Across the run of Breaking Bad, Gilligan proved himself to be a crafty writer and a clever showrunner who always seemed to be a step or two ahead of his audience. Breaking Bad would often use its cold open segment to intrigue the audience, for instance introducing a very villainous set of twins across multiple episodes. Frequently, Gilligan’s audiences don’t know exactly what they’re looking at, or looking for, and the joy comes in watching each meticulously crafted strand come together to form a larger picture.
The new show Pluribus starts with all of those skills very finely honed to create one of the most propulsive and intriguing pilot episodes I’ve seen in years. The actual plot would be hard to describe and the experience is better left savored than explained all at once, but suffice to say the Peak TV-era master of suspense is up to his old tricks, leaving audiences breathlessly trying to keep up as scientists make massive breakthroughs and Seehorn’s character Carol is left having a massive breakdown.
***I’ve been in on Pluribus from the moment it was announced – Seehorn was absolutely masterful on Better Call Saul and Gilligan has proven himself to be one of the greats. While it is still in its early going, I can already see that Pluribus is the kind of show you’re going to want to get in on at the ground floor.
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