There were many things that made season one of Pluribus incredibly compelling, including its intelligent and original take on an alien invasion and its across-the-board fantastic performances. Drawing on both of those is the dilemma faced by main character Carol (Rhea Seehorn), who, after proving initially immune to the hive mind that ensnares almost every other human on Earth, immediately decides she must cling to her individuality no matter how tempting it might be to just give in. And Pluribus does a lot to show you the temptations Carol faces. If only she’d surrender, the Others insist, she’d be so much happier. So much more at peace. She’d never be lonely again. In a new feature with Entertainment Weekly, Pluribus creator Vince Gilligan was asked which post-apocalypse scenario he’d choose if the show became real life. “My answer to this would probably change day by day these days,” Gilligan told EW. “When you watch The Walking Dead or The Last of Us or other shows like that—which are very excellent, worthy shows—the choice they seem to present to me as a viewer is: How would you survive, and would you want to in this world? But the choice is never really presented as, ‘Would you want to be a zombie?’ That’s not really a choice. I’ve never heard anyone say, ‘Gee, I want to try that out.'”