The 'Breaking Bad' Creator Shares He Knows How The Apple TV+ Show Might Finish... At the Moment.

Vince Gilligan never anticipated that the Apple TV+ show would turn into a breakout success. “God bless the fans,” he states. “It was unexpected the show being as passionately debated as it is, and it makes me thrilled beyond words.”

With the first season of the hit program wrapping up—and the next chapter greenlit and underway—Gilligan and his team recently discussed the audience reaction and whether it will influence the narrative path of Pluribus.

Regarding the Tremendous Fan Response

It would be easy to get swayed by the widespread acclaim and audience predictions regarding Pluribus. He is doing his best to ignore the noise.

“It's like being an endless supply of hot fudge sundaes and being tickled to death,” he says. “It's amazing, but I get wind of it through word of mouth, and that's by design. I have never searched for my own name online, nor do I ever want to. It's quite the opposite. It's a bottomless pit I know I would fall into and then I'd be living in squalor from the hardware store and I'd be stuck in my living room.”

Despite his concerted efforts, there’s no way to avoid the extremely enthusiastic response to the series. The best he and his team can do is to acknowledge it humbly and try not to let it influence the direction of the show.

“We make no attempt to adjust our writing,” says writer and executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The narrative we craft is not changed by what people are saying.”

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

A Pressing Query: Will the creator Know the Finale of Pluribus?

Considering the writers aren’t being guided by public opinion, does that mean they already know how Pluribus will reach its endpoint? Essentially yes… in a way.

“We have some compelling concepts about the ultimate destination,” he states. “yet we stand ready to discard a good idea for a superior concept. That philosophy has guided us in well on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We scrap ideas when we conceive of something superior and I imagine we will be doing that.”

On the other hand, if plans fall through, director and writer Gordon Smith has a rather amusing idea to fall back on.

“My recurring proposal is that it's all in a snow globe, and that we'll pull back at the end and we're in there,” Smith quips, “though the idea hasn't gained traction.”

Alternatively, why not reference the classics?

“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.