🔗 Share this article The Showrunner Discloses He Knows How Pluribus Might Finish... Currently. Vince Gilligan could not have predicted that Pluribus would emerge as a breakout success. “I am so grateful to the audience,” he states. “I did not foresee the show being as widely discussed as it is, and it makes me overjoyed.” As the debut season of the acclaimed program reaching its finale—and a second season greenlit and underway—the creative team reflected on the audience reaction and whether it will shape the narrative path of Pluribus. Regarding the Incredible Fan Response Anyone might to get sidetracked by the rampant praise and fan theories regarding Pluribus. He is striving to avoid both. “The experience is akin to an endless supply of your favorite dessert and being in a state of bliss,” he describes. “It's the greatest thing, but I learn of it through word of mouth, and that's by design. I have never Googled myself, 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 living in squalor from Home Depot and I'd never leave my living room.” Regardless of his concerted efforts, there’s no way to avoid 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 influence the direction of the show. “We make no attempt to tailor anything,” says Alison Tatlock. “The narrative we craft is not influenced by what people are saying.” “It's wiser to keep our noses to the grindstone,” he chimes in. The Central Mystery: Does Vince Gilligan Know the Finale of Pluribus? So if Gilligan and his team aren’t being guided by audience theories, does that mean they already know how Pluribus will ultimately end? The answer is yes… sort of. “There are some compelling concepts about how the story could conclude,” Gilligan says. “yet we stand ready to throw out a decent plan for a superior concept. This approach has served us in well on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We scrap ideas when we get a better idea and I expect we'll continue doing that.” Alternatively, if all else fails, Gordon Smith has a humorous idea to serve as a last resort. “I keep pitching that it's all in a snow globe, and that we'll reveal the snow globe and we're in there,” Smith quips, “but no one is buying it.” Then again, why not reference the classics? “I want Carol to awaken beside Bob Newhart,” Gilligan adds, smiling. Pluribus is streaming now on Apple TV+.