I guess I wanted Gilligan to do something to subvert the Invasion of the Body Snatches trope he lifted, but making the collective conscious (communist stand-in) cartoonishly evil with their cannibalism means the premise is way less interesting than it could be. I thought maybe it would be a commentary about American chauvinism in an increasingly global and multipolar world, but it seems like Carol's boorish, plucky, American individualism will be validated after all. Really disappointing that yet another protagonist in American media unironically yearns for the status quo and is presented as a hero for it. I don't buy that Carol is meant to be unlikable. It seems clear to me that her fellow uninfected and we (the audience) are supposed to come around to her way of thinking.

I mean, it's so close to being interesting (Carol rolling her eyes at someone from the Global South owning seven cars; how does she think that someone like Koumba would have viewed her lifestyle prior to the infection?), but I doubt that there will be any self reflection on Carol's part in this series. Maybe it's a perfect show for an American audience after all