The Showrunner Discloses He Has a Plan for How Pluribus Will End... Currently.

Vince Gilligan could not have predicted that Pluribus would become a massive hit. “The viewers have been incredible,” he remarks. “I was surprised by the show being as widely discussed as it is, and it makes me deliriously happy.”

Now that Season 1 of the hit program reaching its finale—and the next chapter already in development—the creative team recently discussed the viewer reception and whether it will impact the storyline of Pluribus.

About the Tremendous Viewer Reception

Anyone might to get swayed by the widespread acclaim and fan theories about Pluribus. Gilligan, however, is making a conscious effort to ignore the noise.

“It's like being constantly eating something incredibly sweet and being laughing uncontrollably,” he says. “It's wonderful, but I hear about it through word of mouth, and that's intentional. I have never Googled myself, nor do I ever want to. Not because I don't care. It's a bottomless pit I know I would disappear down and then I'd be living in squalor from Home Depot and I'd rarely emerge from my living room.”

In spite of his concerted efforts, there’s no escaping the extremely enthusiastic response to the series. The best he and his team can do is to take it in stride and try not to let it alter the course of the show.

“It is not our goal to tailor anything,” says Alison Tatlock. “The plot we develop is not changed by what people are saying.”

“It's wiser to keep our focus on the work,” Gilligan adds.

A Pressing Query: Will the showrunner See the Finale of Pluribus?

So if Gilligan and his team aren’t being guided by audience theories, can we assume they have mapped out how Pluribus will finally conclude? The answer is yes… in a way.

“We've developed some compelling concepts about the ultimate destination,” Gilligan says. “but we are always ready to throw out a decent plan for a superior concept. That philosophy has guided us in excellent shape on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We scrap ideas when we get a better idea and I imagine we will be doing that.”

On the other hand, if plans fall through, director and writer Gordon Smith has a humorous idea to use as a backup.

“I constantly suggest that everything takes place within a snow globe, and that we'll zoom out in the finale and that's where they've been all along,” he says humorously, “but nobody's taking me up on that.”

Alternatively, why mess with the iconic TV endings?

“I'd love for Carol to wake up in bed beside Bob Newhart,” Gilligan says with a smile.

Pluribus is currently available on Apple TV.