‘Pluribus’: First-look teaser of ‘Breaking Bad’ creator Vince Gilligan’s sci-fi series out; release date announced

Apple on Friday (July 25) unveiled a first-look teaser of its upcoming sci-fi series Pluribus, which is Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan’s return to television. Starring Rhea Seehorn (who starred in Gilligan’s Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul), the nine-episode series premieres with its first two episodes on Apple TV+ on November 5, followed by new episodes every Friday.

In the extremely unsettling 30-second first-look teaser, we see a woman wearing pink scrubs lick donuts before placing them in a box that reads ‘Help yourself.’ Meanwhile, the first-look image of Seehorn from the series features the actor’s character, on a phone call, looking ahead with a puzzled expression.

The project is already generating early buzz due to the strength of its creative team. Gilligan’s past shows have been critically acclaimed and commercially successful, while Seehorn has earned consistent praise for her dramatic range.

According to a press release from Apple, Pluribus is a “genre-bending original in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.” Interestingly, the series has already been renewed for a second season. The project is already generating early buzz due to the strength of its creative team. Gilligan’s past shows have been critically acclaimed and commercially successful, while Seehorn has earned consistent praise for her dramatic range.

In an earlier interview with Variety, Gilligan made some revelations about the concept and tenor of his new show. Though unfolding in Albuquerque, New Mexico — the setting of both Saul and five seasons of Breaking Bad — it will have “no crime, and no methamphetamine,” he said. “I wouldn’t call this heavy science fiction, I would call it mild science fiction,” Gilligan was quoted as saying. “But it does have a sci-fi element to it, at its core. And there’s no crime, and no methamphetamine. It’s going to be fun and different.”

Asked to tease the plot, Gilligan divulged, “The world changes very abruptly in the first episode, and then it is quite different. It’s the modern world — the world we live in — but it changes very abruptly. And the consequences that that reaps hopefully provide drama for many, many episodes after that.”

The cast of Pluribus also features Karolina Wydra and Carlos Manuel Vesga, with Miriam Shor and Samba Schutte appearing in guest roles.

Sony Pictures Television produces the series. Gilligan, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, Diane Mercer, Allyce Ozarski and Jeff Frost serve as executive producers.