In case you weren't sure what a miserable person Carol (Rhea Seehorn) is, Episode 3 For many certainly makes it obvious. It opens with a flashback of Carol and her partner Helen (Miriam Shor) having their dream holiday at an ice hotel in Norway, and all she can do is complain about how cold it is. When Carol sees the stunning northern lights, her only thought is, “It looks like a screensaver.” But this cynicism may also be her superpower as she prepares to resolve the hivemind apocalypse that has struck Earth.
Besides really showing how moody Carol was before she became one of the few people on the planet without a hive mind, this episode also made it clear how difficult it would be for her to live independently of the hive, as well as how far the hive would go to make her happy. Including possibly giving her nuclear weapons if she asks? Anyway, here's what interests me.
Obviously, being one of the dozen or so people who are not members of the hive is quite isolating. But things got worse in the second episode when she tried to contact the English-speaking survivors, and they had little interest in returning the world to the way it was. But perhaps there is some hope: a man living in Paraguay named Manousos (Carlos Manuel Vesga) seems to hate the hive even more than Carol. The problem is that he is on the other side of the world and only speaks Spanish. Their first phone call ended in loud screams. However, Manousos seems to be Carol's best hope of finding another person who sees the supposed problem of global happiness the same way she does.
How will she coexist with the hive?
Currently, Carol, the rest of the Unaffected, and the Hive live on the same planet. That is, at least until one of the parties comes up with a “cure.” But at the same time, this creates some tension for Carol, who considers herself an independent person, but at the same time mainly depends on the hive to provide for her. The problem became apparent when she tried to buy food at the grocery store and had to wait for it to be restocked.
Can a hive say no to something?
The downside to this tension is that the hive seems incapable of doing anything to upset Carol. This means complying with her requests, no matter how ridiculous they may seem, and that's how the episode ended with a grenade exploding inside Carol's house, injuring her escort Zosia (Carolina Otter). Before that, however, Carol was able to push the hive to see how far they would go. “We would move heaven and earth to make you happy, Carol,” they tell her when she asks if they will give her nuclear weapons. “Would do you like the atomic bomb? It's very interesting how she uses this to her advantage.
