Director: Vince Gilligan, Gordon Smith
Cast: Rhea Seehorn, Karolina Wydra, Carlos-Manuel Vesga
Pluribus is a 2025 American science-fiction drama series co-created by Vince Gilligan and Gordon Smith, set in a near-future society where a mysterious phenomenon eliminates human suffering — and perhaps everything that makes us human along with it. Starring Rhea Seehorn, the series runs at 60-minute episodes and carries an IMDb rating of 8.0.
What is Pluribus about?
Something has swept across the world — a force that strips people of grief, anger, and longing, leaving behind nothing but a placid, persistent contentment. Most people seem fine with that. Carol Sturka is not. As one of a rare few untouched by this blanket euphoria, she begins piecing together the shape of what has been lost and the machinery that might be behind it. The series builds its tension slowly, asking not just what caused the change but whether the world was better before, and whether anyone still remembers enough to care about the answer.
Cast & crew
Rhea Seehorn, acclaimed for her deeply layered work in prestige American television, anchors the series as Carol Sturka — a character who must function as the audience's emotional compass in a world that has abandoned emotion. Karolina Wydra and Carlos-Manuel Vesga round out the central ensemble, each playing figures whose relationship to the epidemic illuminates different moral stakes.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers who grew up on science fiction that doubles as social critique — from classic dystopian literature to Iranian allegorical cinema — Pluribus speaks a familiar language. It uses the conventions of speculative drama to ask questions about conformity, collective memory, and what a society sacrifices when it trades discomfort for peace. The show arrives in a moment when Iranian diaspora audiences are particularly attuned to the cost of enforced silence and managed happiness. Pluribus is available on K-Time with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, making it fully accessible regardless of your preference.
Where & how to watch
Pluribus is available now on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web browser, on your TV دستگاه, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.