Vince Gilligan‘s (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) new Apple TV+ sci-fi series Pluribus, starring Rhea Seehorn, is set to premiere on Friday, November 7. The remaining seven episodes will air every Friday through December 26.
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 (Donde Tú Quieras), and guest stars Miriam Shor (American Fiction) and Samba Schutte (Our Flag Means Death).
Apple TV+ gave Pluribus a two-season order in 2022.
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The streamer revealed a first-look photo (below) and teaser video (above).
The video teaser shows what “the most miserable person on Earth” would be like. Seehorn’s character is standing before a box of donuts, which she licks one by one before putting them right back. The box is presented on a common table, so whoever comes for a sweet treat will eat a moist, freshly licked confection. Yum. She even has a sign encouraging folks to do so: “Help yourself! ;)”
Gilligan teased a little bit about the show he wrote for Seehorn before he received the WGA West’s Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement in February.
“I’m excited for audiences to see Rhea play a very different character than the character she played on Better Call Saul,” said Gilligan, adding, “She plays someone who’s trying very hard to be good. She’s a bit of a damaged hero, but she’s a hero nonetheless. And it’s just a pleasure to work with her because she’s just the best, and she is so sweet and kind and talented. I can’t say enough good about her.”
Seehorn shared: “I can’t wait for it to come out, though. Some of the stuff that audiences have loved about his writing, where it’s really rich characters but also him playing with the idea of tropes and genres and tone, and switching, like injected humor in a very dark moment — in this new show, he pushes that to a limit that was both very thought-provoking and upsetting sometimes, and other times, so, so funny. It really swings for the fences. I had so much fun.”
Pluribus is produced by Sony Pictures Television and executive produced by Emmy Award-winning Gilligan alongside Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, Diane Mercer, Allyce Ozarski, and Jeff Frost. Jenn Carroll and Trina Siopy serve as co-executive producers.