Severance

Severance is an American science fiction psychological thriller streaming television series created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle. It stars Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette. The plot follows Mark (Scott), an employee of Lumon Industries who agrees to a “severance” program in which his non-work memories are separated from his work memories.Severance Season 1 Download

The series premiered on Apple TV+ on February 18, 2022, to universal acclaim from critics, who praised its performances, narrative, musical score, cinematography and production design.In April 2022, the series was renewed for a second season.A sinister biotech corporation, Lumon Industries, uses a “severance” medical procedure to separate the non-work memories of some of their employees from their work memories. One severed employee, Mark, gradually uncovers the web of conspiracy from both sides of the division.A woman wakes up in a conference room with no memory of who or where she is. After being given a survey and learning she is Helly, a new hire at Lumon Industries, she is allowed to leave but finds she is unable to do so. She then sees a video explaining that she has undergone the “severance” procedure, which bifurcated her memories to create a version of herself that will only exist inside the workplace.

Mark Scout, who works alongside Helly in Lumon’s Macrodata Refinement division, discovers he is being promoted to department head in light of coworker Petey’s sudden departure. The “outside” version of Mark, a former history professor grieving his wife’s death and living in the Lumon-subsidized town of Kier, encounters a man claiming to be Petey who gives him a letter with cryptic instructions. Mark returns home and interacts with his neighbor Mrs. Selvig, unaware that she is the “outside” version of his boss, senior manager Harmony Cobel.