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Vince Gilligan, of “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” has gone back to his roots, when he wrote for “The X-Files,” with a new sci-fi series, “Pluribus,” premiering Friday on Apple TV, continuing in its quest to be your home for fancy speculative fiction.

Rhea Seehorn , who played Kim Wexler, Bob Odenkirk’s love interest, on six seasons of “Saul,” stars as Carol Sturka, a successful but unsatisfied author of historical romance fiction. She regards her work as “mindless crap,” but it has made her rich. She’s in a personal and professional relationship with Helen (Miriam Shor), who is also her manager. They live on a cul-de-sac in Albuquerque, the city where “Breaking Bad” a

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