Pluribus Scores 18 Emmy Noms; Seehorn Previews Season 2
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- Pluribus has earned 18 Emmy nominations, with lead Rhea Seehorn already winning Critics' Choice and Golden Globe Awards and earning an Actor Award nomination.
- Vince Gilligan refused to consider any other actor when pitching the show — Seehorn was his sole choice, based on their collaboration on Better Call Saul, and he 'dug in his heels' until she agreed.
- The show's mind-melding pandemic concept was conceived before COVID-19 and ChatGPT existed, with Seehorn noting Gilligan has been exploring questions about humanity and happiness for '10-plus years.'
- The Season 1 finale ends with Carol Sturka ordering an atomic bomb delivery after the hive mind obtains her DNA via her previously frozen eggs and creates a viral strain capable of converting her into the collective.
- Karolina Wydra, Miriam Shor, Jeff Hiller, and Carlos-Manuel Vesga each earned Emmy nominations alongside Seehorn, who called Shor 'a national treasure' and described her bond with Wydra as 'sisters for life.'
- The Season 2 writers' room is already underway, with Miriam Shor earning an Emmy nomination for playing Carol's wife Helen — a role Seehorn is 'praying to the Season 2 gods' returns via flashbacks.
- Filming takes place in Albuquerque at the same Better Call Saul locations, with Seehorn revealing she's even living in the same house she used during that show's production run.
Why it matters: Pluribus's 18 Emmy nominations make it Apple TV's biggest prestige play in years, with Seehorn's Critics Choice and Golden Globe wins cementing her awards-season frontrunner status. The creative peculiarity: Gilligan was developing the premise 10-plus years ago and accidentally captured themes of pandemic isolation and AI-style cheerful regurgitation before either was part of public consciousness.
