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Total Film
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Amy West

Severance creator explains how season 1's reaction influenced where the story went in season 2: "What makes the show so special is Mark, Helly, Irving, and Dylan"

Britt Lower as Helly R and Adam Scott as Mark S in Severance season 2.

Three years ago, Severance season 1 concluded on quite the cliffhanger, as our favorite Macrodata refiners figured out a way to awaken their innies in the outside world. With that, we've been assuming that the Apple TV Plus thriller's upcoming second season would continue to reveal more about their real identities and what their mysterious employer, Lumon, is up to...

Instead, the follow-up looks at the more personal impact of the breach from the season 1 finale, which we delve into in our Severance season 2 review, and the ripples of tension its created between the core four. As Severance creator Dan Erickson tells SFX magazine: "After season 1, we had to take a step back and ask ourselves, 'What exactly was it that made that work the way that it did?' It was the smaller things, more so than the big things.

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