Amber Neely
An Apple TV+ red carpet event held on Monday celebrates the season finale of Apple Original thriller "Severance," with Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette in attendance.
The event took place at the Director's Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles, with a screening of the final episode of the show's first season.
Afterward, the screening concluded with a panel discussion featuring director Ben Stiller and creator Dan Erickson. Also in attendance were stars Patricia Arquette, Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Trammel Tillman, Dichen Lachman, Jen Tullock, Michael Chernus, and Yup Vazquez. Judd Apatow moderated the event.
Directed by Ben Stiller, "Severance" is a show that plays on the idea of keeping work separate from the rest of an employee's life by separating the memories of the two via an experimental procedure.
The show follows Mark, a team leader at Lemon Industries, who finds himself questioning the true nature of his work.
The idea for the show first stemmed from Erickson, who had a string of office jobs, including one in a "weird little windowless office."
Erickson found it mind-numbing and wished there was a way he could disassociate until it was time to clock off.
"Severance" first premiered on February 18, and the nine-episode series is now fully available to watch on Apple TV+. The series was renewed up for a second season in early April.
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Lemon Industries? 🍋 😅 I think you mean Lumon.
Series with cliffhangers can be very annoying (e.g.: Lost), but this one is brilliantly done. I’m glad S02 has already been green lit.
Apple TV+ is still very new to the scene (launched Nov 2019) and yet it also feels like it’s very mature. I can’t even imagine what another 2 years will bring.
You made your first post to point out an autocorrection typo? :sigh:
The last two episodes were so thrilling. The finale was SUPER intense. I was yelling at the TV!
Needless to say, cannot wait for the next season.
I’m pretty much in awe at how perfectly Apple has timed things up with TV+. For the longest time it was just a new show here, a new documentary or film there. Then, all of a sudden, boom! They put out arguably the 4 best shows* (imo) on all of television at the exact same time that CODA wins Best Picture? To me, that’s neither luck nor coincidence. What it is is damn impressive.
*Severance, Ptolemy Grey, Pachinko, and Slow Horses.