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Vince Gilligan never anticipated that his new science-fiction series would emerge as a massive hit. “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 deliriously happy.”

With the first season of the hit program coming to an end—and Season 2 greenlit and underway—the writers' room opened up about the viewer reception and whether it will shape the future direction of Pluribus.

About the Overwhelming Viewer Reception

Anyone might to get sidetracked by the rampant praise and audience predictions about Pluribus. He is striving to ignore the noise.

“The experience is akin to constantly eating hot fudge sundaes and being laughing uncontrollably,” he says. “It's amazing, but I get wind of it anecdotally, and that's on purpose. I have never Googled myself, nor do I ever plan to. Not because I don't care. It's a deep trap I know I would fall into and then I'd be living in squalor from the hardware store and I'd never leave my living room.”

Regardless of his concerted efforts, there’s no escaping the extremely enthusiastic response to the series. The only approach for the writers is to acknowledge it humbly and try not to let it influence the direction of the show.

“It is not our goal to change the plot,” says co-executive producer Alison Tatlock. “The plot we develop is not influenced by audience chatter.”

“It's wiser to keep our noses to the grindstone,” Gilligan adds.

A Pressing Query: Has the creator Have a Plan for the Conclusion of Pluribus?

Considering the creative staff are not listening by fan response, does it imply they already know how Pluribus will ultimately end? Essentially yes… with some caveats.

“We have some interesting ideas about where the show might end up,” he states. “however, we remain prepared to discard a decent plan for a more brilliant plan. That philosophy has guided 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.”

On the other hand, if all else fails, Gordon Smith has a pretty funny idea to serve as a last resort.

“I keep pitching that the entire story is inside a snow globe, and that we'll reveal the snow globe and we're in there,” Smith quips, “but nobody's taking me up on that.”

Then again, why mess with the legendary finales?

“I'd love for Carol to wake up in bed with Bob Newhart there,” Gilligan says with a smile.

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Pluribus can be watched on the streaming service.