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Updated · Variety · Jun 9

Bryan Cranston, Rhea Seehorn Tease Season 2 of 'Pluribus' and 4-Episode 'Malcolm' Revival

Updated

Updated · Variety · Jun 9

Bryan Cranston, Rhea Seehorn Tease Season 2 of 'Pluribus' and 4-Episode 'Malcolm' Revival

Q: How will 'The Studio' honor the late Catherine O'Hara in its star-studded new season?

“The Studio” will honor Catherine O’Hara by making her absence part of the story rather than ignoring it. Bryan Cranston said the season-two premiere includes “really lovely things” written about O’Hara, and the show’s creators have said the new season will directly acknowledge both her death and the void left by her character, Patty Leigh. According to Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, O’Hara had been written into the new season before her death, so the series was forced to rethink its arc. Their approach is to let that loss shape the emotional fabric of the season. Rogen said the show will reflect a feeling of being “a little anchorless,” while Goldberg said the “shock waves” of her absence will run throughout the season. That means the tribute is expected to be both explicit and thematic. The premiere will contain direct written acknowledgments, while the broader season will show how the studio and its characters function without Patty Leigh, who had served as a stabilizing presence. In effect, the show will use its star-studded new season not only for spectacle, but also to memorialize O’Hara through the narrative itself.

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Four new "Malcolm in the Middle" episodes are already finished, Cranston said, adding that he pushed for Hulu’s revival and returned to Hal 20 years after the sitcom ended.
Season 2 of Apple TV+ sci-fi series "Pluribus" is already in the writers’ room, Seehorn said, though she still has no outline for where Carol Sturka goes next.
Vince Gilligan’s script process shaped both actors’ performances: Cranston recalled learning only later that Walter White had poisoned a child, while Seehorn said the uncertainty gave her freedom on "Pluribus" and "Better Call Saul."
The interview also framed their current work through the "Breaking Bad" universe that made them famous—Cranston won 4 Emmys as Walter White, while Seehorn said viewers judge Carol’s abrasiveness differently than male antiheroes.