Severance left us all wanting more with its first season, as its slow-burn mystery built to one heck of a cliffhanger. In its finale, its characters' minds were blown wide open – so much so that it's hard to imagine where season 2 is going to go.
The possibilities are endless. Fortunately, creator Dan Erickson, producer Ben Stiller and several of the show's cast members stopped by San Diego Comic-Con today (Thursday, July 21) and gave us some clues as to what to expect, as well as diving deep into season 1. Below, we go into all that we learned.
First, though, a quick recap (spoilers ahead): Severance follows a team of office workers at a sinister biotech company called Lumon Industries, who have all undergone a surgical procedure known as 'severance'.
Supposedly used to keep the work they do a secret, the operation splits people's consciousnesses in two: one for work and one for their personal lives. That means that when they're in the office, their 'innie' can't remember anything about their real life, and is essentially trapped at work. As soon as they leave, their 'outie' can't recall what they've been doing all day.
Season 1 saw Mark (Adam Scott), the new head of Lumon's Macrodata Refinement division, and his colleagues Helly (Britt Lower), Dylan (Zach Cherry), and Irving (John Turturro) join forces to rebel against the organisation, as they attempt to rediscover who they really are and learn the truth about their jobs. Now you're refreshed, let's dive in...
Ben Stiller confirmed the Apple TV Plus series was filmed over 10 months, but it featured some major changes during that time. One of the biggest was revealed by series creator Erickson who explained that Adam Scott's Mark and Britt Lower's Helly originally
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