Created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller, Severance became one of the favorite series of the Apple TV + audience. The first season of this workplace thriller came to an end today, but thankfully, the streaming service confirmed that there will be a second batch of episodes.
severity is one of the last series of AppleTV+ which is taking the attention of many fans and lovers of thrillers. Its first episode reached the platform of streaming in mid-February and today the ninth and final was released, thus giving us the end of an epic first season. Fortunately, AppleTV+ He left us alone and confirmed that there will be a second batch of chapters.
For those who don’t know, severity is a thriller that mixes a dystopian corporate world with science fiction (with a little smell of Lost and Brazil) created and written by Dan Ericksonwhile the renowned actor ben stiller directs and is an executive producer. The latter, before the news of the second season, assured: “It’s really exciting to see the response from the people who love the show, and the level of engagement from the fans. It’s been a long way to go severity to television. I first read the pilot Dan more than five years ago. It has always been a multi-season story, and I am very happy that we can continue it. I am grateful to our partners at AppleTV+ who have been behind this all along. Praise be to Keir!”
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From Apple TV+, Matt Cherniss, head of programming, thanked the team of severity for bringing to the platform such an engaging story that impressed the audience from day one. Furthermore, he added: “We are excited to delve into this completely unique world and discover more layers of Lumon in season two.”
In case you haven’t seen the first season and want to, rest assured that we are not going to tell any kind of spoiler about what happened in the nine chapters. Rather, we are going to explain what it is about, in case you do not know. severity asks us how far we would go to achieve a perfect balance between work and personal life. The protagonist is Mark ScoutAdam Scott, leader of a team of office workers who were subjected to a rather strange experiment. They surgically divided his memories of work and those of his personal life, as if they were two different people who do not know or remember anything about each other. His “innie” doesn’t know how or who he is in his life outside the office. In this note we tell you more.
Unlike other series or science fiction movies, the protagonists of severity they know what the experiment is about and agree to have this operation. Employees can be great friends in the office, but once they leave the workplace, they are complete strangers, knowing nothing about each other. Below is the synopsis.
“In Severance, Mark Scott He leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a separation procedure which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring ‘work-life balance’ experiment is called into question when Mark finds himself at the center of a mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work…and himself.”
In the cast we have adam scott What Markthe protagonist of the series who must take the position of Petey (Yul Vazquez)his best friend at work who left the company. Patricia Arquette plays the supervisor Mark and Irving (John Turturro) one of the oldest office members. To them are added: Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Dichen Lachman, Jen Tullock, Tramell Tillman, Michael Chernus and the great Christopher Walken.
As we told you above, the season was directed by ben stillerwhile history is a creation of Dan Erickson, who also writes. In addition, both are executive producers along with Mark Friedman, Chris Black, John Cameron, Andrew Colville, Nicky Weinstock and Jackie Cohn. On the other hand, Patricia Arquette Y adam scott listed as producers.
As the news of the second season of severity is recent, there is still no release date announced, which is good news for those who have not yet seen the first nine chapters. Instead, those who are up to date will have to wait for new info in the near future.