The 'Breaking Bad' Creator Discloses He Has an Idea of How His Sci-Fi Series Will Conclude... For Now.
Vince Gilligan could not have predicted that Pluribus would turn into a breakout success. “God bless the fans,” Gilligan says. “It was unexpected the show being as passionately debated as it is, and it makes me deliriously happy.”
As the debut season of the acclaimed series reaching its finale—and a second season greenlit and underway—Gilligan and his team recently discussed the fan response and whether it will impact the future direction of Pluribus.
About the Tremendous Audience Reaction
One could easily to get distracted by the rampant praise and online debates about Pluribus. He is doing his best to avoid both.
“The experience is akin to force fed your favorite dessert and being tickled to death,” he says. “It's wonderful, but I hear about it from others, and that's by design. I have never searched for my own name online, nor do I ever plan to. Not because I don't care. It's a rabbit hole I know I would disappear down and then I'd be pooping in a five gallon bucket from Home Depot and I'd never leave my living room.”
Regardless of Gilligan’s best intentions, there’s no way to avoid the extremely enthusiastic 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 change the plot,” says co-executive producer Alison Tatlock. “Our storytelling is not impacted by what people are saying.”
“Better to keep our heads down and working,” Gilligan adds.
A Pressing Query: Will Vince Gilligan Know the Finale of Pluribus?
Given that Gilligan and his team are not listening by fan response, does it imply they already know how Pluribus will ultimately end? Essentially yes… sort of.
“We have some compelling concepts about where the show might end up,” Gilligan reveals. “yet we stand ready to discard a good idea for a superior concept. That philosophy has guided us in well on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We throw stuff out when we find a more perfect path and I imagine we will be doing that.”
Then again, if they hit a wall, executive producer Gordon Smith has a pretty funny idea to use as a backup.
“I keep pitching that it's all in a snow globe, and that we'll reveal the snow globe and we're in there,” Smith jokes, “though the idea hasn't gained traction.”
Of course, why mess with the iconic TV endings?
“My dream is Carol to awaken with Bob Newhart there,” he jokes.
Pluribus is currently available on Apple TV.
