Vince Gilligan Discloses He Has an Idea of How Pluribus Will Conclude... At the Moment.
The creative mastermind could not have predicted that the Apple TV+ show would turn into a massive hit. “The viewers have been incredible,” he remarks. “I was surprised by the show being as passionately debated as it is, and it makes me thrilled beyond words.”
As the debut season of the hit series coming to an end—and Season 2 greenlit and underway—the writers' room reflected on the audience reaction and whether it will impact the future direction of Pluribus.
About the Tremendous Fan Response
It would be easy to get distracted by the rampant praise and fan theories regarding Pluribus. Gilligan, however, is making a conscious effort to avoid both.
“The experience is akin to force fed something incredibly sweet and being in a state of bliss,” he describes. “It's amazing, but I hear about it anecdotally, and that's intentional. Never in my life looked myself up on the internet, nor do I ever intend to. It's not a lack of interest. It's a deep trap I know I would get lost in and then I'd be living in squalor from the hardware store and I'd never leave my living room.”
Regardless of Gilligan’s best intentions, there’s it's impossible to ignore the overwhelmingly positive response to the series. The best he and his team can do is to acknowledge it humbly and try not to let it alter the course of the show.
“It is not our goal to adjust our writing,” says co-executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The narrative we craft is not impacted by audience chatter.”
“We prefer to keep our heads down and working,” Gilligan concludes.
A Pressing Query: Does Vince Gilligan Know the Ending of Pluribus?
Considering the creative staff are not listening by fan response, does it imply they have already decided how Pluribus will reach its endpoint? Essentially yes… with some caveats.
“We've developed some potential directions about where the show might end up,” Gilligan says. “however, we remain prepared to discard a good idea for a more brilliant plan. That philosophy has guided us in excellent shape on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We scrap ideas when we conceive of something superior and I expect we'll continue doing that.”
Alternatively, if plans fall through, Gordon Smith has a humorous idea to fall back on.
“My recurring proposal is that it's all in a snow globe, and that we'll reveal the snow globe and the characters are inside it,” he says humorously, “but no one is buying it.”
Alternatively, one could always use the classics?
“I want Carol to awaken next to Bob Newhart,” he jokes.
Pluribus is currently available on the streaming service.
