Talk:Utopia (2020 TV series)

¿Not a word about the plot or premise??

I just looked this up to see what the show is about, and it seems to be a secret. There's information about cast/characters, development and production, reception, but no entry at all, nothing about the plot or premise. It does say that it's cloned from a British series-- what is it with us Americans, we can never just watch the original production, even when it's in English?-- so OK, I can follow that link to find out what the original is about, but would it kill someone who's seen some of the damn thing to write two sentences about the premise?47.33.89.111 (talk) 17:23, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Why are the episode descriptions written in sections with editorializing?

This doesn't seem in line with how episode descriptions are presented in other Wikipedia TV show articles... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.11.253.66 (talk) 02:34, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Came here to say the same. Way too wordy and filled with opinions almost like the writer is trying to be clever or cute. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:5CA:4280:B330:4144:33CF:B282:6AEE (talk) 11:39, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

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Plot w/spoilers

The story opens with the discovery of a comic in a old cluttered house. The comic gets put on auction and we get introduced to our main characters; this is a group of online friends that theorize from and discuss the basically unknown comic called Utopia (or Dystopia, I'm not certain). At the auction the group of friends finally meet but are unable to purchase the comic. With the comic being purchased by a collector, the sellers celebrate in their hotel room. Their celebration is cut short when two strange men show up and ask "Where is Utopia? Where is Jessica Hyde?". Jessica Hyde, side note, is a character from the comic. Upon discovering the sellers no longer have it, they drug them and then move on to hunt down the buyer with the auction contact list, shooting everyone on the list that they find. From this point it becomes clear that there is some group of people that want the comic and will kill anyone who has seen it. The group of conspiracy theory friends find themselves on the run from a secret organisation known in the comic as The Harvest. Not long after The Harvest makes its first attempt at finding and killing the group of friends do they finally run into Jessica Hyde. On the run from The Harvest and captive with Hyde, they must locate the missing member of their group: a little boy who stole the comic from the buyer before The Harvest got to him. Premise 1 done. Premise 2 of the story seems to be the main reason, by my estimate, why the show was viewed as "timely in a bad way". A millionaire philanthropist who is currently manufacturing meatless meat becomes the centre of accusations of causing a new virus that's popping up in several cities, seeming to hit schools as epicenters. The virus is big news killing many kids, and obviously causing people to look for causes and answers in a number of places, such as the labs where the meatless meat is made. At the same time, a virologist sees the news about the virus and recognises it as a virus he discovered years ago in South America. He applies at his University for a sample, and completely to his surprise he gets the sample. Upon testing he concludes it is the same virus and he goes to see the philanthropist. Within the first few minutes of talking to the philanthropist, he is told that once he is all in to assist with fighting the outbreak they can begin manufacturing a vaccine. The virologist, bewildered at this, and insists on rigorous testing as his vaccine was only ever approved for emergency use in the field for the military and not for children. At this the philanthropist essentially gets him to leave. This thread of the series follows the virologist going to an epicenter of the outbreak to test his vaccine by himself, but actually being carefully reared and prompted by the philanthropist through an elaborate cast of fake sick kids, a fake father in need of the virologist help to save his sick daughter, and a nudge method approach to get the virologist to eventually demand the vaccine skip FDA approvals and go straight into production. Meanwhile. Premise 2. Jessica Hyde and the group are still hiding from The Harvest and hunting for a Mister Rabbit, in the comic an evil master mind that unleashes viruses upon humanity. The comic is said to leave clues and hidden messages about viruses and epidemics, and this new comic reveals to them a new one that the group calls "The T Shaped Rash". Putting two and two together at this point in the series, they discover that Utopia reveals that the new virus spreading in several states is this same virus from the comic and that of course, would have been unleashed by Mister Rabbit. There are bits in between here that I'm not filling in due to the level of detail I've gone into and I'm sleepy now. Crux of the two threads weaving together. The group and Hyde eventually have Mister Rabbit, the philanthropist, duct taped to immobility, and he reveals to them that the T Shaped Rash isn't even the point of all of this. That in fact it is the vaccine that is the true virus. With the vaccine, they intend to halt human reproduction for 5 generations. Controlling the faith of humanity. Goodnight, and good luck seeing the last 3 years the same again. 41.114.249.87 (talk) 20:45, 24 January 2023 (UTC)