Pulphoria
“Some fruits don't ripen. They rot beautifully.”
Five years after they bruised their way through high school, the fruits of East Highland are twenty-three and worse for it.
Plumique is in her fifth attempt at sobriety and her first attempt at love. Bramley the apple is selling cores out of his Subaru and pitching a screenplay about it. Nectara is a wellness influencer with a sponsorship deal she can't read. The lighting is purple. The needle drops are extremely expensive. The five-year time jump landed Pulphoria its second consecutive Pulp for Best Drama.
Episodes — Season 3
01The Glaze
67 minPlumique wakes on the floor of a juice bar she doesn't remember walking into. Bramley is texting about a wedding she doesn't know is happening. Cold open: 11 minutes, single take, no dialogue.
02Soft Spot
58 minNectara's brand deal goes public; the comments don't. A flashback explains the rooftop. Bramley meets a producer at a bodega.
03Bruise Suite
61 minPlumique writes a letter she will not send. Lex Lemonette stages the school play. Cassis returns to the cul-de-sac in a leased Range Rover.
Plumique's spiral is canonically referenced in The Pith S2E4, when she is admitted under a fake name.