Vince Gilligan Reveals He Has a Plan for How The Apple TV+ Show Will End... Currently.
Vince Gilligan could not have predicted that his new science-fiction series would turn into a massive hit. “God bless the fans,” he remarks. “It was unexpected the show being as widely discussed as it is, and it makes me overjoyed.”
Now that Season 1 of the acclaimed program coming to an end—and a second season greenlit and underway—the creative team reflected on the fan response and whether it will impact the narrative path of Pluribus.
On the Tremendous Viewer Reception
Anyone might to get swayed by the rampant praise and fan theories about Pluribus. The creator is striving to ignore the noise.
“It's like being constantly eating your favorite dessert and being tickled to death,” he says. “It's amazing, but I learn of it anecdotally, and that's by design. I have never looked myself up on the internet, nor do I ever intend to. It's not a lack of interest. It's a deep trap I know I would disappear down and then I'd be never leaving the house from Home Depot and I'd rarely emerge from my living room.”
In spite of trying to stay away, there’s it's impossible to ignore the immensely favorable response to the series. The only approach for the writers is to accept it graciously and try not to let it dictate the story of the show.
“It is not our goal to change the plot,” says writer and executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The plot we develop is not changed by what people are saying.”
“It's wiser to keep our noses to the grindstone,” Gilligan concludes.
The Big Question: Does the showrunner See the Ending of Pluribus?
So if the creative staff aren’t being guided by fan response, does that mean they have mapped out how Pluribus will reach its endpoint? The answer is yes… in a way.
“We've developed some potential directions about where the show might end up,” Gilligan reveals. “but we are always ready to throw out a solid concept for a more brilliant plan. This approach has served us in excellent shape on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We scrap ideas when we conceive of something superior and I imagine we will be doing that.”
Then again, if all else fails, director and writer Gordon Smith has a pretty funny idea to fall back on.
“My recurring proposal is that it's all in a snow globe, and that we'll reveal the snow globe and the characters are inside it,” Smith jokes, “though the idea hasn't gained traction.”
Then again, why mess with the classics?
“I'd love for Carol to open her eyes beside Bob Newhart,” he jokes.
Pluribus is streaming now on the streaming service.
