Vince Gilligan Shares He Has an Idea of How The Apple TV+ Show Will End... At the Moment.
The acclaimed writer-producer never anticipated that the Apple TV+ show would turn into a massive hit. “The viewers have been incredible,” he remarks. “I did not foresee the show being as talked about as it is, and it makes me deliriously happy.”
As the debut season of the popular series wrapping up—and the next chapter greenlit and underway—the creative team reflected on the audience reaction and whether it will influence the narrative path of Pluribus.
Regarding the Tremendous Audience Reaction
Anyone might to get distracted by the widespread acclaim and online debates regarding Pluribus. The creator is striving to ignore the noise.
“It feels like constantly eating your favorite dessert and being tickled to death,” he describes. “It's wonderful, but I hear about it through word of mouth, and that's intentional. Never in my life searched for my own name online, nor do I ever plan to. Not because I don't care. It's a bottomless pit I know I would get lost in and then I'd be living in squalor from Home Depot and I'd rarely emerge from my living room.”
Regardless of Gilligan’s best intentions, there’s no way to avoid the immensely favorable response to the series. The most practical strategy is to accept it graciously and try not to let it alter the course of the show.
“It is not our goal to adjust our writing,” says writer and executive producer Alison Tatlock. “Our storytelling is not changed by what people are saying.”
“It's wiser to keep our heads down and working,” Gilligan adds.
The Central Mystery: Does the creator See the Ending of Pluribus?
Given that the writers aren’t being guided by fan response, does it imply they have already decided how Pluribus will ultimately end? In short yes… in a way.
“We have some interesting ideas about the ultimate destination,” Gilligan says. “but we are always ready to abandon a decent plan for a better idea. This approach has served us in excellent shape on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We change course when we find a more perfect path and I suspect we'll be doing that.”
On the other hand, if plans fall through, executive producer Gordon Smith has a rather amusing idea to fall back on.
“I keep pitching that the entire story is inside a snow globe, and that we'll zoom out in the finale and the characters are inside it,” he says humorously, “but nobody's taking me up on that.”
Of course, why not reference the iconic TV endings?
“I'd love for Carol to open her eyes with Bob Newhart there,” he jokes.
Pluribus is currently available on Apple TV.