The Minnesota Star Tribune (TNS)

MINNEAPOLIS — Following up an acclaimed TV drama with another hit is as difficult as winning back-to-back World Series. Just ask “Deadwood” creator David Milch, who flopped with “John From Cincinnati,” or “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner, who fell short with “The Romanoffs.”

So you can imagine the pressure Vince Gilligan felt stepping outside of the “Breaking Bad” universe with “Pluribus,” a sci-fi series that has almost nothing in common with “Bad” and its prequel, “Better Call Saul.”

“It’s nice to prove to myself that I’m not a one-trick pony,” Gilligan said last month in a Zoom interview. “But you’re leaving the safety of this world that people loved.

“There’s always fear. You either let it stop you or you don’t,” he said. “At a certain point, you ha

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