The Showrunner Shares He Has an Idea of How Pluribus Might Finish... For Now.

The acclaimed writer-producer could not have predicted that his new science-fiction series would emerge as a breakout success. “I am so grateful to the audience,” Gilligan says. “I did not foresee the show being as widely discussed as it is, and it makes me overjoyed.”

With the first season of the hit series reaching its finale—and a second season officially in the works—the writers' room opened up about the audience reaction and whether it will impact the narrative path of Pluribus.

Regarding the Tremendous Fan Response

Anyone might to get sidetracked by the widespread acclaim and fan theories surrounding Pluribus. Gilligan, however, is striving to ignore the noise.

“It feels like constantly eating hot fudge sundaes and being tickled to death,” he explains. “It's wonderful, but I learn of it through word of mouth, and that's by design. Never in my life searched for my own name online, 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 living in squalor from Home Depot and I'd rarely emerge from my living room.”

In spite of trying to stay away, there’s it's impossible to ignore the overwhelmingly positive 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.

“It is not our goal to adjust our writing,” 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,” he chimes in.

A Pressing Query: Has the creator See the Finale of Pluribus?

Given that the writers are not listening by fan response, does that mean they already know how Pluribus will ultimately end? In short yes… with some caveats.

“There are some potential directions about how the story could conclude,” Gilligan reveals. “but we are always ready to discard a good idea for a superior concept. That has held us in excellent shape on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We scrap ideas when we find a more perfect path and I suspect we'll be doing that.”

Then again, if they hit a wall, executive producer Gordon Smith has a rather amusing idea to fall back on.

“I keep pitching that it's all in a snow globe, and that we'll zoom out in the finale and the characters are inside it,” Smith jokes, “but no one is buying it.”

Then again, one could always use the legendary finales?

“I'd love for Carol to awaken with Bob Newhart there,” Gilligan says with a smile.

Pluribus is streaming now on Apple TV+.