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With Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman. Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
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- 2022-02-18
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Jan 18, 2022 · How far would you go to achieve a perfect work/life balance? Severance is streaming now on Apple TV+ https://apple.co/_Severance From Ben Stiller and creator...
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The plot follows Mark S. (Scott), an employee of the fictional corporation Lumon Industries who agrees to a "severance" program in which his non-work memories are separated from his work memories. The series premiered on Apple TV+ on February 18, 2022.
Jan 29, 2024 · The series (which was officially renewed for Season 2 back in April of 2022) stars Scott as Mark, an employee at the mysterious Lumon where employees have undergone a surgical procedure known...
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- Sounds Like George Orwell Was onto Something
- How Long Can A Story Like This Go on?
(Photo by Apple TV+) In Severance, for a myriad of reasons — a steady paycheck, a need to compartmentalize, etc., etc. — people choose to have their brains “severed” to create two versions of themselves: One who has a normal life in the outside world and one who is only activated after an elevator ride to the basement of a major, possible sinister,...
(Photo by Wilson Webb/Apple TV+) Erickson, who developed this story on spec while working a job he hated, said they left everything intentionally vague. He told journalists during the show’s all-virtual Television Critics Association press day earlier this month that “suffice it to say, there’s some sort of a barrier that if you’re basically halfwa...
(Photo by Wilson Webb/Apple TV+) Turturro told Rotten Tomatoes that in developing Irving, a desk warmer who has been passed over for promotion, it was decided that “he comes from a very discipline world and team-oriented world. But obviously, everyone has a longing and feelings and the need to connect with another human being, and you see that it’s...
(Photo by Apple TV+) Plus, it’s not like a place like this wouldn’t have draconian overlords. In this version, there’s boss lady Peggy (Patricia Arquette), and her enforcer with an appropriate evil mustache and disturbingly large smile, Tramell Tillman’s Milchick. “The note that I got about Milchick was that he is an enthusiastic man,” Tillman told...
(Photo by Apple TV+) The actors also recognize the Orwellian idea of a show where a Big Brother–like character is watching and controlling your access and freedom. Turturro has worked in the Soviet Union and says “it really reminded me of it” because of “the totalitarianism; the approach of how people’s initiative has been taken away from them and ...
(Photo by Apple TV+) The final episode doesn’t seem close-ended like it would for a limited series. Speaking at TCA, Erickson said, “Honestly, I think that it is a story that I initially thought of … as a limited series and, as time went on and you just thought about sort of the endless applications for something like this, I think it became clear ...
Severance is streaming now on Apple TV+ https://apple.co/_Severance From Ben Stiller and creator Dan Erickson, Severance centers around Mar...
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Feb 17, 2022 · Indebted to the world-bending works of Charlie Kaufman and Franz Kafka, but also refreshingly original, “Severance” tells a complex story of unimaginable technology that takes place in an exaggerated, impossible world that still feels relatable and deeply human.
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