The 'Breaking Bad' Creator Reveals He Has a Plan for How The Apple TV+ Show Will Conclude... Currently.
The creative mastermind could not have predicted that his new science-fiction series would become a cultural phenomenon. “The viewers have been incredible,” he remarks. “I did not foresee the show being as passionately debated as it is, and it makes me deliriously happy.”
As the debut season of the acclaimed program coming to an end—and Season 2 officially in the works—the creative team reflected on the viewer reception and whether it will shape the narrative path of Pluribus.
On the Tremendous Viewer Reception
One could easily to get swayed by the widespread acclaim and fan theories about Pluribus. The creator is striving to avoid both.
“It's like being constantly eating your favorite dessert and being tickled to death,” he describes. “It's wonderful, but I learn of it anecdotally, and that's intentional. I have never searched for my own name online, nor do I ever plan to. It's not a lack of interest. It's a deep trap I know I would fall into and then I'd be pooping in a five gallon bucket from the hardware store and I'd never leave my living room.”
Despite Gilligan’s best intentions, there’s no escaping the overwhelmingly positive response to the series. The only approach for the writers is to take it in stride and try not to let it alter the course of the show.
“We don't try to change the plot,” says co-executive producer Alison Tatlock. “Our storytelling is not influenced by what people are saying.”
“It's wiser to keep our heads down and working,” he chimes in.
A Pressing Query: Will the creator See the Ending of Pluribus?
Given that the creative staff are not listening by public opinion, does it imply they have mapped out how Pluribus will reach its endpoint? The answer is yes… sort of.
“There are 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 well on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We change course when we conceive of something superior and I suspect we'll be doing that.”
On the other hand, if all else fails, Gordon Smith has a rather amusing idea to use as a backup.
“My recurring proposal is that the entire story is inside a snow globe, and that we'll pull back at the end and the characters are inside it,” Smith quips, “but no one is buying it.”
Of course, why mess with the classics?
“My dream is Carol to open her eyes with Bob Newhart there,” Gilligan says with a smile.
Pluribus can be watched on the streaming service.
