Spoilers Pluribus

[BookTenTiger]

I think the show is a pretty pointed commentary on alien viruses that connect almost all of humanity through an electromagnetic field.

But also the conflicting human needs for connection, individuality, comfort, novelty, desire, hope, etc.

 

[monsmord]

And there's the bad relationship angle: the Joined coming at Carol (and the others) with "I love you and will go to ridiculous lengths to make you happy, but I definitely want to change you."

 

[Older Beholder]

By counting the people watching it, presumably.

I thought streaming services counted hours streamed, but what I was really wondering is if they’re measuring it per episode, for a single season or for a show in general.

It’s impressive whichever way it’s counted, but if the first 7 episodes were watched more in 6 weeks than 3 entire seasons of Ted Lasso in 5 years, that’s way more impressive.

 

[Stalker0]

And there's the bad relationship angle: the Joined coming at Carol (and the others) with "I love you and will go to ridiculous lengths to make you happy, but I definitely want to change you."

I think the hive mind sees it as “my poor beautiful friend is in pain, and I have the cure that can fix it”

 

[Morrus]

I thought streaming services counted hours streamed,

Some streaming services (Netflix) publish hours streamed for some shows. All streaming services internally track every data point you can possibly imagine, and more. They know when you watched it, when you paused it, what IP address you were watching from, what device you used, everything.

if the first 7 episodes were watched more in 6 weeks than 3 entire seasons of Ted Lasso in 5 years, that’s way more impressive.

That seems unlikely. But all they've said is the words "the most watched show in Apple TV history" announced via a little video on Twitter.

 

[plecostomus]

I have never met a person like Manousos. It's wonderful to me how, even so, his motivations are very understandable. I cannot wait for his collision with Carol.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Some streaming services (Netflix) publish hours streamed for some shows. All streaming services internally track every data point you can possibly imagine, and more. They know when you watched it, when you paused it, what IP address you were watching from, what device you used, everything.

That seems unlikely. But all they've said is the words "the most watched show in Apple TV history" announced via a little video on Twitter.

I would imagine they are talking about peak viewership rather than total hours viewed.