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00:00امي Lumيا ومارت storms في الأسراني
00:01امي لم يجبل أن تهيدا الموضوع
00:04سينا نتخلق طقل طقل طigs داخل طهر
00:06ويعון نتخل الطفل الطلاب
00:07ومع ما يسمح المزيد من اللازمة
00:09ومع المنازل الطقل طقل طقل طقل طقل طواهر
00:10ما جلل أيضا إمري
00:12تحركهم الإنسان على طقل طاب大家
00:14وليس مذكب لقدت فتحدث في قتلك طقل طاقة
00:16سينا نعلم بها لتب Fourth تحديد
00:19وفتح انها تحديد بشكل طوح فيها
00:20المترجم للقناة
00:50ترير لخصائصها في أحيانها.
00:52اشتركوا في عشر ولكني يشعر بالقناة بما تشعر بالقناة.
00:56سترير لعضنا شخصاً حتى فقط.
00:58فضل أيضاً للمسيجة ويقرأ أنها ستكون في حالة.
01:01أولاً عندما ستكونون صحيحة بقناة تنافسها
01:04تصميم التأكس الأشخاص لفشاركة
01:07بمجرد الناس لحظة إلى القناة
01:10لكن يستشعر أيضاً بحياناً بحياناً بشكل مختلفة جديد
01:13هذا يعيش في أسنف وقفتمه
01:15تريب عليك أن يخارج بسبب إيقاف ويجب أمر تخلصي محدد!
01:19بالنسبة و في الوقت للسلطل بأن السابق خاص ومخارج يأخذ اليوم
01:24جيدا ب współدك!
01:27أنا سيطاعد الماضي لكما تقول كل هذه الأشياء
01:29ولكن من تتوقف نجد يعجب أن تتوقف أخطى بأثناء
01:32في إيقاف هذه الأشياء بأن تحويل الجانب
01:33تطعن عليك أن SpaceX على أقل كلس مقتين
01:36ستطحيه الاستمرار على الأجرم
01:38بسبب ان نظري بالملاحية
01:40لكما ترد فبه ينتهي بأثناء السامل
01:43وأنه يكون من طور حسنا بى مجرمًا
01:46يمسوا بها هذا الواقع بشكل مجرمي
01:48سيكون رغباينены خشكل جدًا
01:50أن ذلك يبدو إليه أنه مستوى
02:08سيكون كثيرًا قصيرًا
02:09is a sign of intimacy and affection, and Carol has the capacity for neither.
02:14So Vince Gilligan described Rhea Sehorne's character as the most miserable woman in the
02:18world who has to make the planet less happy.
02:20And she's already pretty miserable when we meet her.
02:23She should be incredibly happy.
02:24She has a life that a novelist would dream of.
02:27Oh, how I hate all those paying customers showering me with love and respect.
02:30And why do I have to make so much money?
02:33And yet, she's miserable.
02:34Her fans clearly love her work, but she has no respect for the books she writes.
02:39Uh, depends.
02:40You're a big fan of mindless crap?
02:41And thus, she does not respect her fans, and I can't blame her.
02:44As a two-masted scooter, the Mercator would not possess a mizzenmast.
02:48And the book tour scene actually foreshadows the rest of the series.
02:51After the outbreak, she is suddenly surrounded by obsequious people who hang on her every
02:56word and want to please her, just like the fans that we meet at the book tour.
02:59So all of this is just too much for Carol, and she needs to step outside for a smoke break.
03:03And I think a lot of us can relate to this kind of anxiety.
03:06Since when do you smoke?
03:08Since now?
03:09You're in a social situation, old habits kick in.
03:11Like, for instance, I have an oral fixation where I clench my jaw and twitch my face when
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04:43Now, back to what I was saying.
04:44So, Helen, who I think is her wife, brings up that Carol should publish her serious book,
04:48something that actually challenges people.
04:50And I think this is also foreshadowing episode 2, when the rest of the immune people are choosing
04:54to live a life of comfort, but she just wants to challenge their status quo. She also wants to
04:59challenge her readers with more difficult writing. So, then Helen brings up Finnegan's Wake, and
05:03actually, this James Joyce novel is a big hint about where the series is going to be going forward.
05:07So, Finnegan's Wake is like an impossible slog to get through. The whole novel is a dream of a guy
05:12named Humphrey, and the perspectives and narratives shift on a dime, as Joyce tries to express what the
05:18subconscious would look like if it were put on the page. And this also foreshadows the series.
05:22Carol is essentially the dreamer here, the only person who is, like, conscious in the world.
05:27And like I said, the book is not fun to read. It's challenging. So, the premise of the show is,
05:32wouldn't you rather just be happier letting go and not trying to read the difficult book? Maybe you
05:37can just read romance novels and then read the AI summary of Finnegan's Wake instead.
05:41And this brings us to another metaphor of the show. The human race has been reduced to a hive
05:46mind that contains all knowledge. It's like a living embodiment of the internet. Or, more precisely,
05:51it talks like it's Google AI. This particular individual, this is Davis Taffler, Undersecretary
05:57of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation. It's able to summarize websites or knowledge,
06:03but not to add in any personality or human flair. And we're going to see this recur again and again
06:08throughout the second episode. Now, back to episode one, where outside we see this mural of
06:12Al Capone, aka Scarface, which could be a nod to Breaking Bad. Gilligan famously described the
06:17premise as turning Mr. Chips into Scarface. And in this moment, we see how Carol is unable to
06:23actually connect with her fans, just as she'll be unable to connect with the hive mind later on.
06:27Helen asks her to answer a fan's question about who inspired her Corsair character. And instead of
06:32telling the truth that it's probably Helen herself, she replies,
06:36She cannot bring herself to connect with people over the internet. Again, just like how she does
06:44not want to be a part of the hive mind later on. So the truck she commandeers has an airbrushed
06:48unicorn on the hood, and I think this image has a couple of meanings. One, turns out Carol is a kind
06:53of unicorn. She is the rare person who does not become absorbed by the hive mind. But also, this could
06:58be a reference to the pale horse of the apocalypse. That's the fourth rider that brings death. See,
07:02Gilligan grew up Catholic. And in this video, we pointed out the many religious metaphors in
07:07Breaking Bad. So I think we're going to see continuous references to revelations in this
07:11series. And in the background of this episode, you can also see a few cool details during the
07:15outbreak. Like, just before they go outside, you can see on the TV that the airbase is in lockdown.
07:19And in the hospital, notice the text on this TV reads,
07:22Join Us. Now, we're used to alien invasion stories like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, where the humans
07:27are replaced by aliens who have the goal to wipe out the human race. Carol even mentions this movie
07:32in episode two. Everybody everywhere else has turned into some kind of pod person.
07:37However, it's an incredible twist that the pod people seem to be genuinely nice,
07:42happy, and helpful. For Carol, this is actually a way, way worse fate. And this takes us to episode
07:47two, where we begin the episode with Zosia cleaning up bodies. So there is no dialogue for the first 12
07:52minutes of this episode, because there doesn't need to be. The hive mind communicates without words,
07:57and Zosia is likely chosen because she's Carol's type. They even call her a pirate lady because the
08:03corsair in her books is based on a woman who looks just like her. I also want to point out that the
08:07white knit sweater that she's wearing is just like the sweater that Jesse wears at the very end of
08:11the Breaking Bad movie, El Camino. In the movie, that sweater symbolizes his purity and that he is
08:16being reborn. In the same way, we see Zosia begin her journey with Carol. And I have a feeling that
08:21Carol is going to change her in ways I'll talk about later on. So their relationship starts with
08:25Carol refusing the advice of every doctor on earth and dumping out her water. And Zosia then
08:29tells her that there are 13 people total who have resisted their hive mind worldwide. And I wonder,
08:35again, if there's some biblical reference here. Jesus had 12 apostles, and one of them, Judas,
08:39betrayed him. And after Judas's death, he was replaced by Matthias. So Carol could be that 13th
08:44apostle, Judas, who has betrayed the rest of the mankind by resisting this happy utopia. See, Carol wants
08:49to bury Helen herself without help from the others, just like she dumped out the water. So to her, this is
08:54important. It's something she wants to do for her wife, but it's also showing how she wants to
08:59maintain her independence. But then, like the other people she meets later, she submits and accepts
09:04help from the hive mind. And this is setting up her meeting with the others in Spain. Notice that,
09:08once again, she refuses comfort and insists on taking the transatlantic flight in the worst seat
09:13she can find. Well, at least she picked an aisle. And notice she's flying on Wayfair Airlines,
09:17the fictional airline that suffered a mid-air collision in Breaking Bad. Now, Gilligan has said that
09:22these universes are not connected, so this is just a fun Easter egg. Everyone else she meets
09:26is in some form of denial. They still have their families while Carol lost Helen. But I think even
09:31if Helen had lived, Carol still would have rejected the happiness of the hive mind. But for these other
09:36people who just suffered great trauma, they're willing to hang on to their old lives any way they
09:40can by pretending their loved ones are still with them. For instance, we see Lakshmi's denial when Carol
09:45points out that her son is truly gone. For a pelvic exam, what kind of speculum do you prefer?
09:51Metal or plastic? It would depend. But Carol's ideological opposite in this show, her nemesis,
09:56is not Zosia or the hive mind. It's actually Casanova McMoner. He is a total narcissist,
10:02the kind of guy who probably always thought the world existed for his own benefit. He doesn't seem
10:07to mourn the loss of life, and he celebrates that he is one of the few individuals left on Earth.
10:11Now, while a normal person might have taken time to adjust to the new world,
10:15he immediately commandeers Air Force One and starts having sex with models. The world now does
10:20completely exist for his own benefit because he has no moral code. Now, in this episode,
10:26Carol behaves like she is a character in a movie. She gives a big speech in front of the American flag
10:31and the seal of the president, and she asks,
10:33Anyone have any training in biology?
10:37Because, like in a Michael Bay movie, one of these people probably would be an expert on the
10:41human brain, and one would be an elite soldier. But here, they're all just people who want to be
10:45with their families. And the scene also derives from the movie Twelve Angry Men, where Henry Fonda
10:50tries to persuade a group of jurors to give a not guilty verdict. Except here, well, they have no choice.
10:55There is no guilty or innocent. If they decided to resist the happy world, all they would do is
10:59make themselves miserable, because none of them have any idea how to even approach fixing this problem.
11:05I tell you this, I do not give away my dog.
11:10And the episode continuously makes a point to show how well this utopia functions.
11:14No one is being robbed or murdered. Peace on Earth.
11:18For instance, the pod people cannot take a life.
11:21We can't purposely end life. It's not in our nature.
11:24Which means there is no more animal cruelty.
11:26All zoos are empty. All dogs are off their chains.
11:30But they also point out...
11:32Apparently, when it came to the lions and the tigers, they suffered quite a few maulings.
11:37And this shows the flaw in this docile hive mind. They are completely conflict averse.
11:41Fuck every single one of you!
11:46So this is going to obviously lead to problems. For instance...
11:49A wasp even. If it's about to sting, you don't...
11:54So the hive cannot protect themselves, and without humans to keep carnivores in check, they will breed and spread across the planet and eventually start eating human beings again.
12:03But the hive is also conflict averse in social situations.
12:06Like when Carol loses her temper, 11 million people die because the hive cannot handle this negativity.
12:12It's like they're a generation raised on the internet who have so much inexperience in real life situations that the thought of meeting people in person causes them anxiety.
12:20Or, you know, what it was like after COVID when we suddenly went out in the world again and then had to readjust talking to actual people.
12:28I don't know. I know. We've been really, really deep in our bubble.
12:31I'm sorry we said the word wrong. Okay?
12:34I'm sorry. What's that?
12:35I'm sorry we said a word wrong in your house.
12:38But the true climax of this episode comes in this conversation between Carol and Casanova when he asks her permission to take Zosia.
12:45I feel we made a connection.
12:47Now, Zosia cannot go unless Carol gives her permission because she cannot bear the thought of hurting someone's feelings.
12:53Now, if this idea of bargaining for human beings sounds familiar, it's because it's called slavery,
12:57which Zosia denied earlier.
12:59Our joining is very much the antithesis of slavery.
13:03Now, the slavery point is also subtly emphasized by clothing.
13:06Casanova has the models dress in matching leopard print coats while they serve him, showing that he regards them as animals and not as free thinking women.
13:13But Carol obviously finds all this abhorrent because it is the total opposite of how she lives her own life.
13:18What is wrong with you?
13:22You see, Zosia and the rest of the hive mind are content as long as they are connecting to others and not causing conflict.
13:28Whereas Carol rejects connection to her fans and to anyone else who isn't Helen.
13:33Carol values her independence and she can never be happy if she had to submit or rely on others.
13:38So now let's break down this ending.
13:40Notice how at the dinner table everybody is always framed with someone else.
13:43Carol is always framed alone with other people cut off in the frame.
13:47Now, the way Carol is framed throughout the episode is important.
13:50So we open the final day with this gorgeous shot that is framed like a painting by Edward Hopper.
13:54So Hopper was famous for depicting people in wide, solitary settings, often with bright, contrasting colors.
13:59For instance, his most famous painting Nighthawks depicts people like Carol who are surrounded by others, but they feel alone.
14:05So in the shot, notice how Carol is surrounded by darkness, just like she is cut off from the rest of the world.
14:09She is only framed by a window, which is the only color in the room.
14:12But the window also separates her from the outside world through a pane of glass.
14:17Here she looks entirely alone.
14:19But notice how we do see her reflection in the bathroom mirror.
14:22So this is a way of highlighting that in this new world, she only has herself.
14:26And then we go to what I think is the key scene in the episode and maybe the key scene in the series.
14:30She goes to meet Casanova at breakfast and his harem greets her in unison.
14:34Good morning Carol.
14:36Now, this is very similar to the book and movie The Stepford Wives about a group of suburban men who replaced their wives with robots.
14:42Yes, yes, this. It's wonderful.
14:46Every time one comes to understand how wonderful it feels.
14:50In fact, the hive tries to use food to comfort Carol, just like in The Stepford Wives.
14:55Serve that pepper bacon you still talk about. We flew it in for you.
15:00This is a new blend and very mild.
15:02And notice that in this scene, as they discuss the women, we never see them.
15:06They're always out of frame to highlight their lack of agency.
15:09I don't think these fine people see it that way.
15:12No.
15:13She calls them sex dolls. And frankly, this.
15:15For us, affection is always welcome.
15:17Is exactly what a sex doll would say.
15:19And all through this conversation, Zosia is always in the next room.
15:23She's framed small. She's out of focus.
15:25Almost like Carol and Casanova are negotiating over a piece of furniture that's in the other room.
15:29Now, Carol very much wants to be done with this.
15:32So she says to Zosia,
15:33Do you want to go with him?
15:35Go with him.
15:36And this is the same attitude she had toward her fans.
15:39If you like this crap, keep eating it, but I don't respect you.
15:42But then she spots her boarding Air Force One and sees that he made her wear a new dress.
15:46Almost like he's dressing her up like a doll.
15:48So this image, this lack of agency finally makes Carol spring into action and stop Air Force One.
15:53Carol realizes that because Zosia has no agency, she has to be responsible for her.
15:58She decides that if this is the world I have to live in, at least I want it to be a marginally better place.
16:03If she lets her go, then she's just as bad as Casanova McBoner.
16:06Now, I'm very curious about where this show goes next.
16:09There is a ticking clock in this series.
16:11The entirety of humanity is working on a way to absorb the other 13 people into the hive mind.
16:16So, is it possible for Carol to teach Zosia some kind of individualism?
16:20Or, by extension, is Carol going to show the hive mind how to be individuals?
16:24Is there something in the human brain that can reject the programming and Carol just has to show them the way?
16:29I think the hive mind originated on some other planet millions of years ago and their directive is to spread at all costs.
16:35So, this could also be a precursor to an invasion to make the populace so docile that they can be easily slaughtered or controlled.
16:41Or, maybe this is simply a story about how true happiness comes from doing what's difficult.
16:46I am thrilled to have a show that's this well-made that I just can't stop thinking about.
16:49So, what are your thoughts on the ending?
16:51Tell me your theories down in the comments below, or you can add us on Twitter, Blue Sky Threads, or in our free-to-join Discord server.
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17:00For Screen Crush, I'm Ryan Airy.
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