Vince Gilligan Shares He Has a Plan for How The Apple TV+ Show Will Conclude... Currently.
Vince Gilligan did not foresee that Pluribus would become a breakout success. “The viewers have been incredible,” he remarks. “It was unexpected the show being as passionately debated as it is, and it makes me overjoyed.”
Now that Season 1 of the popular program wrapping up—and a second season already in development—the writers' room opened up about the audience reaction and whether it will shape the future direction of Pluribus.
Regarding the Overwhelming Fan Response
It would be easy to get sidetracked by the rampant praise and online debates about Pluribus. Gilligan, however, is striving to steer clear of all that.
“The experience is akin to an endless supply of hot fudge sundaes and being tickled to death,” he describes. “It's the greatest thing, but I get wind of it from others, and that's intentional. Never in my life searched for my own name online, nor do I ever plan to. It's not a lack of interest. It's a deep trap I know I would get lost in and then I'd be never leaving the house from Home Depot and I'd never leave my living room.”
Despite Gilligan’s best intentions, there’s no way to avoid the immensely favorable response to the series. The most practical strategy is to accept it graciously and try not to let it influence the direction of the show.
“It is not our goal to tailor anything,” says co-executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The plot we develop is not influenced by audience chatter.”
“It's wiser to keep our heads down and working,” he chimes in.
The Big Question: Will the creator Have a Plan for the Ending of Pluribus?
So if Gilligan and his team aren’t being guided by audience theories, can we assume they have mapped out how Pluribus will ultimately end? In short yes… with some caveats.
“We have some interesting ideas about how the story could conclude,” he states. “but we are always ready to throw out a decent plan for a better idea. This approach has served us in well on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We change course when we conceive of something superior and I imagine we will be doing that.”
Then again, if plans fall through, director and writer Gordon Smith has a pretty funny idea to fall back on.
“I constantly suggest that the entire story is inside a snow globe, and that we'll pull back at the end and the characters are inside it,” he says humorously, “but no one is buying it.”
Alternatively, why mess with the iconic TV endings?
“I'd love for Carol to awaken next to Bob Newhart,” Gilligan says with a smile.
Pluribus can be watched on Apple TV+.
