Vince Gilligan Shares He Has a Plan for How Pluribus Might Finish... Currently.
Vince Gilligan never anticipated that Pluribus would turn into a cultural phenomenon. “I am so grateful to the audience,” he remarks. “I did not foresee the show being as talked about as it is, and it makes me overjoyed.”
As the debut season of the acclaimed sci-fi show wrapping up—and a second season greenlit and underway—Gilligan and his team opened up about the audience reaction and whether it will impact the future direction of Pluribus.
About the Incredible Audience Reaction
It would be easy to get swayed by the constant speculation and audience predictions about Pluribus. The creator is making a conscious effort to avoid both.
“It's like being force fed your favorite dessert and being tickled to death,” he explains. “It's the greatest thing, but I learn of it from others, and that's on purpose. I have never searched for my own name online, nor do I ever plan to. It's not a lack of interest. It's a rabbit hole I know I would fall into and then I'd be never leaving the house from the hardware store and I'd never leave my living room.”
Regardless of Gilligan’s best intentions, there’s no way to avoid the immensely favorable 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.
“We make no attempt to adjust our writing,” says writer and executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The plot we develop is not impacted by what people are saying.”
“It's wiser to keep our noses to the grindstone,” he chimes in.
The Big Question: Will the creator Know the Conclusion of Pluribus?
Considering the writers aren’t being guided by public opinion, can we assume they have mapped out how Pluribus will ultimately end? The answer is yes… sort of.
“We've developed some potential directions about the ultimate destination,” he states. “however, we remain prepared to abandon a solid concept for a superior concept. This approach has served 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 suspect we'll be doing that.”
Then again, if plans fall through, executive producer Gordon Smith has a rather amusing idea to fall back on.
“I keep pitching that it's all in a snow globe, and that we'll zoom out in the finale and we're in there,” Smith jokes, “but no one is buying it.”
Of course, why mess with the legendary finales?
“I want Carol to awaken beside Bob Newhart,” he jokes.
Pluribus is streaming now on the streaming service.
