The 'Breaking Bad' Creator Reveals He Has a Plan for How Pluribus Will Conclude... For Now.
The acclaimed writer-producer could not have predicted that the Apple TV+ show would become a massive hit. “I am so grateful to the audience,” he remarks. “I did not foresee the show being as widely discussed as it is, and it makes me thrilled beyond words.”
With the first season of the acclaimed sci-fi show wrapping up—and Season 2 officially in the works—the creative team recently discussed the audience reaction and whether it will shape the narrative path of Pluribus.
Regarding the Tremendous Fan Response
One could easily to get distracted by the rampant praise and online debates about Pluribus. Gilligan, however, is doing his best to ignore the noise.
“It feels like constantly eating hot fudge sundaes and being tickled to death,” he describes. “It's amazing, but I hear about it anecdotally, and that's on purpose. I have never Googled myself, nor do I ever intend to. It's quite the opposite. It's a deep trap I know I would get lost in and then I'd be pooping in a five gallon bucket from Home Depot and I'd be stuck in my living room.”
In spite of Gilligan’s best intentions, there’s no escaping 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 dictate the story of the show.
“We make no attempt to tailor anything,” says Alison Tatlock. “The plot we develop is not influenced by audience chatter.”
“It's wiser to keep our focus on the work,” Gilligan adds.
A Pressing Query: Has the creator Have a Plan for the Finale of Pluribus?
Given that the writers aren’t being guided by public opinion, does that mean they have already decided how Pluribus will finally conclude? Essentially yes… sort of.
“We have some interesting ideas about where the show might end up,” Gilligan says. “but we are always ready to discard a good idea for a superior concept. That has held us in good stead on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We throw stuff out when we get a better idea and I imagine we will be 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 everything takes place within a snow globe, and that we'll zoom out in the finale and we're in there,” Smith jokes, “but nobody's taking me up on that.”
Alternatively, one could always use the iconic TV endings?
“I'd love for Carol to wake up in bed with Bob Newhart there,” Gilligan says with a smile.
Pluribus is streaming now on Apple TV+.
