How Adam Scott’s ‘Parks and Rec’ character predicted ‘Severance’: ‘Stole his idea!’

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one fan meme account pointed out that in the 2014 “Parks and Recreation” episode “Farmer’s Market,” Ben suggests to his wife, Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) that they refrain from talking about work outside of the office.“Maybe it would be good to keep our home life and our work life separate.

Like we only talk about work stuff when we’re at City Hall, like a firewall system,” he says. The episode aired in 2014, but some are noticing that it’s eerily close to the premise of “Severance.” One Reddit user shared the clip and captioned it, “Adam Scott’s character coming up with the idea of ‘Severance’ a decade ago.’”“Stiller and Erickson are trolling the heck out of us all,” one Reddit user joked, referring to Ben Stiller, who executive produces the show and directs many episodes, and creator Dan Erickson.“Dan Erickson STOLE HIS IDEA,” another fan joked about the “Severance” creator.

Currently airing Season 2 (new episodes out Fridays on AppleTV+), “Severance” is a sci-fi thriller following employees at a mysterious biotech company called Lumon.

Mark (Scott), Helly (Britt Lower), Dylan (Zach Cherry) and Irving (John Turturro) are all “severed,” which means they have chips in their brains separating their “home” selves from their “work” selves.