Pluribus, the mysterious new Apple TV+ series from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan, just got a little less mysterious. At the very least, we now know that Rhea Seehorn’s character is named Carol, and that she’s at the center of something massive that’s happening to the world.
The official description says that Pluribus “is a genre-bending original in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.” There are more than a few clues in the new trailer to examine here: A news chyron on a TV warning people about “landlines only,” people carrying boxes and boxes of supplies, Carol driving a police car (maybe she’s a cop?).
Gilligan wrote the show specifically for Seehorn after the two worked together on Better Call Saul for all six seasons. “I did not collaborate on it at all, but [Gilligan] came to me and said that he wrote something for me, which made me cry,” she told Consequence in 2022. “It is a departure, as has been said in the press — it has nothing to do with Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul… I know some people are not going to believe that it’s not actually a Kim Wexler spinoff until the day it airs, but it’s not.”
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Watching the new teaser now, Carol does feel a long way away from Kim — while trapped in a very different kind of hell. Check out the trailer below. Pluribus premieres November 7th on Apple TV+.