowledge of everyone must transfer between individuals near instantly.

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Damn, I love her house…

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Same. Huge fan of the New Mexico style home that Gilligan always displays in his show.

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I'm still trying to figure out how he's pulling this off. They built her neighborhood as a set so as not to repeat the insanity of fans visiting the Walter White house. Did they build a shell for outside shots and then use a real home somewhere else? Surely some weaponized autist will figure out where the real house is if so.

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To be fair the lady who owns the Breaking Bad house sucks. Like… own it. Monetize that ***** Have fun with it.

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To be fair, a bunch of people kept throwing pizzas on her roof.

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Oh I know, but once again monetize that ***** $20 a pizza. She could easily make enough money from that house to move into a different one.

Back to Pluribus… yea… bodies seems too easy. I do wonder about pets. We've only seen wild animals thus far.

Now up to two different homages to Twilight Zone episodes, according to video below. I did watch Twilight Zone S1 E14 last week to see the connections, and it is worth watching if you have never seen it (available on Amazon Prime)

He theorizes a lot in his videos about what is ahead, so do not watch if you think that is a spoiler

#Pluribus pirate lady opening legit being zosia helping load the deceased into a dairy truck . the writing was on the wall i fear pic.twitter.com/eZeEvZE6pP

— em (@sIippinkimmy) November 26, 2025

just in case anyone else is looking for the part where laxmi asks if the hive is vegetarian.... pic.twitter.com/f8hzJH6sCm

— jayribus SPOILERS!!! (@coldharbors) November 26, 2025

zosia struggling with her lil box of people juice ❤️❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/IeUckLmm57

— sam 🍁 (@burritoprophet) November 26, 2025

the crows eating the powder in the same episode the wolves dug at helen’s grave. crows are scavengers and will eat dead animals (including people).. yeah the powder is the dead bodies #pluribus pic.twitter.com/0P0P3BoK6X

— Cris ✨ (@lionesspike) November 26, 2025

on reddit pluribus and people looked up the barcode shown onscreen & apparently it brings up a drink named soylent im fucking crying?? 😭 pic.twitter.com/9BPJDqBUTw

— ClubGilligan ᵕ̈🍁 (@ghoulcys) November 26, 2025

the delayed storytelling pay-off that pluribus achieved by showing us manousos in 1x04 forcing himself to eat dog food (to stubbornly maintain his humanity), now compared to 1x05 of the hive hiding their consumption of human remains within repurposed dog food packaging… wow.

— ClubGilligan ᵕ̈🍁 (@ghoulcys) November 26, 2025

it’s interesting how at the end of ep4, and in response to carol here, they refer to zosia with she/her pronouns instead of a collective we/us? i wonder if they feel some sort of separation from zosia or view her as disposable when she isn’t conscious? #pluribus pic.twitter.com/vfrSO96XLm

— mich✰ (@cinemichh) November 26, 2025

vegas episode im so ready for you!! pic.twitter.com/UaHEzWDPzp

— ladin | PLURIBUS SPOILERS (@wexlersknope) November 26, 2025

I think the perfect ending for Pluribus would be this: Carol figures out how to stop them but gets turned into one of them for a while. Then one of the other 12 humans carries out the plan and everything goes back to normal. When Carol turns back, she realizes The Others didn’t… pic.twitter.com/bVeIoNcqh0

— Daniel Richtman (@DanielRPK) November 27, 2025

i love this scene because you can really see zosia's hesitation and how she doesn't seem entirely comfortable with going with diabaté, but her connection to the hive mind and its goals makes her agree. i really do like the theory that she isn't as connected to them as we think pic.twitter.com/jTcYlGnG2D

— simone kessell pickleball updates (@lottiesacolytex) November 29, 2025

actually this right here is the most concrete piece of evidence that zosia feels/is less connected to the hive than the others! no one in the hive has the agency to pause and turn (twice) to look back at carol! this scene right here was for a reason! pic.twitter.com/1v3n2VYUJ5

— mich✰ (@cinemichh) November 29, 2025

If Carol asked the hive to stop drinking the drink because it would make her happy do you think they would?

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If Carol asked the hive to stop drinking the drink because it would make her happy do you think they would?

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This is a great question. I am thinking their self preservation ultimately trumps all. Like "we will serve you as long as it doesn't mean our self destruction".

Finally caught up last night. What a great show! and great discussion and contributions to this thread. Looking forward to the next episodes.

I have a feeling that Zosia will eventually will eventually help Carol on her battel to bring humanity to defeat the hive.

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I think people is too obvious, but I have no idea what else it could be.

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Haven't seen any dogs or cats lately... but yeah I put money on people...

Oddly enough you can get Soylent drinks at grocery stores. They taste horrible but it's so hilarious they are real drinks...

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=soylent+meal+replacement+4+pack&hvadid=676075313490&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9026838&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=16004387102123437505--&hvqmt=b&hvrand=16004387102123437505&hvtargid=kwd-2226056093245&hydadcr=4438_13231378&mcid=17f699c92f9b3732bfcc683caaed0367&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_5abe430yk5_b

This show is good

Wow! Another great episode! I can see this season going in so many directions!

Crazy how we went from all these tweets finding subtle hints from other episodes about what's in the drink, to this big reveal, and then it's defused in seconds. These writers are going to keep everyone off balance. I love it!

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Crazy how we went from all these tweets finding subtle hints from other episodes about what's in the drink, to this big reveal, and then it's defused in seconds. These writers are going to keep everyone off balance. I love it!

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Ha, seriously. It's weird, they're blowing through so much story (any other show would have saved Carol meeting the other twelve like her until the end of season one), in the best way, yet I can't believe there are somehow only three episodes left.

the next episode is titled "The Gap"