Vince Gilligan Discloses He Knows How His Sci-Fi Series Will End... Currently.

Vince Gilligan did not foresee that Pluribus would become a massive hit. “The viewers have been incredible,” Gilligan says. “I did not foresee the show being as talked about as it is, and it makes me overjoyed.”

As the debut season of the popular sci-fi show reaching its finale—and Season 2 greenlit and underway—Gilligan and his team opened up about the audience reaction and whether it will influence the storyline of Pluribus.

About the Tremendous Viewer Reception

Anyone might to get swayed by the rampant praise and online debates surrounding Pluribus. Gilligan, however, is striving to ignore the noise.

“It's like being constantly eating hot fudge sundaes and being in a state of bliss,” he describes. “It's the greatest thing, but I get wind of it anecdotally, and that's on purpose. Not once have I 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.”

Despite trying to stay away, there’s it's impossible to ignore the extremely enthusiastic response to the series. The most practical strategy is to accept it graciously and try not to let it dictate the story of the show.

“We don't try to change the plot,” says writer and executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The narrative we craft is not impacted by what people are saying.”

“Better to keep our heads down and working,” he chimes in.

The Central Mystery: Has Vince Gilligan Know the Conclusion of Pluribus?

So if Gilligan and his team are not listening by public opinion, can we assume they have mapped out how Pluribus will finally conclude? In short yes… in a way.

“We've developed some interesting ideas about where the show might end up,” he states. “but we are always ready to discard a decent plan for a superior concept. That has held us in excellent shape on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We change course when we find a more perfect path and I imagine we will be doing that.”

Then again, if plans fall through, director and writer Gordon Smith has a rather amusing idea to serve as a last resort.

“I constantly suggest 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, “though the idea hasn't gained traction.”

Then again, one could always use the iconic TV endings?

“My dream is Carol to wake up in bed next to Bob Newhart,” Gilligan says with a smile.

Pluribus is streaming now on Apple TV+.