One of the best sci-fi series of the millennium is back with a trailer

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“The work is mysterious and important”said the first season of Apple TV+’s sci-fi thriller Severance. This also applies to the work on the 2nd season, which was over three years in coming and is said to have taken place behind the scenes with some difficulties. Things will finally continue in 2025, as the brand new teaser trailer for the next season confirms:

Severance – S02 Teaser (English) HD

Sci-fi satire Severance: The work-life balance from hell

Severance is about the employees of the Lumen Industries group. In particular, the employees of the Macrodata Refinement department, who have to undergo a controversial procedure. A chip in the brain separates her work self (Innie) and her private life self (Outie) from each other, so that essentially two completely different people are created: one who never goes to work and doesn’t know what the alter-ego does for a living – and one who knows nothing other than the workplace and can never leave it.

In Season 1, the life of widower and Lumen employee Mark Scout (Adam Scott) is shaken up when a former colleague who was able to reverse Severance surgery with the help of an anti-Lumen group visits his outie. At the same time, his innie has to train a new employee, Helly R. (Britt Lower), who also suspects that Lumen is not entirely kosher and takes drastic measures to defend herself against her dystopian work existence.

Many questions remained unanswered in season 1. Among other things:

  • What is the (presumably sinister) goal of Lumen Industries and the Eagan family corporate dynasty?
  • What do the (scary) numbers crunched by the Macrodata Refinement department mean?
  • What’s with the bizarre baby goat section?
  • Is the outie of role model employee Irving (John Turturro) actually an anti-Lumen activist?
  • Why did Lumen fake the death of Mark’s wife, who lives in the company’s basement as corporate therapist Ms. Casey (Dichen Lachman)?
  • How many departments are there at Lumen Industries and why does every aspect of the city seem to be connected to the company?
  • What other functions can be applied to employees remotely using the Severance chip?
  • Is Marc’s boss and neighbor Mrs. Cobel/Solvig (Patricia Arquette) working for or against Lumen?

    • New Cast members for season 2 include Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie and Lord of the Rings father John Noble. Mark will also have a brand new office team to manage, as we see in the new question-raising preview. Ben Stiller is still on board as prominent executive producer.

    When does the second season of Severance go online on Apple TV+?

    The new Severance shift begins on January 17, 2025 internationally on Apple TV+. Even with overtime, because unlike the debut season, season 2 has ten instead of just eight episodes on the to-do list.

    It remains to be seen whether the new episodes can build on the success of Season 1. In any case, the first chapter shines with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 97 percent and can also be seen in the Moviepilot community, where the format has a rating of 8.1.

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