‘Pluribus’ Creator Vince Gilligan Reveals That Season 2 Is Already Mapped Out – Emmys Backstage

Rhea Seehorn was the first to tell the press backstage at the Primetime Emmys on Monday that Pluribus creator Vince Gilligan has completed the first two scripts of Season 2.

“I don’t have anything,” the Best Actress for Drama Series winner said, meaning she hasn’t seen the scripts.

Gilligan, who won tonight for Drama Series Writing, explained, “It took us a while, we figured it out, but Season 2 is not technically all written. We’ve broken it out, which is the hard part. In other words, the plot of all episodes (is figured out). The first and second are written.”

“The rest of them are in various stages of being written, but we know what the whole season is, and we will share it soon with Rhea. Sometimes the actors like Karolina and Samba, sometimes they don’t necessarily want to know. They kind of want to be surprised, which I kind of like that.”

Season 1 ends with Carol demanding the alien hive mind deliver an atom bomb in a crate, which they make good on. Carol tells Manousos, who like her is one of the few humans untouched by the alien virus, “You win. We save the world,” using the bomb as her insurance policy if the collective tries to force a conversion of them.

Gilligan and Seehorn both discussed how they adore fans’ theories on what the show is about, read Covid, AI, grief and isolation.

Gilligan said that when it comes to AI and the pandemic being inspirations, “The idea (for this show) predated both those things.”

Said the creator taking home his fifth Emmy tonight, “Someone said that it’s sort of a contemplation of loss. I think all these things are true. They all have validity. I really like hearing other people tell me what my show is about.”