Carol Sturka is taking longer than expected to return to streaming on Apple TV, and Vince Gilligan has offered a concrete reason behind the apparent delay in the schedule. Carol is the heroine of Pluribus, the latest creation from the minds that brought you Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, slated for streaming in 2025 on the Apple TV platform and set in a world overrun by aliens. The action unfolds precisely in Albuquerque, where Carol lives, one of the few people immune to the alien invasion that has linked the entire globe to a single collective mind. The first season comprises nine episodes and has earned the green light for a second, but where does it stand in the timeline?
Pluribus, Vince Gilligan outlines in detail why Season 2 is taking so long to materialize
Having quickly become one of Apple TV+’s most-watched Original Series, Pluribus has also earned critical acclaim and received approval for a second season that is slow to materialize. It appears that the script is still in development, and no release date or start of filming has been set yet. The man who has shed light on the behind-the-scenes slowdown is Vince Gilligan himself. In a recent interview with Decider, the creator admitted that audiences will have to wait a bit longer: “I don’t even know if I should say this, but it’s going to take a long time. It will take quite a while. I’m not saying this on purpose. I’m not doing this to anger the fans; it’s the part of the process I like the least—the waiting. But it’s necessary because it takes time to craft such a complex story.”
Concurrently, Gilligan clarified that at least the broad strokes of the story have been laid out: “Now that we’ve defined the Season 2 plot, we must begin filming, and that requires a lot of time because the story centers on a world-scale event, so we have to shoot around the globe. It’s fun, but it demands extensive planning and coordination. Post-production is longer than one might expect as well, because for every shot we need to remove the background. The world hasn’t been depopulated, but sometimes people leave our protagonist alone and occasionally a car in the background must be digitally erased, or pedestrians erased. The visual effects, in most cases, aren’t immediately noticeable but demand an eternity of work, so it takes considerable time,” he elaborated.
Finally, he wrapped with a quip about the kind of reminder he often receives from his mother: “She nags me about this all the time, saying I won’t live long enough to see the second season.” To which he replies: “Mom, we’re working as fast as we can.” Please be patient. Don’t hold your breath until then; it will still be a little while longer.
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