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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

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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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Clarisse Loughrey Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Now that Severance has started to prod at these more existential questions about the self - well, it’s only made the show richer and, quite frankly, more loveable. Apr 3, 2025 Full Review Emily Bootle New Statesman The redemption arc in many modern stories is a character finding themselves; there is no such neatness here. Severance shows us that if there is a true self, it is elusive, fleeting, transformed before you can grab it. Mar 21, 2025 Full Review Caroline Framke Boston Globe In order to enjoy “Severance,” I just don’t need -- or even really want -- to explicitly understand every part of it. Sometimes, a room full of goats can just be a room full of goats. Mar 20, 2025 Full Review Stefania Sarrubba Screensphere Pushing an emotional payoff whose outlines are much more defined, Severance sheds some of the amusing quirks of season 1 but gains a harrowingly existentialist tone. Nov 24, 2025 Full Review William Schwartz Book & Film Globe That’s the crux of the genius of Severance and why it’s a show that only really works in a weekly format. There is no mystery if you can binge-watch the show. Aug 6, 2025 Full Review Victor Pineyro Seventh Art Studio The way this show presents the grays in its extremely new and unexplored premise is what keeps the momentum going. Technically impressive, Severance S2 puts much of its pressure on the magnificent acting skills of its cast. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 9/10 Jul 23, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Patricia C Like many others who have commented, I enjoyed season 1, which I found to be clever and engaging (and I don’t usually like anything that even hints of sci/fi). But in season 2, it’s so obvious that the producers and writers were just bucking for an Emmy, making the show as odd, as peculiar as possible—even when there is no basis for these oddities in the plotline—in order to demonstrate how edgy and deep they are. Why did the goatherders have to be so ghoulish? No reason is provided. Even worse, though, are the plot contradictions, which, bizarrely, the writers seem to be unaware of. At the start of season 2, innie Mark has inklings that Ms. Casey is his wife and is determined to look for her, but this kind of just wanes as the season progresses. And wasn’t he reintegrated? That also seemed to evaporate in the final episode. Mark’s sister acts completely out of character toward the end—that’s just lazy writing. The idea that outie Dylan would be enraged that his wife kissed innie Dylan—one and the same person—makes no sense at all. Also lazy writing. This show began with an interesting (and even interestingly plausible) premise, and season 1 slowly and thoughtfully brought us along with it. But in season 2, the storyline veered into the gratuitously absurd, and as a result, became much less interesting. After season 1, I was eager to get to season 2; after season 2, though, I just don’t care anymore. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/01/25 Full Review Mary M The ending made me feel like I waisted my time on both seasons. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/01/25 Full Review J.P. B. A tad underwhelming, compared to the first season, until the finale. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/29/25 Full Review Ammar h Severance has such a cool idea, honestly it could’ve been an amazing movie. But as a TV show… I don’t know. A lot of the episodes feel like they were made just to fill space. The concept is great, but they could’ve done way more with it. I watch a ton of shows and movies, and this one is definitely not at the top of my list. It took me a few episodes just to understand what was even going on. And yeah, keeping things mysterious is good, but when every episode drags things out on purpose, it gets annoying. Sometimes I’m watching and I’m like, "Okay, they’re obviously hiding this just to keep the suspense going." Some episodes are just painfully slow. Like nothing happens until the last five minutes, and suddenly that’s where the important part is. It feels like they stretch 5 minutes of plot into a whole hour. The idea itself has so much potential—more drama, more excitement, maybe even some action. But instead, a lot of episodes are just slow conversations that feel like they last forever. I’m on Season 2, Episode 8 right now, and every episode feels like it’s three hours long. I’m hoping the end of this season gives me something big like the Season 1 finale, because right now the pacing is just too slow for a concept this good. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/28/25 Full Review Alex Z Good idea but very very very boring, i hate it because its good but it waste my time. ITS NOT GOOD IDEA TO WATXH IT Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/27/25 Full Review Postros P I liked season one a lot, but stopped watching 20min into season two. It's turned into the tv-blob: a self-referential business worried about feeding its own ecosystem (lore, brand, budget, crew, audience familiarity, etc) instead of telling a real story which progresses naturally from where it left off. Viewers get manipulated into appreciating art that has become inward-looking, with set designs, clever angles, backstories, vibes, etc. becoming the main draw. Sure, they can be well done but does it matter? They put energy into that, instead of making the actual narrative arc artful. That is now subservient to sustaining the business. If there were real effort there, it would likely result in much earlier resolution and ending of paychecks That's what's sad about many shows. First seasons hook you because hey have to. But by season two, you can see the signs in the trailer, and certainly in the first episode, of whether they are moving forward or circling around their own mythos. If you don't care about resolution, you can still enjoy the ride in what is a good season one. I'll ignore having seen those first twenty minutes in season two. The sadder part is I'm now watching for signs of this potentiality early in first seasons. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/24/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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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 The After Hours Mark and Devon team with an ally; Helly investigates further. Details Episode 10 Aired Mar 21, 2025 Cold Harbor Mark forms a shaky alliance in an all-or-nothing play, while the team makes a dangerous last stand. 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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