E Pluribus Unum: A Pluribus Podcast - Episode 4 'Please, Carol'

S1E4 - E Pluribus Unum: A Pluribus Podcast - Episode 4 'Please, Carol'

Published: November 22, 2025

Duration: 35:58

Episode 4: "Please, Carol" - When Honesty Becomes a Weapon

Carol confirms the Others cannot lie—and immediately weaponizes that truth. After a devastating interrogation reveals Helen's real opinions about her writing, Carol escalates from truth-seeker to experimenter, drugging Zosia to extract the reversal method. Meanwhile in Paraguay, self-storage manager Manousos Oviedo becomes the show's potential breakout character when Carol's profanity-laced phone call proves he's not alone.

This episode explores Carol's moral descent as conversion therapy trauma fuels her resistance to forced conformity. The climactic "Please, Carol" scene—with Others chanting in unison through tears as Zosi...