Pluribus is the new series from the mind of Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan – here’s everything you need to know about when and where to watch the show.
Pluribus is a high-concept drama that reunites Vince Gilligan with his Better Call Saul star Rhea Seehorn, though rather than revolving around crime, the story here leans into sci-fi.
The fact that the show has that kind of pedigree both behind and in front of the camera has us calling Pluribus your next streaming obsession.
And you won’t have to wait long to watch, as Pluribus kicks off this week, so scroll down for release details, plus what we know about the show’s mysterious plot.
Pluribus is expected to debut at 6pm PT/9pm ET on Friday, November 7, 2025, on Apple TV.
This is the typical format the streaming service follows with its original content. If you’re in a different geographical zone, you can calculate the release time accordingly. Here are a few so you know exactly when to tune in:
- 8pm CT
- 11pm Brazil
- 2am UK (November 8)
- 4am CEST
- 7:30am India Standard Time
- 11:30am Australia
- 1pm New Zealand
How many episodes are there?
Season 1 consists of nine episodes in total, but the series won’t end there, as when Apple won the bidding war to make Pluribus, they immediately green-lit two seasons.
Season 1 Episode 1 is titled ‘We is Us’ with a synopsis as follows: “An astronomer’s discovery turns the planet upside down. Carol Sturka, a curmudgeonly novelist, is terrified by this strange new world.”
Season 2 Episode 2 is titled ‘Pirate Lady’ with the synopsis: “A curiously familiar face introduces Carol to the bizarre new normal. A gathering in Europe brings strangers together… and causes friction.”
Pluribus release schedule
The first two episodes of Pluribus are dropping in week one, then the show shifts to one episode per week, with the full schedule as follows:
- Episode 1: November 7
- Episode 2: November 7
- Episode 3: November 14
- Episode 4: November 21
- Episode 5: November 28
- Episode 6: December 5
- Episode 7: December 12
- Episode 8: December 19
- Episode 9: December 26
What is Pluribus about?
The brief synopsis for Pluribus is that “the most miserable woman on earth must save the world from happiness.”
Seehorn plays the woman in question – an author called Carol Sturka – who one days wakes up to discover that everyone on the planet suddenly wants to make her happy, with the whole world seemingly turning placid, peaceful, and kind.
That story has a deeper meaning connected to what Vince Gilligan is observing in society at present, with the Pluribus creator telling ScreenRant: “Would this be so bad in some sense? Could it not be paradise? And that’s completely up to the viewer to decide for themselves.
“I’m not telling anybody how to parse that. But I’d like to think people could watch this and say to themselves, ‘Maybe there is another way other than what we got going on in America right now.'”
What the viewer takes away from the show will be very much up to them, with Gilligan adding: “TV is just TV – it’s not a cure for cancer, never was, never will be. But I’d love to think that people will watch this show and think to themselves, ‘I don’t necessarily want to live in that world, or maybe I do.’ We work really hard to make this a different kind of apocalypse.”
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