The 'Breaking Bad' Creator Discloses He Knows How The Apple TV+ Show Will End... For Now.
Vince Gilligan could not have predicted that Pluribus would turn into a cultural phenomenon. “God bless the fans,” Gilligan says. “It was unexpected the show being as widely discussed as it is, and it makes me deliriously happy.”
Now that Season 1 of the hit program wrapping up—and the next chapter already in development—the writers' room reflected on the fan response and whether it will shape the future direction of Pluribus.
About the Overwhelming Audience Reaction
One could easily to get sidetracked by the widespread acclaim and online debates about Pluribus. He is striving to steer clear of all that.
“The experience is akin to force fed hot fudge sundaes and being tickled to death,” he explains. “It's wonderful, but I get wind of it anecdotally, and that's by design. Not once have I Googled myself, nor do I ever plan to. It's quite the opposite. It's a rabbit hole I know I would fall into and then I'd be pooping in a five gallon bucket from the hardware store and I'd rarely emerge from my living room.”
Despite 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 accept it graciously and try not to let it alter the course of the show.
“We don't try to adjust our writing,” says Alison Tatlock. “Our storytelling is not changed by what people are saying.”
“It's wiser to keep our focus on the work,” Gilligan concludes.
The Big Question: Will Vince Gilligan Know the Conclusion of Pluribus?
Considering Gilligan and his team are not listening by audience theories, can we assume they have mapped out how Pluribus will reach its endpoint? In short yes… sort of.
“There are some compelling concepts about where the show might end up,” he states. “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 get a better idea and I suspect we'll be doing that.”
Alternatively, if all else fails, director and writer Gordon Smith has a rather amusing idea to fall back on.
“My recurring proposal is that it's all in a snow globe, and that we'll zoom out in the finale and the characters are inside it,” Smith jokes, “but nobody's taking me up on that.”
Then again, one could always use the legendary finales?
“My dream is Carol to open her eyes next to Bob Newhart,” he jokes.
Pluribus is currently available on Apple TV.
