Vince Gilligan has confirmed that the work on season 2 of the series “Pluribus” is indeed underway, but there is a catch that will not make many fans happy. In the inaugural press day for Apple TV, which was held in Santa Monica, the legendary showrunner explained that it will not be an annual release, which means a long wait indeed for the fans of the sci-fi series.
Apple TV+ isn’t rushing Pluribus Season 2
The showrunner confirmed that the work on the second season is indeed underway, but it is a slow process, as explained by the showrunner himself: “We’re plugging away. My writers are plugging away. All the folks, if you like the show, thank you for getting us here on this stage. It takes a long time to come up with these episodes. We are deeper into the process at this moment than I would like, considering how few episodes we have figured out. But it takes some time, just as it did the first season.” He confirmed that the second season will indeed come back in the same month as the first season, but it is still undetermined what year it will be, which means it will likely be late 2027 or later.
“We appreciate everybody’s patience,” he said. “But it ain’t gonna be The Pitt, coming back every year. I wish it would be because it’s an awesome show that’s old-school, like we used to do The X-Files [when] we’d come back the same month every year. It will not be like The Pitt. We’ll come back the same month—just the question is what year.”
This update is all the more surprising considering the history of the creators. Throughout the run of Breaking Bad and its spin-off, viewers have enjoyed new episodes of the franchise every year. When there was a year-long hiatus for the spin-off Better Call Saul, El Camino was there to fill the space. Pluribus, despite having been commissioned for two seasons right from the beginning, seems to be bucking this trend.
A major part of the reason for this delay seems to be the evolving nature of the streaming world. Apple TV’s model is very different from the conventional television model followed by AMC. Their model is much more relaxed, and long gaps between seasons are now becoming the norm. This trend was started by other Apple TV shows such as Severance. Their creators have chosen to be precise rather than quick. This has also been echoed by Gilligan, who has stated that this slowness is necessary for an intellectual sci-fi show such as Pluribus, which deals with the concept of a hive mind virus infecting all of humanity.
In the season finale of Season 1, there was a massive cliffhanger when Carol Sturka discovered that the hive mind was planning to utilize her frozen eggs to negate her immunity to the virus. This prompted her to go ahead and schedule an atomic bomb to be dropped.
Despite this long delay, the audience is still awaiting the return of Pluribus. This is because the show has an excellent 98% Rotten Tomatoes rating and has dominated the streaming world for several weeks. Moreover, the show has also received several Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe awards for Rhea Seehorn’s performance.
