Vince Gilligan Discloses He Has an Idea of How The Apple TV+ Show Might Finish... Currently.
The creative mastermind never anticipated that the Apple TV+ show would emerge as a massive hit. “God bless the fans,” Gilligan says. “I was surprised by the show being as talked about as it is, and it makes me deliriously happy.”
As the debut season of the hit program wrapping up—and the next chapter officially in the works—the writers' room reflected on the fan response and whether it will influence the narrative path of Pluribus.
About the Overwhelming Fan Response
Anyone might to get sidetracked by the rampant praise and online debates about Pluribus. The creator is striving to steer clear of all that.
“It feels like an endless supply of hot fudge sundaes and being laughing uncontrollably,” he describes. “It's amazing, but I hear about it anecdotally, and that's by design. Never in my life Googled myself, nor do I ever want to. It's not a lack of interest. It's a rabbit hole I know I would disappear down and then I'd be pooping in a five gallon bucket from Home Depot and I'd rarely emerge from my living room.”
In spite of Gilligan’s best intentions, there’s no way to avoid the immensely favorable response to the series. The best he and his team can do is to accept it graciously and try not to let it alter the course of the show.
“We don't try to tailor anything,” says co-executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The plot we develop is not changed by online forums.”
“It's wiser to keep our noses to the grindstone,” Gilligan adds.
The Central Mystery: Has the showrunner Know the Finale of Pluribus?
Given that the writers are not listening by public opinion, does it imply they have already decided how Pluribus will ultimately end? The answer is yes… sort of.
“We've developed some compelling concepts about how the story could conclude,” Gilligan says. “but we are always ready to throw out 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 change course when we conceive of something superior and I suspect we'll be doing that.”
Alternatively, if plans fall through, Gordon Smith has a rather amusing idea to fall back on.
“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 nobody's taking me up on that.”
Then again, why not reference the iconic TV endings?
“I'd love for Carol to awaken next to Bob Newhart,” he jokes.
Pluribus is streaming now on Apple TV.
