The Showrunner Discloses He Knows How Pluribus Will End... Currently.

Vince Gilligan did not foresee that the Apple TV+ show would turn into a massive hit. “I am so grateful to the audience,” Gilligan says. “It was unexpected the show being as passionately debated as it is, and it makes me deliriously happy.”

As the debut season of the popular series coming to an end—and Season 2 already in development—the writers' room recently discussed the audience reaction and whether it will influence the storyline of Pluribus.

Regarding the Incredible Viewer Reception

Anyone might to get sidetracked by the rampant praise and fan theories surrounding Pluribus. The creator is striving to steer clear of all that.

“It feels like force fed something incredibly sweet and being laughing uncontrollably,” he says. “It's amazing, but I hear about it from others, and that's by design. I have never Googled myself, nor do I ever plan to. It's not a lack of interest. It's a rabbit hole I know I would disappear down and then I'd be never leaving the house from the hardware store and I'd rarely emerge from my living room.”

Despite his concerted efforts, 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 adjust our writing,” says co-executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The plot we develop is not influenced by what people are saying.”

“We prefer to keep our noses to the grindstone,” Gilligan concludes.

A Pressing Query: Does Vince Gilligan Know the Finale of Pluribus?

Considering the writers are not listening by fan response, does that mean they have mapped out how Pluribus will reach its endpoint? Essentially yes… with some caveats.

“We have some interesting ideas about how the story could conclude,” Gilligan says. “however, we remain prepared to throw out a decent plan for a better idea. That philosophy has guided us in good stead on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We change course when we conceive of something superior and I expect we'll continue doing that.”

On the other hand, if they hit a wall, executive producer Gordon Smith has a humorous idea to serve as a last resort.

“My recurring proposal is that the entire story is inside a snow globe, and that we'll pull back at the end and that's where they've been all along,” Smith jokes, “but no one is buying it.”

Of course, one could always use the classics?

“I want Carol to wake up in bed next to Bob Newhart,” Gilligan adds, smiling.

Pluribus is streaming now on Apple TV.