'Severance' delivers woe, dread, malice and even a tiny bit of frolic

WNYC | Mar 24, 2025

In season two of Severance (streaming on Apple TV+), we got a blowout finale with answers to mysteries and even more layers of weirdness. The show stars Adam Scott as an employee of a sinister corporation called Lumon. He has undergone a process called severance, which separates your work self and home self.


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