Severance Episodes 1 And 2 Review
When it comes to the new Apple TV+ series Severance, work-life balance isn't really the right term for what is going on with Mark and the rest of his coworkers. A work-life balance in Severance means that people don't remember anything about their personal life when they are at work. They also don't remember anything about their work when they are outside the building.
This severing of memories from work and home is part of a procedure that the employees of Lumon Industries do of their own free will. Once they go through this process, their personalities are basically split into two, the Innies and the Outties. The Innies are the work personalities, who feel as if they never actually leave work, because their memories end once they leave certain work spaces. The Outties are the personalities when they are away from work.
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What makes the Apple TV+ series so interesting is watching how the people that have gone through the Severance process go about their lives. It's actually an interesting concept when thought about for any length of time. There are certainly people everyone works with that they don't really know anything about outside their work life. They don't know what people do at home, whether they have friends or family and what they do in their spare time. This show takes that to a whole other level, as Mark has to actually try and figure out what he himself is doing when he goes to work and then when he leaves.
One of the things that makes Severance, so good right at the offset is that the viewer never really feels very comfortable inside the world of this Apple TV+ series. Director Ben Stiller has made it clear that there is nothing normal about the Severance procedure or a company
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