Apple TVPluribus hit Apple TV on Wednesday last week but Episode 6 is dropping on a different day this week, so here’s everything you need to know about when to tune in.
Pluribus is one of the most talked about shows on TV right now, thanks to its fiendish story of a mind virus glueing everyone on the planet together mentally, save for a handful of disparate souls who become our only hope.
That set-up has triggered wild theories concerning the hive mind and potential connections to protagonist Carol Sturka, whose name might also be a clue to where the show is heading.
Episode 5 featured the darkest Pluribus twist yet, while Episode 6 is dropping on a different day this week, with full release details below…
Pluribus release date & time
Apple TVPluribus Episode 6 will drop at 6pm PT/9pm ET on Friday, December 5, 2025, on Apple TV. That’s different to Episode 5 – which dropped two days early last week due to Thanksgiving – but it’s also back to the show’s original release schedule.
This is the typical format the streaming service follows with its original content. If you’re in a different geographical zone, you can calculate the release time accordingly. Here are a few so you know exactly when to tune in:
- 8pm CT
- 11pm Brazil
- 2am UK (November 8)
- 4am CEST
- 7:30am India Standard Time
- 11:30am Australia
- 1pm New Zealand
How many episodes are there?
Apple TVSeason 1 consists of nine episodes in total, but the series won’t end there, as when Apple won the bidding war to make Pluribus, they immediately green-lit two seasons.
Season 1 Episode 1 is titled ‘We is Us’ with the synopsis: “An astronomer’s discovery turns the planet upside down. Carol Sturka, a curmudgeonly novelist, is terrified by this strange new world.”
Season 1 Episode 2 is titled ‘Pirate Lady’ with the synopsis: “A curiously familiar face introduces Carol to the bizarre new normal. A gathering in Europe brings strangers together… and causes friction.”
Episode 3 is titled ‘Grenade‘ with the synopsis: “The world just wants to help – which infuriates Carol. A heart-to-heart conversation ends with a bang.”
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Episode 4 is titled ‘Please, Carol‘ with the synopsis: “Carol tests the boundaries of this weirdly honest world at the expense of her ego. Far away, a resolute individual learns he’s not alone.”
Episode 5 is titled ‘Got Milk‘ with the synopsis: “Carol doubles down on her investigation—loneliness be damned. Meanwhile, howls in the night reveal a new source of danger.”
Episode 6 is titled: ‘HPD‘ with the synopsis: “Carol shares a horrific discovery and learns new truths in the process. Mr. Diabaté lives life to the fullest in Sin City.”
Pluribus release schedule
Apple TVHere’s when you can expect forthcoming episode, with Season 1 concluding on December 26, 2025.
- Episode 6: December 5
- Episode 7: December 12
- Episode 8: December 19
- Episode 9: December 26
What is Pluribus about?
Apple TVThe brief synopsis for Pluribus is that “the most miserable woman on earth must save the world from happiness.”
Better Call Saul star Rhea Seehorn plays the woman in question – an author called Carol Sturka – whom everyone on the planet suddenly wants to make happy, with the whole world turning into a placid, peaceful, and kind hive mind.
That story has a deeper meaning connected to what Vince Gilligan is observing in society at present, with the Pluribus creator telling ScreenRant: “Would this be so bad in some sense? Could it not be paradise? And that’s completely up to the viewer to decide for themselves.
“I’m not telling anybody how to parse that. But I’d like to think people could watch this and say to themselves, ‘Maybe there is another way other than what we got going on in America right now.’”
What the viewer takes away from the show will be very much up to them, with Gilligan adding: “TV is just TV – it’s not a cure for cancer, never was, never will be. But I’d love to think that people will watch this show and think to themselves, ‘I don’t necessarily want to live in that world, or maybe I do.’ We work really hard to make this a different kind of apocalypse.”
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