Bob Odenkirk Addresses Potential Pluribus Season 2 Cameo After Giving Season 1 A Glowing Review

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Rhea Seehorn and Bob Odenkirk at the Nobody 2 premiere in Los Angeles

Published Mar 9, 2026, 7:46 PM EDT

While giving Pluribus season 1 a glowing review, Bob Odenkirk addresses whether he will be in season 2.

Vince Gilligan is the creator and showrunner of the critically acclaimed Apple TV science-fiction series, and he was also the creator and showrunner of Breaking Bad, in which Odenkirk plays the fan-favorite lawyer character Saul Goodman. Odenkirk reprised the role in the Breaking Bad prequel series Better Call Saul, which Gilligan co-created, and he served as co-showrunner for the first three seasons. The prequel also features Rhea Seehorn as lawyer Kim Wexler, and now she plays Pluribus protagonist Carol Sturka.

In an interview with ScreenRant's Ash Crossan on the Saturn Awards red carpet, Odenkirk continued to praise Pluribus, claiming that it deserves "6 [out of 4] stars, 8 [out of 5] stars" and noting how even the smallest details are intentional and matter in Gilligan's shows. While the Better Call Saul actor is interested in joining the series, he fears that his presence would be distracting and "destroy the fabric of [Gilligan's] world." Check out Odenkirk's comments below:

Across the board excellent, 6 [out of 4] stars, 8 [out of 5] stars, how many stars you got? It helps if you know what Vince Gilligan does, and you watch the show the way he’s trained us to watch, which is [enunciating] pay attention to every detail. Everything will matter. Every little thing that you see will matter. And he’s exploring, of course, I think some very relevant themes and taking the post-apocalyptic world into a new direction. An ethical direction.

Of course I would [like to pop in], but you can’t do that. I think I would destroy the fabric of his world. [Laughs] Put rubber on my face, and a wig and everything, sure.

If Odenkirk were to become part of Pluribus' cast, he wouldn't be the first Better Call Saul actor to be in the series alongside Seehorn. Patrick Fabian, who plays Howard Hamlin, is the voice of the recorded message that Carol hears when she calls the number for the hive mind when they temporarily distance themselves from her. Another Better Call Saul star, Carol Burnett, plays a fictionalized version of herself that is part of the hive mind in a video posted on Pluribus' social media.

With Fabian having a voice cameo and Burnett only appearing through social media promotion, Seehorn is the only one from Better Call Saul who prominently appears in the Apple TV show. Unlike the cameos, as Odenkirk explains, him physically appearing in Pluribus would not be subtle, and he does not want to take away from the carefully crafted world that Gilligan has created, led by Seehorn's Golden Globe Award-winning performance.

That being said, if Odenkirk is cast in the science-fiction series, his appearance could be akin to John Cena's Pluribus cameo. The DC actor and retired WWE wrestler is in episode 6 as a fictionalized version of himself, who is part of the hive mind and who explains to Carol via a recording why he and the rest of the infected humans eat the dead despite their vow not to hurt anyone.

Odenkirk could have a similar kind of cameo, and having it be a recording could avoid the issue of him having to directly interact with Seehorn and potentially break the immersiveness of the story. For now, though, he is content to champion the work of Seehorn and Gilligan in Pluribus and to purely enjoy the series as a fan.