Vince Gilligan Reveals He Knows How Pluribus Might Finish... At the Moment.
The creative mastermind did not foresee that Pluribus would become a breakout success. “God bless the fans,” Gilligan says. “I did not foresee the show being as talked about as it is, and it makes me overjoyed.”
Now that Season 1 of the hit program reaching its finale—and the next chapter officially in the works—the creative team recently discussed the fan response and whether it will influence the storyline of Pluribus.
On the Incredible Audience Reaction
It would be easy to get swayed by the rampant praise and audience predictions about Pluribus. He is making a conscious effort to steer clear of all that.
“It feels like constantly eating your favorite dessert and being laughing uncontrollably,” he explains. “It's amazing, but I get wind of it anecdotally, and that's on purpose. Never in my life Googled myself, nor do I ever intend to. It's not a lack of interest. It's a bottomless pit I know I would fall into and then I'd be living in squalor from Home Depot and I'd never leave my living room.”
In spite 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 acknowledge it humbly and try not to let it dictate the story of the show.
“We make no attempt to tailor anything,” says co-executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The narrative we craft is not influenced by audience chatter.”
“It's wiser to keep our noses to the grindstone,” Gilligan adds.
The Central Mystery: Will the creator See the Ending of Pluribus?
So if the creative staff aren’t being guided by public opinion, can we assume they have mapped out how Pluribus will ultimately end? The answer is yes… sort of.
“We've developed some potential directions about where the show might end up,” he states. “however, we remain prepared to abandon a decent plan for a superior concept. That has held us in well on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We throw stuff out when we conceive of something superior and I expect we'll continue 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 the entire story is inside a snow globe, and that we'll reveal the snow globe and we're in there,” Smith jokes, “but no one is buying it.”
Alternatively, why mess with the iconic TV endings?
“I want Carol to open her eyes next to Bob Newhart,” Gilligan adds, smiling.
Pluribus can be watched on the streaming service.
