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Season 2 – Severance

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2025

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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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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

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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

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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

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Jared Mobarak

Hey, Have You Seen ...?

An impressive ride that lives up to the promise of the first while also laying a foundation to ensure better pacing for the third. We might not have fewer questions, but those queries are much more focused now.

Rated: 8/10

Apr 4, 2025

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Pramit Chatterjee

Digital Mafia Talkies

I didn’t expect Severance Season 2 to suffer from the sophomore slump because Season 1 had such intelligent writing, direction, acting, production design, and more. Yet, here we are.

Mar 21, 2025

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Morgan Lee

Christianity Today

Mark’s reason for electing to undergo the severance procedure is sympathetic. But the show immediately disabuses its viewers of any naiveté; this technology isn’t just an innocuous reprieve for depression.

Mar 20, 2025

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Andrew W

Incredibly boring season. First season was incredible, second was so slow.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/29/25

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Peter K

Season 2 is much more complex than Season 1 -- found myself 'lost in the woods' in more ways than one! The technical aspects are amazing as is the acting; but the plot development and execution left me struggling at times . . .

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/29/25

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David B

Slow start, but it is an incredible show. Still can’t figure out what is really going on, but I am hooked. Can’t wait for season 3.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/27/25

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Bryan N

I waited three years for Severance Season 2 and what I got was a slow, meandering crawl toward an ending that felt less like a climax and more like a writer’s personal therapy session. The pacing? Glacial. Whole episodes felt like filler, with characters staring at walls or walking down halls in silence while we waited—and waited—for something to actually happen. It’s like the writers confused “atmosphere” with “stalling.” And the finale? A joke. Mark finally learns his wife is alive… and then throws everything away to go chasing after his work crush? No plan, no strategy, just vibes and bad decisions. And Helly—who literally cannot exist without Lumon—is suddenly the emotional center of the rebellion? The entire ending hinges on Mark doing the dumbest thing possible and the show expecting us to clap for it. It’s frustrating because the idea of Severance is brilliant. The mystery, the ethics, the eerie corporate dystopia—it had potential. But Season 2 wasted it on slow pacing, fake depth, and a finale that feels like it was written by someone working through a divorce. I don’t mind a slow burn. I mind when the fuse never lights.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/23/25

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Mauricio F.

Had me on the edge of my seat til the very end. Need season 3 sooner than ever!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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Audience Member

An absolute masterpiece , Must see for everyone

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/20/25

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Adam Scott

Mark

Britt Lower

Helly

Patricia Arquette

Harmony Cobel

Zach Cherry

Dylan

Tramell Tillman

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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.

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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.

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Episode 3

Aired Jan 31, 2025

Who Is Alive?

Mark, Helly, Irving and Dylan search for answers.

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Episode 4

Aired Feb 7, 2025

Woe's Hollow

The team participates in a group activity.

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Episode 5

Aired Feb 14, 2025

Trojan's Horse

Tensions emerge after the team suffers a loss.

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Episode 6

Aired Feb 21, 2025

Attila

Bonds are tested; Mark continues on his path of discovery.

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Episode 7

Aired Feb 28, 2025

Chikhai Bardo

An old romance intersects with a present threat.

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Episode 8

Aired Mar 7, 2025

Sweet Vitriol

Discoveries are made.

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Episode 9

Aired Mar 14, 2025

The After Hours

Mark and Devon team with an ally; Helly investigates further.

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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.

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