India, Dec. 24 -- The final minutes of Pluribus do not end with a twist, but with a decision. After nine episodes of slow tension and quiet resistance, Carol Sturka finally stops negotiating with the world around her - and starts preparing to confront it.

The Apple TV series, created by Vince Gilligan, follows a near-future in which a mysterious biological event spreads a kind of enforced happiness across the population. People change, conflict disappears, and individual will vanishes - but Carol does not.

Played by Rhea Seehorn, Carol remains resistant to the collective emotional shift, even as the people around her become part of the system. By episode nine, that system has moved closer than she realised.

The episode reveals that des...