Season one finished nearly three years ago, before the end of pandemic mask mandates, Hollywood strikes and America's reckoning with return-to-office policies. Erickson says all that informed his writing for season two.

Severance creator Dan Erickson tells us about the job that gave him the idea for the workplace sci-fi, what we can expect from Season Two and what the future holds for the

Severance' Season 2 features new and returning characters joining Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette and John Turturro in the dystopian orbit of Lumon.

This guide contains spoilers for Season 1 of “Severance,” streaming on Apple TV+. Praise Kier! “Severance” has finally returned for Season 2, and with it a batch of new and returning characters orbiting the dystopian and mysterious Lumon Industries.

"Severance" is finally back but there are a lot of characters to keep track of and remember in the three years since Season 1. The Apple TV+ series follows a group of employees at the mysterious Lumon who underwent a procedure that "severs" their consciousness so one version of themselves is constantly at work and knows nothing of the outside world and vice versa.