Vince Gilligan’s new Apple TV series Pluribus gives viewers a tantalizing taste of sci-fi intrigue as it releases its first four suspenseful minutes.

EW shares this first look at Pluribus season 1 , showing off Breaking Bad creator Gilligan’s deft command of TV storytelling. In the clip, scientists receive what seems to be a signal from extra terrestrials, the exact nature of which is tough to decipher. See the video on EW .

The clip begins with a shot of dark clouds at night. A countdown graphic appears, saying “439 D, 19 H, 56 M, 09 S.” The camera tilts down to show a giant radio telescope antenna pointed upward, then several shots of an entire array of such telescopes.

A long-shot shows three giant dishes in the distance. Headlights appear before them, along with th

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