The Showrunner Discloses He Has a Plan for How Pluribus Will Conclude... For Now.
The acclaimed writer-producer never anticipated that Pluribus would emerge as a breakout success. “I am so grateful to the audience,” he remarks. “It was unexpected the show being as talked about as it is, and it makes me deliriously happy.”
Now that Season 1 of the hit program coming to an end—and a second season greenlit and underway—Gilligan and his team reflected on the fan response and whether it will impact the storyline of Pluribus.
On the Overwhelming Viewer Reception
One could easily to get sidetracked by the constant speculation and audience predictions surrounding Pluribus. The creator is striving to steer clear of all that.
“It's like being constantly eating hot fudge sundaes and being in a state of bliss,” he says. “It's wonderful, but I hear about it through word of mouth, and that's by design. Never in my life looked myself up on the internet, nor do I ever plan to. It's quite the opposite. It's a bottomless pit 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.”
In spite of Gilligan’s best intentions, there’s no escaping the overwhelmingly positive response to the series. The best he and his team can do is to acknowledge it humbly and try not to let it alter the course of the show.
“We make no attempt to adjust our writing,” says writer and executive producer Alison Tatlock. “Our storytelling is not changed by online forums.”
“We prefer to keep our heads down and working,” Gilligan concludes.
The Big Question: Will the showrunner Know the Finale of Pluribus?
So if the creative staff aren’t being guided by audience theories, does that mean they already know how Pluribus will finally conclude? Essentially yes… sort of.
“We have some interesting ideas about the ultimate destination,” he states. “but we are always ready to discard a good idea for a more brilliant plan. This approach has served us in excellent shape 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, executive producer Gordon Smith has a pretty funny idea to serve as a last resort.
“I keep pitching that everything takes place within a snow globe, and that we'll pull back at the end and we're in there,” Smith jokes, “though the idea hasn't gained traction.”
Of course, why mess with the classics?
“I'd love for Carol to wake up in bed with Bob Newhart there,” Gilligan adds, smiling.
Pluribus can be watched on the streaming service.
