The 'Breaking Bad' Creator Reveals He Knows How Pluribus Will Conclude... At the Moment.
Vince Gilligan never anticipated that Pluribus would become a breakout success. “The viewers have been incredible,” he remarks. “I was surprised by the show being as passionately debated as it is, and it makes me deliriously happy.”
Now that Season 1 of the popular series wrapping up—and the next chapter officially in the works—Gilligan and his team reflected on the viewer reception and whether it will influence the narrative path of Pluribus.
About the Incredible Audience Reaction
One could easily to get distracted by the widespread acclaim and audience predictions regarding Pluribus. Gilligan, however, is striving to steer clear of all that.
“It's like being force fed something incredibly sweet and being tickled to death,” he says. “It's the greatest thing, but I get wind of it from others, and that's by design. Not once have I searched for my own name online, nor do I ever plan to. It's quite the opposite. It's a rabbit hole I know I would get lost in and then I'd be living in squalor from Home Depot and I'd rarely emerge from my living room.”
Regardless of trying to stay away, there’s no way to avoid the overwhelmingly positive response to the series. The most practical strategy is to acknowledge it humbly and try not to let it influence the direction of the show.
“We make no attempt to change the plot,” says Alison Tatlock. “The narrative we craft is not changed by audience chatter.”
“We prefer to keep our focus on the work,” he chimes in.
A Pressing Query: Will the showrunner Know the Ending of Pluribus?
Considering Gilligan and his team aren’t being guided by audience theories, does that mean they have mapped out how Pluribus will finally conclude? In short yes… with some caveats.
“We've developed some interesting ideas about where the show might end up,” Gilligan says. “however, we remain prepared 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 scrap ideas when we conceive of something superior and I expect we'll continue doing that.”
Then again, if they hit a wall, director and writer Gordon Smith has a pretty funny idea to fall back on.
“I keep pitching that the entire story is inside a snow globe, and that we'll zoom out in the finale and we're in there,” Smith quips, “though the idea hasn't gained traction.”
Of course, why mess with the legendary finales?
“My dream is Carol to awaken next to Bob Newhart,” he jokes.
Pluribus can be watched on Apple TV.
