Why It Ranks
The most unsettling workplace comedy ever made.
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The Review
Severance is the most original science fiction concept of the streaming era. Dan Erickson's premise — a surgical procedure that separates your work memories from your personal memories — is a metaphor so perfect for modern corporate life that it feels less like science fiction and more like prophecy. Ben Stiller's direction transforms the Lumon Industries office into a fluorescent purgatory that is simultaneously terrifying and hilarious. Adam Scott delivers a career-redefining performance as Mark S., a man literally split in two. The Season 1 finale is the most agonizing cliffhanger in recent television history. Severance proves that Apple TV+ can produce shows as daring as anything on HBO.
Fun Fact
The Lumon office set was built inside an actual former Bell Labs facility in Holmdel, New Jersey, which gave the corridors their authentically unsettling institutional atmosphere.
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