Pluribus, the recent Apple TV show from the creator of Breaking Bad, revisits a crucial location from the previous show. This is the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. The location isn't random but carries symbolic meaning. In Breaking Bad, Jesse and Jane visit the museum in a flashback in season 3. Jane tells Jesse about the importance of Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings and how they are about comfort, familiarity, and little joys in life. Jesse is emotionally immature, can't really grasp it, and after a short while, Jane dies. This makes the museum a symbol of peace that Jesse never felt he wanted until it was gone.Pluribus flips that meaning and shows Carol visiting the same location, alone. She is freshly empowered that the hivemind cannot assimilate her without consent, and she is happy living a free life. She is accepting the fact that she might have to experience everything in life alone, while she can use the hive minds for her whims.Therefore, both shows visit the same location with contrasting emotions, and this is what Vince Gilligan is best at. Read on to know more.Did you spot this tragic Breaking Bad location on Pluribus? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostPluribus isn't connected to Breaking Bad but since the creator is the same, there are several easter eggs for fans of both shows. Pluribus is a sci-fi show about the world taken over by an alien hivemind. Giligan deliberately avoided any overlap between these shows. However, when a Breaking Bad imagery appeared, the fans couldn't spiral thinking about how intentional and symbolic it was.In episode 7 of Puribus, Carol finds out that she cannot be made to join hiveminds without her consent. She began to use Hive Minds like a personal assistant. She eats expensive meals and steals costly art. She orders them to do errands for her and starts to treat the world as if it exists for her pleasure. Still, this couldn't fill her emotional void.As mentioned, in Breaking Bad, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum becomes a symbol of Jesse and Jane's intimacy and love after Jane's passing. Their visit symbolized being seen and heard by someone you love and a shared meaning in small things. When Jane dies, Jesse feels the importance of that moment in his life.On the other hand, Pluribus completely transforms its meaning. Carol visits the museum alone. She isn't sharing the experience with anyone while preparing herself to live this life, rather alone. She is accepting his lonely life and lives with her freedom rather than joining the hiveminds. What once symbolized connection now symbolizes isolation disguised as comfort.The museum visit exposes this lie and reflects how she needs someone to witness things with her, just like Jesse had Jane once in Breaking Bad. Carol's autonomy without connection could never fill the void in her heart.Carol finally admits how hollow freedom is without people. She can control the hiveminds but has no connection with them. That’s why she eventually begs Zosia and the Others to return.Why is this reference beyond just an Easter Egg in Pluribus?Vince Gilligan is using the same location to explore the opposite emotional truth. In Breaking Bad, the tragedy is not knowing how to value a connection before losing it, while in Pluribus, the tragedy is pretending that you don't need a connection at all.In both situations, the location becomes the symbol where the character's beliefs are challenged, and their arc is transformed. Just like Jesse’s museum moment came right before a major emotional collapse, Carol’s visit precedes her breaking point.Jesse realises the importance of that one little moment of comfort he had with Jane and how, even after earning so much money, that moment remains the best one of his life. While Carol realizes that without people or her loved ones, life isn't meaningful. She sees her loneliness underneath the performance she is doing, being confident and authoritative over robot-like people around her.