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15 Nov, 2025

episode 3

this was a bit of a silly one but/and i enjoyed it.

the grenade thing and request for a nuke were the main story beats this time and are pointing towards an interesting twist: maybe the hivemind doesn’t just need carol alive - it’s more invested in trying to please her (even at risk to her life)? maybe it’s because her displeasure can kill millions in an instant but maybe something more?

interesting when zosia mentioned that it has a “biological imperative” to absorb carol/everyone. it’s a little frustrating that carol won’t just flat out ask the hivemind directly all of the things i want to but it’s also a charming part of carol’s antisocial character (see: comment in episode 2 from one of the other remaining individual people about how carol’s the only one who doesn’t understand the hivemind because she hasn’t asked it basic foundational questions). anyway it’s kind of fun to get the slow unraveling of the puzzle box or whatever too

the plot continues to thicken with helen’s status in regard to the hivemind - it really seems like they might have helen’s memories but it could be that it just collectively is able to kinda reference these memories through the eyes of all the other people present during them, like the cleaning company lady at their house or staff at hotels where they vacationed. it could be that the collective consciousness is just clumsily trying to soothe helen’s grief by bringing up these memories but you would think that the collective would also include a few therapists or psychologists or wise old women who would understand how better to handle a grieving person than uh. Bringing a literal hand grenade into their living room

oh yeah also shout out to sprouts lmao i live near a sprouts grocery store and between this and the lesbianism it’s really starting to feel like vince gilligan has been spying on me. vince if you’re reading this it’s ok to just say hi to me

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