How many episodes are in Pluribus?

Pluribus has 9 episodes in this listed season.

When does Pluribus premiere?

Pluribus premieres on 2025-11-07.

Is Pluribus a new series?

Pluribus is a new series (Season 1).

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Pluribus(2025)

Also known as Счастье заразительно • Плурибус • Плюрибус

Archived · Apple TV

129 eps

S01

DramaScience FictionThrillerSci-Fi

ON AIR: NOV 7Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Pluribus makes cheerful faces and perfect manners feel quietly threatening. Its near-present American setting looks peaceful even as the story takes on the shape of a post-apocalyptic thriller, with dark humor cutting through the unease. The danger is more psychologically disturbing than violent: constant agreement and contentment leave little room for grief, anger, or doubt.

Carol’s isolation gives the mystery a raw personal edge. Her grief and fury clash with a world that insists everything is wonderful, making artificial happiness feel like an erasure rather than a comfort. The season unfolds as one deliberate, clue-by-clue story, connecting her search for answers to the question of what genuine happiness might cost.

Best for

creeping paranoia, eerie mystery and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Science Fiction

Commitment

Season 1 · 9 episodes

Where

Apple TV

Official Premise

In a world overtaken by a mysterious wave of forced happiness, Carol Sturka, one of the immune few, must uncover what's really going on - and save humanity from its artificial bliss.

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Strongest Match

Pluribus and Silo make ordinary American life feel quietly wrong, with patient mysteries that turn small clues into reasons to distrust the world around you. Carol’s isolation amid forced smiles gives way to Juliette’s tense, watchful life among sealed walls and strict rules, making Silo the more confined and danger-filled watch.

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Why this pick

Pluribus and The Beauty turn a promise of perfection into creeping dread, using unsettling changes in everyday life and dark humor to keep the mystery uneasy. Carol faces a world made unnaturally cheerful, while The Beauty brings graphic transformations, a faster chase, and a sharper, more pulpy edge.

Upload

Prime Video • Aug 25, 2025

ComedyDrama

After his premature death, a man's consciousness is uploaded into a virtual world. As he gets comfortable with his surroundings, questions about his death arise.

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Why this pick

Pluribus and Upload use strange versions of a better life to mix science fiction mystery with dark jokes about what people are asked to accept. Carol’s unnerving world of forced happiness is far more bleak than Upload’s bright digital afterlife, where absurd paid comforts and a death mystery keep the story moving.

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