Vince Gilligan Shares He Has a Plan for How The Apple TV+ Show Might Finish... For Now.
The creative mastermind could not have predicted that the Apple TV+ show would turn into a cultural phenomenon. “The viewers have been incredible,” he remarks. “I was surprised by the show being as widely discussed as it is, and it makes me thrilled beyond words.”
As the debut season of the hit series reaching its finale—and the next chapter officially in the works—the writers' room opened up about the fan response and whether it will impact the storyline of Pluribus.
Regarding the Incredible Fan Response
It would be easy to get swayed by the widespread acclaim and online debates surrounding Pluribus. He is striving to avoid both.
“The experience is akin to constantly eating something incredibly sweet and being tickled to death,” he says. “It's the greatest thing, 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 bottomless pit 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.”
Regardless of trying to stay away, there’s no way to avoid the overwhelmingly positive response to the series. The only approach for the writers is to acknowledge it humbly and try not to let it alter the course of the show.
“We make no attempt to tailor anything,” says Alison Tatlock. “The plot we develop is not impacted by online forums.”
“It's wiser to keep our heads down and working,” Gilligan adds.
The Big Question: Will the creator See the Finale of Pluribus?
Given that the writers are not listening by fan response, can we assume they have mapped out how Pluribus will ultimately end? Essentially yes… in a way.
“We have some interesting ideas about where the show might end up,” he states. “but we are always ready to abandon 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 find a more perfect path and I imagine we will be doing that.”
On the other hand, if they hit a wall, director and writer Gordon Smith has a pretty funny idea to use as a backup.
“I keep pitching that everything takes place within a snow globe, and that we'll pull back at the end and the characters are inside it,” Smith quips, “but nobody's taking me up on that.”
Then again, one could always use the legendary finales?
“My dream is Carol to awaken beside Bob Newhart,” Gilligan says with a smile.
Pluribus can be watched on the streaming service.
