What is the goat department in ‘Severance’ – and what does it mean?

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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.

In season two, Mark and his friends learn the dire consequences of trifling with the severance barrier, leading them further down a path of woe.”In a five-star review of the second season, NME said: “As things get all the more intriguing by the minute, Severance is a show best watched on high alert.

For example, graffiti scrawled in the background reads “Who is alive?” By the time The Stone Roses’ ‘Love Spreads’ hits the soundtrack, with Ian Brown wailing “Let me put you in the picture / Let me show you what I mean”, you’ll be begging for the Severance team to do the same.