Severance Season 1's Waffle Party Orgy Explained By Creator
Warning: spoilers ahead for the Severance season 1 finale
Severance creator Dan Erickson explains the strange waffle party orgy scene featured in the season 1 finale. Premiering earlier this year on Apple TV+, Severance has proven to be a hit with audiences, boasting plenty of mystery (including a room full of baby goats) and a truly unique premise. The show, which just aired its season 1 finale on April 8, follows a group of office employees who have undergone a surgical procedure to separate their work memories from their personal memories, and their quest to discover what exactly their company, Lumen Industries, does.
Severance focuses mainly on the Macro-Data Refinement team at Lumen, where employees, led by Mark S. (Adam Scott), identify and remove "scary" numbers from an endless spreadsheet. Various rewards are given to the team members for meeting the refinement quotas Lumen has put in place, including finger traps, melon parties, "music dance experiences," and, as an ultimate reward, a waffle party. The Severance season 1 finale finally gives audiences a glimpse of what a waffle party truly entails, with Dylan (Zach Cherry) consuming a plate of waffles before a group of scantily clad people in masks surround him and perform an erotic dance.
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In a new interview with EW, Erickson explains the odd waffle party orgy scene and how the idea fits into the broader philosophy of Lumen Industries and its treatment of its workers. Erickson explains that the idea was actually first proposed in the writer's room as a joke, but that it ultimately came to work within the highly capitalistic framework within Lumen. All aspects of life are commodified at the company, Erickson says,
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