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Severance have given a rapturous response to the latest episode of the show, with some calling it a “masterpiece”.Focusing on Mark (Adam Scott) and Gemma (Dichen Lachman), the episode shows flashbacks chronicling their separation and reunion under the influence of memory severance technology. Gemma is revealed to be held in company Lumon’s basement testing floor, unaware of her past with Mark, who works in the same building.The episode was directed by Canadian filmmaker Jessica Lee Gagné in her debut on the show, and one fan on X (formerly Twitter) was quick to celebrate her work.“Round of applause for Jessica Lee Gagné, director of #Severance S2 Ep7, her directorial debut” they said, before adding: “Masterpiece – 10/10 – no notes”.Round of applause for Jessica Lee Gagné, director of #Severance S2 Ep7, her directorial debut.

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.

hit Apple TV+ thriller about a mysterious corporation where employees’ minds are literally split between work and personal life, the unsettling world of Lumon Industries feels like a dystopian nightmare. But what if you could step inside that cold, corporate labyrinth in real life? Well, you can.

The Independent in an interview published last Saturday (February 15). In recent years, Walken has remained a prolific worker in both film and TV – in particular, last year’s Dune: Part Two and Apple TV+ show Severance.The latter show featured Walken in its first season as Burt, the love interest of Irving (John Turturro).

Vince Staples has made it clear that he wants to be in the next season of Severance, after an exchange with the series’ director Ben Stiller online.READ MORE: Here’s every song in ‘Severance’ season two so farSeason two of the hit Apple TV+ mystery show is streaming now, and back in November 2024 Stiller indicated to Collider that a third season is on the way.Rapper and actor Staples shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) on February 15 pitching himself for a role in that next season. He wrote: “Season 3 needs a Dominican intern call me @BenStiller”.Stiller responded by quoting Staples’ post, and wrote: “Lumon is listening.”Season 3 needs a Dominican intern call me @BenStiller— vince (@vincestaples) February 15, 2025Lumon is listening https://t.co/H2FflN7BOY— Ben Stiller (@BenStiller) February 15, 2025Staples made his name in the music industry with albums including 2017’s ‘Big Fish Theory’, 2021’s self-titled “slow-burn”, and 2022’s ‘Ramona Park Broke My Heart’.

Severance delivered a seismic twist for viewers to chew over.Created by Dan Erickson, the sci-fi psychological thriller follows Mark Scout (Adam Scott), an employee at fictional corporation Lumon Industries, who agrees to a “severance” procedure where his memories between his work and private life are separated.Alongside Scott, the show’s cast includes Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette.After the first season achieved acclaim in 2022, the second season debuted in January 2025.The fourth episode revolves around a snowy office retreat in Woe’s Hollow, and after making some discoveries related to Lumon founder Kier Eagan, Mark Scout, Dylan George, Helly Riggs and Irving Bailiff, along with manager Seth Milchick, find themselves spending the night in the woods.The group are huddled around a campfire when Irving interrogates Helly over what she saw in the outside world, suspecting she was lying about seeing a ‘night gardener’. In response, Helly cruelly makes a dig about his past lover Burt, which causes Irving to storm off.Irving spends the night in the woods alone and has a fever dream, where he appears to realise Helly is actually a member of the Eagan family, who founded Lumon.The next morning, Helly is confronted by Irving, who notes how Helly would never have made the cruel dig she did around the campfire.

Severance is back with a bang, and plenty of songs, in season two.Created by Dan Erickson and executive produced by Ben Stiller, the series, set within the fictional Lumon corporation, follows employee Mark Scout (Adam Scott) who agrees to a “severance” procedure where his work and personal life memories are split – so he has no recollection of his “outie” life while working at Lumon and vice versa.Other cast members include Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, John Turturro, Christopher Walken and Patricia Arquette. Sarah Bock, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Gwendoline Christie are among the new cast additions for season two.The show’s first season received 14 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series.

Spoilers ahead for the third episode of “Severance” Season 2, “Who is Alive?” “Severance” star Adam Scott told the Post that the third episode was tough to film, because the actors were really working with live goats. “Britt [Lower] and I had a scene where we’re talking,” he said.

Severance, what is the goat department and what does it mean? Read on for all the details.The new season launched on January 17 on Apple TV+, with new instalments arriving every Friday until its conclusion on March 21.The show, which was created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, stars Adam Scott as Mark, an employee of Lumon Industries who consents to a “severance” program that separates his work and non-work memories. Christopher Walken, John Turturro and Patricia Arquette also star.Apple’s synopsis for season two reads: “In Severance Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives.“This daring experiment in ‘work-life balance’ is called into question as Mark finds himself at the centre of an unravelling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work… and of himself.

Ben Stiller has revealed that he implemented a “no phones” policy on the set of Severance, which he directs and executive produces.The actor and filmmaker explained that, while starring in Noah Baumbach’s 2010 rom-com Greenberg, the director’s style had a real effect on him.Stiller explained on Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out podcast that the director didn’t allow chairs on set, something he then took on board when directing The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty a few years later. And then, when he’s directing Apple TV+ thriller Severance, Stiller has a “no phones” policy.He said of his time working with Baumbach, “I think it was like 10 days into shooting, and I’m like, ‘Where’s the chairs? Oh my God, there’s no chairs here.’ And that’s his choice because he doesn’t want to have people sitting around.”He explained that, while people were still able to find places to sit down, the lack of chairs helped keep everyone moving and focused on the task at hand.

Severance, the show he stars in, thanks to being sent DVDs.“I don’t have technology” he said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “I only have a satellite dish on my house. So I’ve seen Severance on DVDs that they’re good enough to send me”.Walken also confessed to not using current forms of connection: “I don’t have a cell phone.

Adam Scott sustained an injury while filming the hit Apple TV+ series “Severance” — which made his cast think he was on drugs, naturally. “I got a concussion at one point,” he said Tuesday on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” But Scott was mum on what exactly happened, as to not spoil Season 2 of the show, which is out now.The “Parks and Recreation” alum added: “But I got it.

the show’s second season that was so quick you might have just missed it.If you haven’t watched Season 1 of the Apple TV+ series, you may want to put down the red pill and finish the show’s first nine episodes before proceeding.Spoilers ahead for Season 2, Episode 1 of “Severance.”Reeves’ cameo arrives halfway through the Season 2 premiere of “Severance,” titled “Hello Ms. Cobel.” Following the “Macrodat uprising” at the end of Season 1, the workers of Macrodata Refinement are forced by higher ups to watch a cartoonish stop-motion video dubbed “Lumon is Listening” in an attempt to persuade them that the company cares about them and takes their concerns seriously.The video portrays the uprising which saw characters Mark, Helly, Irvin and Dylan escape Lumon and make it to the outside world.One of the characters in the corporate clip: the Lumon building itself, voiced by none other than Reeves.

Keanu Reeves voiced the Lumon building in the latest season of Severance, series creator Dan Erickson has confirmed.The legendary actor’s voice can be heard in the ‘Lumon Is Listening’ video that is shown to the employees of Macrodata Refinement during the second season’s first episode, ‘Hello Mrs. Cobel’.Reeves voices a cartoon version of the Lumon building, which is shown to staff to attempt to prove to them that the company cares about them.in an interview with Collider, Erickson revealed that though various names were considered for the role, they wanted to go with someone they felt had a comforting voice.“All I can say is that we talked about a couple of different people for that role.

Will Ferrell that their famous “More Cowbell” Saturday Night Live sketch from 2000 ruined his life, the latter has revealed.The sketch paid tribute to Blue Öyster Cult’s 1976 classic ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’, with Walken playing a producer, Bruce Dickerson, ordering Ferrell’s Gene Frenkle to play the cowbell with more enthusiasm, to the chagrin of the rest of the band.Over two decades on, Ferrell, who wrote the sketch, admitted in Peacock’s SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night documentary series that Walken came to resent it over the years – as he found out when he visited the actor – who was appearing in Martin McDonagh’s A Behanding In Spokane on Broadway – in 2010.“I went to see [Walken] backstage, and he’s like, ‘You know, you’ve ruined my life… every show, people bring cowbells for the curtain call and bang them,” Ferrell said. “It’s quite disconcerting.’”Walken didn’t take part in the instalment of the docuseries looking at the sketch, but has previously said, via the New York Post, “I don’t understand why it follows me around like it does….

Severance DVDs sent to him because he doesn’t “have the equipment” to stream it.The sci-fi thriller returned with its second season on Friday (January 17) with first episode Hello, Ms. Cobel directed by Ben Stiller.

his lauded series “Severance” on DVDs because he doesn’t own the necessary “equipment” to stream the show.The actor, 81, made the revelation alongside his costars as they promoted the just-released second season of the Apple TV+ original on Thursday’s episode of Andy Cohen’s SiriusXM show, “Andy Cohen Live.”“Chris, after you appeared in the show, did you watch all the episodes?” the Bravo! honcho asked.“Not all of them” Walken replied. “I can’t.

returns for Season 2 on Apple TV+ on Friday, Jan. 17 — and series stars John Turturro, Britt Lower and Zach Cherry know the answers to some of the show’s mysteries.“We certainly know some things,” Cherry, 37, exclusively told The Post. “And sometimes I’ll watch the show and go, ‘I didn’t even know that that was what we were doing!’” The Emmy-winning series is a sci-fi thriller about employees at a mysterious biotech company called Lumon.

The hit sci-fi series Severance has returned to Apple TV+ three years after its debut in 2022. The Emmy-winning show, which stars Adam Scott and Patricia Arquette (with many episodes directed by Ben Stiller) is a stylish puzzle box combining harrowing contemporary questions with thrilling mysteries around every fluorescent-lit corridor. Severance follows Mark Scout (Scott) and his fellow employees at Lumon Industries.

Apple TV+’s psychological thriller series Severance is under way, and fans can’t get enough of its earworm theme music.The first episode of the new run premiered on the streaming service on January 17, with new instalments arriving every Friday until its conclusion on March 21.The show, which was created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, stars Adam Scott as Mark, an employee of Lumon Industries who consents to a “severance” program that separates his work and non-work memories. Christopher Walken, John Turturro and Patricia Arquette also star.Apple’s synopsis for season two reads: “In Severance Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives.“This daring experiment in ‘work-life balance’ is called into question as Mark finds himself at the centre of an unravelling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work… and of himself.

Severance, describing it as “peak television” and having them “locked in”.The sci-fi thriller has taken three years to follow up on its sensational first season, and arrived with a bang with first episode Hello, Ms. Cobel.