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Season 2 – Severance

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Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives; when a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
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Severance — Season 2

Severance — Season 2

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Critics Consensus

Masterfully managing its two halves of adroit character study and surreal nightmare, Severance's long-awaited sophomore season makes cognitive dissonance a mind-melting pleasure.

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Will Dunn New Statesman This isn’t a story so much as a floating mass of jellyfish tendrils with which the viewer intermittently comes into contact. And the show’s premise is a joke that neither a Hollywood millionaire or a Silicon Valley behemoth have any right to make. Mar 7, 2025 Full Review Phillip Maciak The New Republic While the show giddily draws on the histories of Mormonism and Scientology in crafting this founder’s narrative, there’s originality in the writing, including a particularly memorable new story about the harms of self-pleasure in the great outdoors. Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Ben Dowell Times (UK) The vibe — and vibes are key to this show — continues to be as queasy and airless as the worst office experience. You feel submerged, as if you can almost smell the nylon and morning breath. Rated: 5/5 Jan 27, 2025 Full Review Diana Keng Geek Girl Authority Based on the first six episodes of Season 2, it’s a seamless and natural continuation, fulfilling much of the promise seeded oh-so-many years ago. The plot expands. Characters grow and evolve. Moral questions abound. Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Brett McCracken The Gospel Coalition Perhaps for a generation growing accustomed to blurred lines between work and home, the “severance” pitch sounds like heaven. But quickly in the series, and throughout its two seasons, the reality of being severed turns out to be much more like hell. Feb 24, 2025 Full Review Tara Ariano Cracked My problem with Severance is how its dangling plot threads mostly seem designed to inspire fan theories online, and that being on AppleTV+ will neuter any political commentary it may attempt to inject. Rated: C- Feb 20, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Krish E With the exception of “Chikhai Bardo,” season 2 meanders and focuses intensely on plot and world building at the expense of character development, resulting in a season that’s a lot more hollow and superficial than the first. The show is still watchable, in large part because of the cinematography, directing, and acting, but with exceptions like the one noted above, audiences who were expecting the show’s writing to be at the caliber of season 1 will feel disappointed. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/15/25 Full Review Merel e Very slow writing. It misses everything season 1 did have. It is a different show Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/15/25 Full Review Parker W Missing everything that made season 1 great. Disconnected, slow, uneventful, bad writing, and worst of all, incredibly boring. Like many have said, it’s made very pretentiously. You can tell the creators feel like they can do no wrong after season 1. Well, now we know they definitely can. Season 1 was 5/5, this one is terrible. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/15/25 Full Review Laurie P There are some TV shows that change television. Some raise to the level of art. Dan Erickson, Ben Stiller and their team on Severance have (so far) accomplished this. Doctoral dissertations will be written about this show. It’s brilliant, terrifying and timely. The acting, direction, writing, scenic design and editing/pacing is perfect. This is the kind of art that makes you sit with it and feel the consequences. I cannot find a fault in this tour de force of speculative fiction. In the footsteps of Orwell, Dick, Butler, Bradbury and Ellison - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/15/25 Full Review michael c I could have missed this season entirely... what is the point? The writing is so slow and each episode makes me want to watch it less. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/15/25 Full Review Tim S Glacial. Mostly watch on fast forward for the ten or so lines of plot-moving dialogue (and that’s being generous) in each episode. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/14/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 17, 2025 Hello, Ms. Cobel Mark returns to work under different circumstances; secrets from the Outie world come to light. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 24, 2025 Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig Outie Mark contemplates the meaning of a message; Lumon grapples with the aftermath of the Overtime Contingency. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 31, 2025 Who Is Alive? Mark, Helly, Irving and Dylan search for answers. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 7, 2025 Woe's Hollow The team participates in a group activity. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 14, 2025 Trojan's Horse Tensions emerge after the team suffers a loss. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 21, 2025 Attila Bonds are tested; Mark continues on his path of discovery. Details Episode 7 Aired Feb 28, 2025 Chikhai Bardo An old romance intersects with a present threat. Details Episode 8 Aired Mar 7, 2025 Sweet Vitriol Discoveries are made. Details Episode 9 Aired Mar 14, 2025 Mark and Devon team with an ally; Helly investigates further. Details Episode 10 Airs Fri Mar 21 Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives; when a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs. Details
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Season Info

Director
Uta Briesewitz, Samuel Donovan, Ben Stiller
Creator
Dan Erickson
Executive Producer
Caroline Baron, Jordan Tappis, Beau Willimon
Screenwriter
Mohamad El Masri, Anna Ouyang Moench, Dan Erickson, Wei-Ning Yu, Erin Wagoner
Network
Apple TV+
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 17, 2025
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