🔗 Share this article Vince Gilligan Reveals He Has an Idea of How His Sci-Fi Series Will End... For Now. The creative mastermind never anticipated that Pluribus would become a cultural phenomenon. “I am so grateful to the audience,” Gilligan says. “I was surprised by the show being as widely discussed as it is, and it makes me thrilled beyond words.” As the debut season of the hit sci-fi show wrapping up—and Season 2 greenlit and underway—the creative team recently discussed the viewer reception and whether it will influence the narrative path of Pluribus. About the Incredible Audience Reaction It would be easy to get sidetracked by the constant speculation and online debates about Pluribus. The creator is striving to avoid both. “It feels like constantly eating your favorite dessert and being laughing uncontrollably,” he describes. “It's amazing, but I hear about it through word of mouth, and that's intentional. Not once have I Googled myself, nor do I ever want to. It's not a lack of interest. It's a deep trap I know I would get lost in and then I'd be never leaving the house from the hardware store and I'd be stuck in my living room.” Regardless of Gilligan’s best intentions, there’s no way to avoid the extremely enthusiastic response to the series. The most practical strategy is to acknowledge it humbly and try not to let it alter the course of the show. “It is not our goal to change the plot,” says writer and executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The narrative we craft is not changed by audience chatter.” “We prefer to keep our focus on the work,” he chimes in. The Big Question: Has the showrunner See the Finale of Pluribus? So if Gilligan and his team aren’t being guided by fan response, does that mean they have already decided how Pluribus will reach its endpoint? In short yes… in a way. “We have some potential directions about where the show might end up,” Gilligan says. “but we are always ready to throw out a solid concept for a superior concept. That has held us in good stead on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We change course when we get a better idea and I suspect we'll be doing that.” Alternatively, if they hit a wall, executive producer Gordon Smith has a humorous idea to fall back on. “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 jokes, “but no one is buying it.” Of course, why mess with the iconic TV endings? “My dream is Carol to wake up in bed with Bob Newhart there,” Gilligan adds, smiling. Pluribus is streaming now on the streaming service.