The Showrunner Shares He Has an Idea of How The Apple TV+ Show Might Finish... Currently.
The creative mastermind could not have predicted that the Apple TV+ show would turn into a breakout success. “The viewers have been incredible,” he remarks. “It was unexpected the show being as talked about as it is, and it makes me deliriously happy.”
As the debut season of the popular series coming to an end—and the next chapter officially in the works—Gilligan and his team reflected on the fan response and whether it will shape the storyline of Pluribus.
Regarding the Overwhelming Viewer Reception
One could easily to get sidetracked by the widespread acclaim and fan theories surrounding Pluribus. He is making a conscious effort to avoid both.
“The experience is akin to constantly eating hot fudge sundaes and being laughing uncontrollably,” he says. “It's wonderful, but I hear about it anecdotally, and that's by design. I have never Googled myself, nor do I ever intend to. It's quite the opposite. It's a bottomless pit I know I would get lost in and then I'd be living in squalor from Home Depot and I'd be stuck in my living room.”
Despite his concerted efforts, there’s it's impossible to ignore the extremely enthusiastic response to the series. The only approach for the writers is to acknowledge it humbly 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 influenced by online forums.”
“It's wiser to keep our noses to the grindstone,” he chimes in.
The Big Question: Has the creator Know the Conclusion of Pluribus?
So if Gilligan and his team aren't taking cues by public opinion, can we assume they have mapped out how Pluribus will finally conclude? Essentially yes… sort of.
“We have some potential directions about the ultimate destination,” Gilligan reveals. “but we are always ready to discard a decent plan for a superior concept. This approach has served us in good stead on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We throw stuff out when we get a better idea and I imagine we will be doing that.”
Then again, if they hit a wall, director and writer Gordon Smith has a pretty funny idea to fall back on.
“I constantly suggest that everything takes place within a snow globe, and that we'll pull back at the end and that's where they've been all along,” he says humorously, “but no one is buying it.”
Then again, why not reference the classics?
“I want Carol to wake up in bed next to Bob Newhart,” he jokes.
Pluribus is currently available on Apple TV+.
