Dream team reunited: Seehorn and Gilligan return with sci-fi mystery Pluribus

So apparently there’s no need to call Saul this time. There is a whole world that needs saving and Rhea Seehorn will save it all by herself. Or will she?

Seehorn is back in Albuquerque, but this time, there’s not a cartel or crooked lawyer in sight. Apple TV has unveiled the first full trailer for Pluribus, the latest series from Vince Gilligan, the mastermind behind Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. The show marks a long-awaited reunion between Gilligan and Seehorn, who earned two Emmy nominations for her riveting portrayal of Kim Wexler, the morally torn attorney who kept Saul Goodman honest (well, tried to).

In Pluribus, Seehorn plays Carol Sturka, a novelist who seems to be the last unhappy person on Earth. The catch? Everyone else has been overtaken by an unnerving, enforced happiness, a world where sorrow is extinct and smiles are mandatory. “The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness,” reads Apple TV’s cryptic tagline.

The eerie trailer paints a surreal picture: Carol wandering through empty streets and airports, surrounded by blinding cheerfulness that feels more like a contagion than a blessing. In one chilling moment, a man on her television – possibly the President – urges her to “join us,” his voice dripping with calm menace. But Carol isn’t buying it. Instead, she sets out to undo whatever has infected humanity’s emotions, asking one fellow traveler the show’s central question: “How do I reverse all this?”

Like Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Pluribus unfolds in an alternate Albuquerque – but this time, the desert heat has been replaced by a strange, shimmering serenity. Gone are the meth labs and nail salons; in their place stands a pastel-toned dystopia where everyone is fine, all the time.

For Gilligan, Pluribus represents a return to his sci-fi roots. Before redefining prestige television with Walter White’s transformation and Jimmy McGill’s moral freefall, Gilligan spent years on The X-Files, honing his love for stories where the surreal brushes against the everyday. He also co-wrote the 2008 superhero dramedy Hancock, another tale of reluctant heroism.

Fans of Better Call Saul will likely find echoes of Kim Wexler’s internal battles in Carol’s struggle – a woman trying to stay grounded in a world that insists on rewriting her humanity. If Saul Goodman was a man breaking bad, Carol Sturka might be a woman breaking sad.

Pluribus premieres November 7 on Apple TV.