Pluribus is Vince Gilligan’s new science fiction series on Apple TV, but is it a spin-off from Breaking Bad? Find out below.
The first two episodes of the show arrive on the streaming service on Friday (November 7), with further episodes arriving on a weekly basis until the finale on December 26.
It stars Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul) as historical romance author Carol Sturka, who appears to be the only person immune to an unexplained virus that has transformed the world’s population into optimists.
Apple TV has already ordered a second season of the show, the first new series from Gilligan since Better Call Saul, which ran for six seasons from 2015 to 2022. That itself was a prequel to Breaking Bad, one of the most celebrated television series of all time, which ran on AMC from 2008 to 2013.
Watch the trailer for Pluribus here:
Gilligan first got his break writing and producing on The X-Files and its spin-off The Lone Gunmen, and has also served as a writer on feature films including Hancock. For his work on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Gilligan won a Golden Globe, four Emmys and a BAFTA.
Is Pluribus a Breaking Bad spin-off?
Pluribus is set in Albuquerque, New Mexico and stars Seehorn, which has led many to believe that it must be connected in some way to Breaking Bad and/or Better Call Saul, but in a recent interview with NME, Gilligan confirmed that this is not the case.
“Pluribus is not Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul,” he said. “Even though – and I know it’s confusing – it’s shot in Albuquerque. Even though it stars a very important actor from the Breaking Bad universe, Rhea Seehorn. It is not in any way, shape or form either of those shows.”
“And that’ll turn some people off,” he added. “There will be plenty of people who tune into Pluribus out of curiosity. ‘Oh, it’s that Breaking Bad guy.’ And they’ll watch 20 minutes of it maybe and say, ‘Ah, nobody’s getting killed. Nobody’s getting their throat cut with a box-cutter. This is not for me. I hate this!’ So be it. That’ll make me sad but it just means the show wasn’t for them.”
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