The 'Breaking Bad' Creator Discloses He Knows How The Apple TV+ Show Will End... For Now.
Vince Gilligan did not foresee that his new science-fiction series would emerge as a cultural phenomenon. “I am so grateful to the audience,” Gilligan says. “It was unexpected the show being as widely discussed as it is, and it makes me deliriously happy.”
With the first season of the hit program coming to an end—and a second season greenlit and underway—Gilligan and his team recently discussed the viewer reception and whether it will shape the future direction of Pluribus.
On the Overwhelming Audience Reaction
One could easily to get sidetracked by the widespread acclaim and fan theories surrounding Pluribus. Gilligan, however, is doing his best to avoid both.
“It feels like an endless supply of your favorite dessert and being in a state of bliss,” he describes. “It's the greatest thing, but I learn of it anecdotally, and that's intentional. Not once have I looked myself up on the internet, nor do I ever intend to. Not because I don't care. It's a deep trap I know I would get lost in and then I'd be never leaving the house from the hardware store and I'd rarely emerge from my living room.”
Despite Gilligan’s best intentions, there’s no way to avoid the extremely enthusiastic response to the series. The best he and his team can do is to take it in stride and try not to let it alter the course of the show.
“It is not our goal to adjust our writing,” says writer and executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The plot we develop is not influenced by audience chatter.”
“Better to keep our heads down and working,” Gilligan concludes.
The Central Mystery: Has the showrunner See the Conclusion of Pluribus?
So if the creative staff are not listening by fan response, does it imply they have already decided how Pluribus will finally conclude? In short yes… in a way.
“We have some interesting ideas about the ultimate destination,” Gilligan reveals. “however, we remain prepared to discard a solid concept for a better idea. This approach has served us in good stead on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We change course when we get a better idea and I suspect we'll be doing that.”
Alternatively, if plans fall through, executive producer Gordon Smith has a humorous idea to serve as a last resort.
“I keep pitching that the entire story is inside a snow globe, and that we'll reveal the snow globe and that's where they've been all along,” Smith jokes, “but no one is buying it.”
Then again, why mess with the iconic TV endings?
“My dream is Carol to open her eyes with Bob Newhart there,” he jokes.
Pluribus can be watched on Apple TV+.
