The 'Breaking Bad' Creator Shares He Has a Plan for How His Sci-Fi Series Will Conclude... At the Moment.
The acclaimed writer-producer did not foresee that Pluribus would become a breakout success. “I am so grateful to the audience,” he states. “It was unexpected the show being as talked about as it is, and it makes me thrilled beyond words.”
With the first season of the hit program coming to an end—and the next chapter greenlit and underway—Gilligan and his team opened up about the viewer reception and whether it will impact the future direction of Pluribus.
Regarding the Incredible Audience Reaction
One could easily to get swayed by the rampant praise and online debates about Pluribus. He is doing his best to ignore the noise.
“It's like being an endless supply of your favorite dessert and being tickled to death,” he describes. “It's wonderful, but I learn of it anecdotally, and that's intentional. I have never looked myself up on the internet, nor do I ever plan to. It's not a lack of interest. It's a bottomless pit I know I would fall into and then I'd be never leaving the house from the hardware store and I'd be stuck in my living room.”
In spite of his concerted efforts, there’s it's impossible to ignore the overwhelmingly positive response to the series. The only approach for the writers is to take it in stride and try not to let it alter the course of the show.
“We don't try to adjust our writing,” says writer and executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The narrative we craft is not changed by what people are saying.”
“Better to keep our noses to the grindstone,” Gilligan adds.
The Central Mystery: Has Vince Gilligan Have a Plan for the Conclusion of Pluribus?
Considering the writers are not listening by audience theories, does it imply they already know how Pluribus will ultimately end? Essentially yes… in a way.
“There are some potential directions about where the show might end up,” Gilligan reveals. “yet we stand ready to abandon a solid concept for a superior concept. This approach has served 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 expect we'll continue doing that.”
On the other hand, if plans fall through, executive producer Gordon Smith has a humorous idea to serve as a last resort.
“I keep pitching that it's all in a snow globe, and that we'll reveal the snow globe and we're in there,” he says humorously, “but no one is buying it.”
Then again, why not reference the classics?
“I want Carol to wake up in bed next to Bob Newhart,” Gilligan says with a smile.
Pluribus can be watched on Apple TV.
