The 'Breaking Bad' Creator Reveals He Has a Plan for How Pluribus Will End... Currently.
Vince Gilligan did not foresee that his new science-fiction series would turn into a massive hit. “I am so grateful to the audience,” Gilligan says. “I did not foresee the show being as passionately debated as it is, and it makes me deliriously happy.”
With the first season of the acclaimed series reaching its finale—and a second season officially in the works—the writers' room reflected on the viewer reception and whether it will impact the storyline of Pluribus.
About the Incredible Audience Reaction
One could easily to get sidetracked by the rampant praise and audience predictions regarding Pluribus. He is doing his best to avoid both.
“It's like being constantly eating your favorite dessert and being tickled to death,” he explains. “It's the greatest thing, but I get wind of it anecdotally, and that's intentional. Never in my life looked myself up on the internet, nor do I ever want to. Not because I don't care. It's a deep trap I know I would fall into and then I'd be never leaving the house from Home Depot and I'd never leave my living room.”
Despite his concerted efforts, there’s no way to avoid 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.
“We make no attempt to adjust our writing,” says co-executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The plot we develop is not influenced by audience chatter.”
“It's wiser to keep our noses to the grindstone,” he chimes in.
The Big Question: Does the creator See the Conclusion of Pluribus?
So if the creative staff are not listening by public opinion, can we assume they already know how Pluribus will reach its endpoint? The answer is yes… sort of.
“We've developed some compelling concepts about the ultimate destination,” Gilligan reveals. “yet we stand ready to throw out a good idea for a better idea. That philosophy has guided us in well on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We scrap ideas when we find a more perfect path and I expect we'll continue doing that.”
Alternatively, if all else fails, director and writer Gordon Smith has a pretty funny idea to serve as a last resort.
“I constantly suggest that the entire story is inside 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.”
Of course, one could always use the classics?
“My dream is Carol to wake up in bed with Bob Newhart there,” he jokes.
Pluribus can be watched on Apple TV+.
