“Pluribus,” the new Apple TV+ series created by Vince Gilligan (“Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul”) may be one of the most hotly anticipated shows coming this fall. The premise follows best-selling author Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn) as she tours through Albuquerque, New Mexico, on a book tour. A mysterious virus then sweeps across the city, leaving everyone except her happy and content. It’s a strange idea that Gilligan says he had while he was working on “Better Call Saul.”
“During our lunch breaks, I would take long walks around the neighborhood near our offices. My mind would wander, and I got interested in the idea of a world in which everyone was nice,” Gilligan says. “There was no way you could insult them. There was no way you could hurt their feelings. But they would do anything and everything for you. “I didn’t know what it meant,” he says of the idea, quipping, “I’m still not sure exactly what it means.”
The sci-fi series is Gilligan’s first in the genre since “The X-Files,” and is expected to be a big hit for Apple TV+.
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The series stars Rhea Seehorn, Karolina Wydra, Carlos Manuel Vesga, Miriam Shor, and Samba Schutte. Created, written, and directed by Vince Gilligan, the show also features contributions from writers Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, Vera Blasi, Jenn Carroll, Jonny Gomez, and Ariel Levine. Executive producers include Gilligan, Jeff Frost, Diane Mercer, Allyce Ozarski, Smith, and Tatlock.
“Pluribus” follows a best-selling author, Carol Sturka, who must grapple with a mysterious phenomenon that has made everyone in the New Mexico city she inhabits happy and optimistic, except for her.
Synopsis:
Greenlit by Apple TV+ in a two-season straight-to-series order, “Pluribus” is a genre-bending original in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness. In addition to Seehorn, the series stars Karolina Wydra (“Sneaky Pete”) and Carlos-Manuel Vesga (“The Hijacking of Flight 601”), and guest stars Miriam Shor (“American Fiction”) and Samba Schutte (“Our Flag Means Death”).
“Pluribus” will premiere on Apple TV+ on November 7.
