Please join the conversation - comment, follow and like to support us. 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? Please follow us and keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming. Email hello@pluribusters.com, DM us on Instagram or join the conversation on Spotify - and please follow, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts - it really helps people discover us. Pluribusters is a podcast about Pluribus: Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) decided to start it when they had a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it was mostly Ru who thought this. Kate hadn't heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in video, audio and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything InteractiveChapters – Pluribus Episode 8 discussion topics (click time to jump if available):00:00 Episode 8: Charm Offensive – opening reactions02:22 Why some viewers checked out03:10 The animal question and missing life04:23 The desert train and visual storytelling05:53 Desire, taste and Carol biting Zosia07:09 Penultimate episode energy08:25 Carol’s manipulation and the café wall10:04 How the hive mind really works12:08 Comedy, exposition and tonal shift13:05 Setting up the finale15:01 Can the world actually be saved?16:06 Effective altruism, tech and moral horror17:22 Cult dynamics and resistance19:01 What Carol now has to lose20:02 Sound design, emptiness and loneliness22:07 Listener theories and community responses25:02 Gender, gaze and intimacy on screen31:24 Do shows still know how to end?38:35 The signal, the virus and spreading consciousness43:07 Hopes and predictions for the finale