PLUR1BUS

PLUR1BUS

From The Rough Cut by Matt Feury

January 12, 2026 · 58 min

About this episode

The episode features editors Skip Macdonald, Chris McCaleb, and Joey Liew discussing their collaborative work on Vince Gilligan's latest project PLUR1BUS.

Editors - Skip Macdonald ACE, Chris McCaleb ACE and Joey Liew The PLUR1BUS editing team of Skip, Chris and Joey have worked together for 15 years on Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad , Better Call Saul and now his new sci-fi hit for Apple TV+. With that kind of shared experience the three have established a creative "hive mind" of their own, while still demonstrating their individual talents as storytellers. Despite PLUR1BUS being such a departure from the stories he has told up to this point, it's easy to see why one thing Vince wouldn't change is the post crew that has helped make his shows modern classics. PLUR1BUS follows Albuquerque author Carol Sturka, who is one of only 13 people in the world immune to the effects of the "Joining", an event in which an extraterrestrial virus transformed the rest of humanity into a peaceful and content hive mind known as the "Others". The hive mind happily accommodates the wishes of those who remain unaffected, but admits that it will ultimately seek to assimilate them when it learns how to do so. Carol is adamantly against their efforts as she searches for a way to reverse the Joining. SKIP MACDONALD, ACE Despite an inauspicioius beginning to…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Feury

Guests: Skip Macdonald ACE, Chris McCaleb ACE, Joey Liew

Topics covered

  • editing
  • film
  • sci-fi
  • hive mind
  • storytelling

Keywords

  • editing team
  • Vince Gilligan
  • sci-fi
  • hive mind
  • Albuquerque author

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, PLUR1BUS

Places: Albuquerque

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