The return to office mandate is real. Apple TV+ has finally unveiled when we’ll be heading back to Lumon Industries in the wildly popular drama Severance‘s upcoming second season: 17 January, 2025.
If you haven’t watched season 1 yet you’ve thankfully got several months to get cracking (though you have had about three years already), and we really would recommend Severance: we named it one of the 20 best shows on the Apple TV+ platform for a reason. Season 2 is going to continue the story of Mark Scout’s efforts to understand just what the hell is going on in his workplace, and the strangely dystopian society the show takes place in. The first season ended with a bang, and I can’t wait to see where the story goes next.
It’s like one really long episode of Black Mirror: if that doesn’t get you interested, I don’t know what will.
Our First Look at Severance Season 2
Apple TV+ released our first look at the upcoming season, and while it doesn’t tell us too much, it gives a small glimpse into the world we’re about to re-enter. Mark Scout (played by Adam Scott) is seen running through a pristine, corporate maze, while being assaulted by flashbacks to what occurred in season 1. Then, he finally comes upon an office space with three people he doesn’t recognise, and a fourth that approaches him, welcoming him back.
This is Seth Milchick (played by Tramell Tillman), the head of ‘severance’ at Luman Industries and someone Mark should be very afraid of.
We haven’t gone too far into spoiler territory yet, but let’s dip our toes in here.
See, Lumon Industries is staffed by people that have undergone ‘severance’: a procedure that splits your personality into two halves. One half is activated at work, while the other is activated at home – the idea being that the home version can live stress free without the usual work obligations, and the work version just gets the short end of the stick. That’s the concept, at least, but there’s plenty of shady shit going on at Lumon, and the lines between what’s true, what’s a lie, who’s been severed, who hasn’t, and what the point is are blurry.
“This daring experiment in ‘work-life balance’ is called into question as Mark finds himself at the centre of an unravelling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work and of himself,” Apple explained.
“In season two, Mark and his friends learn the dire consequences of trifling with the severance barrier, leading them further down a path of woe.”
It’s a story of mystery, purposefully and expertly crafted, that came around at the perfect moment. Severance launched in 2022, right as we all started feeling some real work-life balance issues due to working from home mandates, which played a big role in making it as successful as it was. The show deserves the praise, but it really did come out at exactly the right time.
All Cast Members Confirmed
Beyond the characters we already know and love, we have a few new faces who will get some time in the sun (or the fluorescent lights). Below is a confirmed cast list:
- Adam Scott as Mark Scout
- Britt Lower as Helly Riggs
- Tramell Tillman as Seth Milchick
- Zach Cherry as Dylan George
- Jen Tullock as Devon Scout-Hale
- Michael Chernus as Ricken Hale
- Dichen Lachman as Ms. Casey
- John Turturro as Irving Bailiff
- Christopher Walken as Burt Goodman
- Patricia Arquette as Harmony Cobel
- Sarah Bock
- Gwendoline Christie
- Marrit Wever
- John Noble
- Alia Shawkat
- Bob Balaban
- Stefano Carannate
How Many Episodes Will Season 2 Have?
While season one only had nine episodes, the upcoming season two will actually have 10 episodes. The first episode, called ‘Hello, Ms. Cobel’ will launch on 17 January, 2025, with an episode coming out each week until 21 March, 2025.
What is Severance Season 2’s Release Date?
Severance season two will launch on 17 January, 2025, almost three years after the first episode of season one launched in February of 2022.
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