If you’ve ever wondered what a post-apocalyptic series from the creator of propulsive phenomenon Breaking Bad would look like, you have your answer. It’s Apple’s Pluribus, a new series presenting TV’s most inventive global catastrophe to date: one day, in a bolt from the blue, the earth’s population get infected by an epidemic of happiness. World peace is achieved; prejudice, crime and war ended. As far as apocalypses go, this one seems rather appealing.
“I wanted the audience to think: ‘Is this good or bad?’” showrunner Vince Gilligan tells me. “There have been so many post-apocalyptic stories in the past 20 years, and I wonder if that’s because there’s something in the air. Not to get political, but it does feel like the end times are coming. It scares me. So I thought, ‘If I’m going to do a post-apocalyptic tale, how could I put a spin on it?’”
