Teaser for Breaking Bad creator's new show has viewers convinced it’s a secret spin-off

The creator of Breaking Bad, Vince Gilligan, is coming out with a brand-new show, his first outside of the realms of Walter White and his meth empire.

Though Gilligan followed up what many consider the best TV show ever with a spin-off, Better Call Saul, which showed the rise and fall of Saul Goodman.

His newest show, Pluribus, is seemingly totally unconnected to the Breaking Bad universe, however, or at least that’s what many thought.

A new teaser for Pluribus has made fans on social media reconsider whether it is actually a secret Breaking Bad spin-off.

Pluribus, which will be led by Better Call Saul breakout star Rhea Seehorn, will follow the world’s most miserable person, who is the only person in the world not to have fallen to a virus that makes everyone happy and optimistic.

Seehorn, who worked with Gilligan on Better Call Saul, stars in Pluribus (Apple TV+)

Filmed in Albuquerque, where much of Breaking Bad is set, the series is set to release on Apple TV+ after it won a bidding war. The show is already set for a second season before the first episode releases, showing a great deal of faith the studio must have in the series.

When the new teaser dropped for the show, however, one fan seems to have made a connection to Gilligan’s most famous work.

They posted on X (formerly Twitter), saying: “ID RECOGNIZE THAT CUL DE SAC ANYWHERE.”

Upon closer inspection, many fans seemed to think that the teaser was filmed on the exact cul-de-sac where Dean Norris’ Hank Schrader and Betsy Brandt’s Marie Schrader lived.

Another specifically pointed out it was ‘ASAC Schrader’s street’, whilst one fan said: “I knew it looked familiar! Where’s Hank?!”

A lot of fans saw the funny side of the link, saying: “Get yourself a partner that loves Albuquerque like Vince Gilligan does.”

Whilst a lot of fans were wondering why on earth they would film in essentially the same neighbourhood if the shows aren’t linked, others provided proof that they say disproves the link between the shows.

Several fans provided aerial shots taken of a compound built for the show in the middle of nowhere, separate from the real Albuquerque streets where they filmed much of Breaking Bad.

Although this puts a slight dent in fans’ theories that this is the same street, it can’t completely rule it out.

Breaking Bad was well known for causing major issues for the residents of the homes they filmed at, particularly the person whose house was used as Walter White's home, due to the number of people who would travel there and throw pizzas on the roof.

Breaking Bad's use of real houses led many fans to recreate Bryan Cranston's accidental pizza toss (AMC)

Gilligan has stated in interviews with Variety in 2023 that Pluribus would have ‘no crime’ and ‘no methamphetamine’, but early teasers have shown Seehorn’s character covered in blood, so it’s unclear if that will continue.

He went on to say of the upcoming show, releasing later this year: “The world changes very abruptly in the first episode, and then it is quite different.

“It’s the modern world — the world we live in — but it changes very abruptly.

“The consequences that that reaps hopefully provide drama for many, many episodes after that.”