Despite the Albuquerque setting and Rhea Seehorn’s presence in the lead role, there hasn’t been much obvious crossover between Vince Gilligan’s previous series, the crime drama Better Call Saul , and Pluribus , which perhaps links up more firmly with his past as a writer on The X-Files . But it’s worth noting a couple of places in the thrillingly expansive second episode, “Pirate Lady,” that draw the two shows together.

First, there’s the classic WTF cold open, which may not be as cryptic as the pre-title sequences in Better Call Saul or Breaking Bad , but it introduces us to characters and a scenario that are wholly disconnected from what we’ve seen so far. (Think, say, the “Madrigal” episode of Breaking Bad , which opens with a desultory German CEO dipping chicken tender

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