'Severance': Tramell Tillman on the Season 1 Finale and Theories About Milchick (Exclusive)
etonline.comShowtime’s , on Apple TV+ is the latest puzzle box series to capture the fascination of critics and fans alike. And after eight episodes, season 1 of the workplace thriller from creator and writer Dan Erickson and director and executive producer Ben Stiller has come to a shocking close with a finale that left star Tramell Tillman screaming. “I said to myself, ‘I know they’re not going to end the season like this.
There’s no way,’” the actor who plays Seth Milchick recalls to ET about reading the script for “The We We Are.” He adds, “I was ready to flip tables, but it was so fun.”Now that season 1 has concluded, Tillman opens up about playing the supervisor of the severed floor at the mysterious Lumon Industries, reflects on key moments for his character, and talks about what he hopes to see for Milchick in season 2.
Warning: spoilers for the first nine episodes. As mentioned, Milchick works as a supervisor on the severed floor, where various employees, including Adam Scott’s Mark Scout, have undergone the severance procedure, which divides a person’s workplace and home life memories. “He’s a guy who has everything under control and he takes joy in that,” Tillman says of his character, who very much “knows as much as he’s supposed to know” as middle management and “truly believes in the Lumon principles and believes that what he’s doing as a whole is for the better making of humanity.”While normally operated under strict protocol handed down by the icy Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette), procedures in the Macrodata Refinement division quickly fall apart after the unexpected departure of Petey (Yul Vazquez) and the arrival of a newly severed employee, Helly (Britt Lower). “She is a big deal, right?” Tillman says, noting.
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