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Season 2 – Severance

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2025

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Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives; when a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.

Critics Consensus

Masterfully managing its two halves of adroit character study and surreal nightmare, Severance's long-awaited sophomore season makes cognitive dissonance a mind-melting pleasure.

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Clarisse Loughrey

Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)

Now that Severance has started to prod at these more existential questions about the self - well, it’s only made the show richer and, quite frankly, more loveable.

Apr 3, 2025

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Emily Bootle

New Statesman

The redemption arc in many modern stories is a character finding themselves; there is no such neatness here. Severance shows us that if there is a true self, it is elusive, fleeting, transformed before you can grab it.

Mar 21, 2025

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Caroline Framke

Boston Globe

In order to enjoy “Severance,” I just don’t need -- or even really want -- to explicitly understand every part of it. Sometimes, a room full of goats can just be a room full of goats.

Mar 20, 2025

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Jared Mobarak

Hey, Have You Seen ...?

An impressive ride that lives up to the promise of the first while also laying a foundation to ensure better pacing for the third. We might not have fewer questions, but those queries are much more focused now.

Rated: 8/10

Apr 4, 2025

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Pramit Chatterjee

Digital Mafia Talkies

I didn’t expect Severance Season 2 to suffer from the sophomore slump because Season 1 had such intelligent writing, direction, acting, production design, and more. Yet, here we are.

Mar 21, 2025

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Morgan Lee

Christianity Today

Mark’s reason for electing to undergo the severance procedure is sympathetic. But the show immediately disabuses its viewers of any naiveté; this technology isn’t just an innocuous reprieve for depression.

Mar 20, 2025

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Paul E

The same as season 1. I wanted to know what they do with the premise so I watched the recaps and the finale but there's no way I could watch entire episodes. It leans too heavily on suspense for me and the pacing is too slow as a result. It reminds me of Lost in that way. A thought provoking premise, great acting, generally well put together, and they doubled the pace then this would be a fantastic show.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/16/25

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Dzesika G

This is undoubtedly, absolutely, and definitely one of the best series of the last years out there. They went fully bonkers, and I'm so here for it because they made it work. Hail to the TV shows that are smart and treat their viewers as smart, too!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/15/25

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Anuj D

It feels like "Lost" all over again, every episode leaves you with more questions than answers. The storyline just keeps getting complicated with no obligation to explain why anything is happening the way they are. And then to top it all everyone and everything moves so slow, feels like I can take a 5-10 min break, come back and still not miss a thing. It was ok in the 1st season to build up the setup, suspense etc. but now it feels like the director is just lazy, we sit for about an hour for a 30 mins episode.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/15/25

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Oliver L

Too slow and full of unnecessary filler. The whole story could’ve been told in two episodes: Mark reintegrates and saves his wife. Just watch the recap at the beginning of each episode—it’ll save you time. Feels like they’ve run out of ideas. I won’t watch season 3.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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Daniel G

Yeh, nah. Acting, direction, design, all great. But the story - this is the new Lost. Save your time, go rewatch Mad Men.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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Weston K

Incredible, concise season 1. As the plot continues into season 2, the substance is lacking. Season 2 is treated as a teenager on spring break with no rules. Nothing makes sense because the cinematography does the “talking”. No rules, no boundaries, no real substance. The relationships fall apart and characters fade away without explanation. Like many series of our current time, each season gets progressively less profound and essentially more confusing.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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Mark

Britt Lower

Helly

Patricia Arquette

Harmony Cobel

Zach Cherry

Dylan

Tramell Tillman

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Episode 1

Aired Jan 17, 2025

Hello, Ms. Cobel

Mark returns to work under different circumstances; secrets from the Outie world come to light.

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Episode 2

Aired Jan 24, 2025

Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig

Outie Mark contemplates the meaning of a message; Lumon grapples with the aftermath of the Overtime Contingency.

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Episode 3

Aired Jan 31, 2025

Who Is Alive?

Mark, Helly, Irving and Dylan search for answers.

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Episode 4

Aired Feb 7, 2025

Woe's Hollow

The team participates in a group activity.

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Episode 5

Aired Feb 14, 2025

Trojan's Horse

Tensions emerge after the team suffers a loss.

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Episode 6

Aired Feb 21, 2025

Attila

Bonds are tested; Mark continues on his path of discovery.

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Episode 7

Aired Feb 28, 2025

Chikhai Bardo

An old romance intersects with a present threat.

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Episode 8

Aired Mar 7, 2025

Sweet Vitriol

Discoveries are made.

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Episode 9

Aired Mar 14, 2025

The After Hours

Mark and Devon team with an ally; Helly investigates further.

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Episode 10

Aired Mar 21, 2025

Cold Harbor

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