Karolina Wydra and Rhea Seehorn in 'Pluribus.' Apple TV+ Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text [This story contains major spoilers from Pluribus's season one finale, "La Chica o El Mundo."] Pluribus star Karolina Wydra has a surprisingly glass-half-full take on the ominous ending of season one. Her character, Zosia, may have had to honor Carol Sturka's (Rhea Seehorn) request for an atom bomb, but based on their parting glance, Wydra still senses some indecision from Carol about this manner of escalation. It's a big swerve when you factor how resistant she was to Manousos' (Carlos-Manuel Vesga) violent approach to undoing the Joining. Related Stories TV 'Pluribus' Star Carlos-Manuel Vesga Breaks Down That Season Finale Betrayal TV 'Pluribus' Star Rhea Seehorn Breaks Down Carol's Escalation in the Season Finale "What [the parting glance] was for me is that maybe there's somehow still a chance [to reconsider]. It's not goodbye forever; it's just, 'Are you sure about whatever it is that you're doing? Are you sure about the atom bomb? Are you sure about whatever is the next chapter?'" Wydra tells The Hollywood Reporter. Zosia and Carol's globe-trotting romance took a dark turn in Big Sky, Montana, when Carol learned that Zosia and the rest of the Joined were nearing completion on another method to turn her into one of them. The revelation recontextualizes the penultimate episode which saw Zosia and Carol consummate their relationship after Zosia and the hive mind rebuilt her once-favorite local diner. Prior to Zosia initiating their first kiss, Carol accused her of manipulation by recreating a beloved haunt that was lost to a fire. She felt they were trying to divert her attention away from restoring the human race. Well, Seehorn - per her own finale postmortem with THR - now believes that the Joined's scheme to use Carol's frozen eggs to belatedly "join" her confirms that episode eight was all an elaborate seduction, even if there were some lovely qualities to it. For Wydra, she still takes her character at her word when she says that everything the Joined do is out of love and a desire to make Carol happy. "Vince and I talked about how they're not manipulative and Zosia is not sinister," Wydra says. "So it was just about making sure that she's coming from a place of true honesty and just doing things to be of service to Carol." In episode four, Carol tried to persuade Zosia into revealing how to reverse the Joining, and despite having the inability to lie, Zosia stated, "We can't answer questions like that." Thus, it's possible that the Joined's programming also won't let them entertain the notion that they're manipulating someone, something Gilligan acknowledged in another finale postmortem with THR. "Can you think of examples in real life where people are manipulating without knowing it? I think the answer is yes," Gilligan says. "I don't know that the Others are any simpler than human beings in real life." Below, during a conversation with THR, Wydra also discusses the morsels of backstory that Zosia reveals about her pre-Joining self, as well as how the character was rewritten to be Polish like her. *** Karolina Wydra's Zosia and Rhea Seehorn's Carol Sturka in Pluribus' season one finale. Apple TV+ In episode three, Zosia fetched Carol a hand grenade, and in the finale, she ups the ante by fetching her an atomic bomb. What was your first reaction to Carol's escalation? Well, what was funny about the grenade is that "we" misunderstood [her sarcasm]. But we didn't want to risk insulting her, so we wanted to make sure that we provided her with what she wanted just in case. But then we realize, "Oh wait, you're messing with us." With the atom bomb, it's another one of those moments where we will give her whatever she needs and whatever she wants to make sure that she's happy. So when I read it, I said, "Oh! Where are we going to go with this?" (Laughs.) It was fun. Do you now have some idea of where it's going? No, I don't. I wish. I love that Vince is going to write the [second] season before we'll get to know something. Even with season one, I discovered it as it went along with each episode. We didn't get all of them all at once, so it's really fun that way. What's also great is it doesn't color your performance. What happens in 109, I wonder if knowing that information would've somehow seeped into my subconscious and made Zosia be more, "Ooh, I have a secret." Vince and I talked about how they're not manipulative and Zosia is not sinister. So it was just about making sure that she's coming from a place of true honesty and just doing things to make Carol happy and be of service to Carol. Rhea Seehorn's Carol Sturka and Karolina Wydra's Zosia in Pluribus' season one finale. Apple TV+ The parting glance that Ca