Vince Gilligan Wrote Sci-Fi Mystery Pluribus For Rhea Seehorn — His Smartest Move Yet
Exclusive: Vince Gilligan had one actor in mind for Pluribus — and no one else came close.
Vince Gilligan has a new sci-fi mystery series on the way, and he did not play coy about his muse. He wrote it specifically for Rhea Seehorn. If you watched Better Call Saul and still feel a little salty about her Emmy luck, this might be the one that sets the record straight.
"I wrote this show for her. I love her so much," Gilligan told GamesRadar+. "We got to know her and enjoyed writing for her on Better Call Saul - so much so that I created this show just for her. I knew she would be good in it; I knew she was someone I could confidently count on and place a bet on in terms of making her the star of a TV show... I thought it was long past time for her to be a star."
The show is called Pluribus, it is a sci-fi mystery, and Seehorn plays Carol Sturka. Plot details are locked down, but the latest trailer leans hard into eerie, reality-bending stuff in Albuquerque and beyond. Yes, Albuquerque again — Gilligan knows his terrain.
Gilligan is not just hyping his lead, either. He says he kept watching cuts of episodes he did not direct and kept having the same reaction: she was somehow even better than he expected. In his words, he felt like the smartest guy in the room for writing a show around her — and then immediately credited her for pulling it off in a big way. If you were one of the many who thought she was snubbed during her Kim Wexler run, that should be very welcome news.
He also teased the scale. In terms of size and scope, he says Pluribus outpaces both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Bold claim. If that ambition meets another knockout Seehorn performance, Apple might have a sci-fi winner on its hands.
- Creator: Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul)
- Star: Rhea Seehorn as Carol Sturka
- Vibe: Tight-lipped, sci-fi mystery with weirdness swirling in and around Albuquerque
- Scope: Bigger than both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, according to Gilligan
- Premiere: November 7 on Apple TV
Pluribus lands November 7. Given the Gilligan-Seehorn track record, the bar is high — and he sounds very confident she clears it.