The Showrunner Shares He Has an Idea of How The Apple TV+ Show Will Conclude... Currently.
Vince Gilligan did not foresee that his new science-fiction series would become a cultural phenomenon. “I am so grateful to the audience,” he remarks. “I did not foresee the show being as passionately debated as it is, and it makes me thrilled beyond words.”
With the first season of the popular sci-fi show wrapping up—and the next chapter greenlit and underway—the writers' room opened up about the viewer reception and whether it will influence the narrative path of Pluribus.
On the Overwhelming Audience Reaction
It would be easy to get swayed by the rampant praise and online debates about Pluribus. He is making a conscious effort to avoid both.
“It feels like force fed hot fudge sundaes and being in a state of bliss,” he says. “It's the greatest thing, but I get wind of it from others, and that's by design. Never in my life looked myself up on the internet, nor do I ever intend to. Not because I don't care. It's a deep trap I know I would get lost in and then I'd be never leaving the house from the hardware store and I'd rarely emerge from my living room.”
Despite trying to stay away, there’s no way to avoid the overwhelmingly positive response to the series. The best he and his team can do is to take it in stride and try not to let it dictate the story of the show.
“We don't try to adjust our writing,” says Alison Tatlock. “Our storytelling is not impacted by what people are saying.”
“It's wiser to keep our noses to the grindstone,” Gilligan concludes.
A Pressing Query: Has the creator See the Conclusion of Pluribus?
So if the writers are not listening by audience theories, does that mean they have mapped out how Pluribus will finally conclude? The answer is yes… with some caveats.
“There are some interesting ideas about the ultimate destination,” Gilligan says. “yet we stand ready to discard a decent plan 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 get a better idea and I suspect we'll be doing that.”
Then again, if plans fall through, Gordon Smith has a rather amusing idea to serve as a last resort.
“I constantly suggest that everything takes place within a snow globe, and that we'll reveal the snow globe and the characters are inside it,” Smith quips, “though the idea hasn't gained traction.”
Then again, why not reference the iconic TV endings?
“My dream is Carol to awaken next to Bob Newhart,” he jokes.
Pluribus is currently available on Apple TV.
