Severance Episode 3 Review

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The third episode of Severance continued the story of office worker Mark as he tried to navigate his two separate worlds. The Apple TV series continues to be able to mix in a bit of comedy into what is a suspense thriller filled with some still unclear corporate espionage. Directed by Ben Stiller, the overall tone of the third episode stayed very in tune with the first two episodes. However, when it came to the «edge of the seat» approach that was prevalent through the end of the first episode and the entirety of the second, «In Perpetuity» didn't quite hit the mark.

It is of course possible that things had to be slowed down a little bit. After all, the first two episodes seemed to be spiraling a bit towards the end as the hook that was meant to bring people back for another week. If «In Perpetuity» had continued on that pace, there might have been entirely too much divulged by Episode 3 of the nine-episode arc of Severance. On the other hand, when it comes to suspense thrillers, there's a certain pace that needs to be kept in order to keep the tension up. In some regards, this latest installment fell short.

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One thing that is consistent throughout the first three episodes of this Apple TV+ series is that things are very, very weird inside and outside of Lumon Industries. Weird was certainly the name of the game when it came to Mark, Helly, Dylan, and Irving deciding to go on a bit of a field trip. Of course, the Innies cannot leave the building for a real field trip, otherwise, they'd revert to their Outies egos, so this particular trip was just to another part of the company's campus.

That is, of course, one of the weird things about Lumon, considering it's not entirely clear just how big