Pluribus Behind The Scenes Writing Directing Apple TV

It started off as an idea about wish fulfillment. I was working on Better Call Saul, and I would start to daydream about a character who got everything they wanted. Let me guess. It's all beautiful scenery, and you feel nothing but contentment. It's like living inside a postcard, every second of every day. And then the show really became what it is when I hired a bunch of great writers to work with me. The best moments of Pluribus were group effort created moments. They came out of a bunch of like minds working together. I like that little bit of irony. As we speak, no one is being robbed or murdered. No one is in prison. The color of one's skin, by all accounts, now meaningless. As Vince does so well, there's a strong argument for the other side, you know, of just like, well, everybody's happy though, and everybody's serene. And I'm like, okay, well, I'm on Carol's side on this one. Okay. Working with Vince Gilligan, I've learned so much from him in terms of storytelling and for writers, what is important to them. And Vince is very, very collaborative. We're just trying to give him everything he needs. I never want to tell Vince, no. So we try to accommodate him, and he's always very accommodating to us. And he appreciates the work we do. Hey, Phil and Mitch, you guys good? You listen to your actors and you listen to your crew. And if you're smart enough to do that, that, you know, all these fun things show up. Like, there wouldn't, that you would have never thought to write. Two things you've always said about that were, one was, you have to be confident to accept other people's ideas and not insist on it being only yours. And then your other one is, if enough people tell you you're drunk, sit down. Yes. That's a good one. I was able to get a bunch of people I love together, yet again, to create something new. I'm proud of the fact that this show is very different. Carol Sturka is, she's a hero. She's a curmudgeon, but she's trying to save the world. You. You, and especially you, have the time of your lives. Which is kind of different than the last two main characters, the last two shows. They're entertaining as hell, Walter White and Jimmy McGill, but they're not really actively engaged in making the world a better place. Carol Sturka is. I'm proud of that. Please, let's work together. It's really a show that's asking some questions about what happiness is. What is it to be happy? And what is it to be a human with other human beings? We're trying like hell to make this different. It's a different kind of show. It's very different. I definitely have enjoyed the ride so far. So thank you. Thank you. And we didn't get to the story about you didn't have a banana till you were eight years old.