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I think people wouldn’t be so duh/accepting of the situation. The only one who felt honest to me was the woman with the kid, because she doesn’t want to lose her child, so she’s in denial. Out of six people there should have been more people freaking out than Carol.
And I think Carol would probably have shown more relief/started crying when she initially met the others at the airport. And the idiot with Air Force One was a caricature, and not a human being. If his part had been written as more of an average sleazeball instead of a trope, I would have found it more believable. I won’t be surprised if we find out the French lothario persona is all an act and he’s some dude from Jersey.
Also, why is Carol still driving the piece of crap truck when she could have any car she wanted?
So at a high level I agree. I think there should have been more people absolutely freaking out and causing "glitches" with "us". However I think everyone else we met, having family, is what causes most people to be understanding. The mother accepting her child as her child is part of that.
I think the Air Force One guy isn't a caricature. I think he's someone who is down on his luck, someone who society as a whole rejected. Now he's on top. I genuinely do wonder if the harem he's assembled is genuine or if they have a more devious plan. If he's a caricature he's still a reasonable extrapolation of someone who could exist.
We know they share emotional pain, do they share joy? If one of them as sex, do they all enjoy it. Being an entity of the entire world, one of them certainly would (statistically or otherwise) be exited to have sex with him. We're only two episodes in and as a hive they're focused on cleaning up the world, but realistically there should be a section of society constantly banging each other. They're a virus, sorta, so the idea of replication must be a core part of their being.
But also I'm off track. The original count of 11 unique minds had since expanded to 12. That's someone we, the audience, is going to meet. That's someone who, like Carol, is rejecting the world. I expect we meet that character soon.
Also she drives a shit car because she rejects the world she is in. She hasn't yet or rejects the Air Force One lifestyle.