I’m no biologist, but after some research I did, frozen eggs are probably not enough.

• Eggs can’t substitute for stem cells. They’re completely different cell types and don’t do the same job, so they’re not the kind of stem cells the Plurbs seem to be after.

• Frozen eggs contain only half of Carol’s DNA, so they can’t be used to clone her on their own. And no — the frozen eggs wouldn’t be contaminated with Carol’s full DNA (like blood or other bodily fluids). In fertility clinics, eggs are collected directly from the ovary in a clean, controlled process, and they’re prepared before freezing. So they don’t come with extra cells containing full DNA. (I still can’t believe they wash the eggs, though.) 😁

It might be necessary to keep those scenes to tell us something about Carol’s character or about the Plurbs themselves (they might have thought about shortening the message but didn’t, and Carol might have asked them to shorten it but didn’t either). Or they included the voicemail scenes simply to mischievously annoy the viewer.

Honestly, I’m fine with either. I was annoyed the second and third time she listened to the voicemail, but now I kinda like it. It’s funny that they keep including these scenes.

That is so cool and sad at the same time… 🥲

I’d definitely be asking a lot of questions. Have aliens visited our planet in the past? What are the most recent scientific breakthroughs? What is your ultimate goal? Why are you unable to lie? Why are you so naïve? How do you communicate? Do you still allow human bodies to reproduce? If yes, by what principle or criteria do you select mates? Why are you helping me instead of trying to imprison or kill me?

And then there are the questions they probably couldn’t—or wouldn’t—answer, but I’d still want to ask: The virus only affects humans, so was it designed specifically for us? The signal comes from a source 600 light-years away. That means someone must have visited Earth at least 1,200 years ago, collected genetic material, flown back, and then sent the signal. Why? Why not just release the virus while they were here? Why even create a virus at all? Were there other attempts to subdue humanity? Are there other alien races? Do aliens live among us?

And finally… why does she have to be so goddamn fuckable?

The CGI was so bad this episode. The blurred rooftop scene, the wolves — they looked completely unrealistic. With 15 million per episode, they could have either hired better graphics artists or used real animals. This episode broke something for me. Like… I can see now that Gilligan isn’t perfect.

I thought of Soylent Green the moment Zosia revealed that 800 million people (10% of the global population) died during the conversion. It seems like a logical step to use them as food rather than bury useful nutrients. I personally wouldn’t care, but it would be hilarious if this fact ended up helping Carol gain support from a few people who are still unaffected. “You consume the consciousness and personality of people? We don’t care. You consume the flesh of people? No, no, no, you can’t do THAT.”

Question, though: is it even possible to turn flesh into this kind of grain/dust/powder? Why not just eat the flesh directly—make “human jerky” or something like that? I mean… as humans we don’t consume or produce meat in the form of liquid or dissolvable powder; it’s too hard to make and not very feasible. Why did they decide to make it a powder specifically? Just for the plot? Really strange, considering Gilligan’s love for science and chemistry.