The end of season one of Apple’s hit sci-fi dramedy Pluribus found itself delivering a punchline to a joke that happened earlier in the season. The show’s main character, Carol, played by Rhea Seehorn, had first tested the limits of what the alien hive mind that took over the world was willing to give her.
They happily restocked her local Sprouts grocery store so that she could shop for herself, they flew her around the world to meet up with the other people who had not yet been inhabited like herself, and they got out of town when she asked to be alone.
But one request that she flippantly asked for when testing the boundaries went unanswered, as she was obviously kidding when she asked for it.
But in the finale, an atomic bomb was delivered to Carol’s home via a giant shipping container that was just dropped off on her driveway. So what does the future hold for that bomb?
Gilligan doesn’t exactly know. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the Pluribus and Breaking Bad creator said that despite the writers room being “pretty sure they had a plan for” Carol’s bomb, Gilligan said, “Then you get into it and you’re like: Do we really? Do we really know what we’re gonna do?”
He joked that the show might just never mention the weapon again, and Rhea Seehorn played along: “Leave the box sitting in the driveway,” she said. “People forget,” Gilligan added, with a laugh.
Gilligan is also uncertain about when the world might see Season Two. The writers room has been at it for months, he told us, with less progress than he’d like. He suggested that a previously floated late-2027 schedule probably isn’t realistic, while admitting to some jealousy over The Pitt’s production pace.
“They’re kicking our butts in every award show,” he said. “They managed to make a great show and bring it in one year later, on the day, for the new season.… How frigging long is this gonna take? I don’t know. We’re doing our best. It takes forever, making this thing.
“I wish it was faster. We appreciate everybody’s patience very much, more and more as the months drag on. But thank you, anyone who likes the show. We are honest to God doing our best.”
Stay tuned for updates on the new season, and let us know what you think the showrunner should do with Carol’s bomb in season 2.
