There’s a delightful incongruousness to the fact that Severance is directed by Ben Stiller. This sci-fi thriller feels diametrically opposed to the Meet The Parents actor’s mostly frothy fare; but isn’t one of the key messages of Severance – Apple TV+’s cult hit show which now returns for a second season – the effectiveness of masking and how we adopt multiple personas every day of our lives?
If the first season’s loopy existentialism seemed mad, try the second, which lays down even more narrative u-turns and wild scenarios. We’re back at Lumon Industries, where Mark (Adam Scott) works as one of the ‘Innies’, a group of people who have been microchipped as part of a severance process which means they have two sets of memories and personalities: one at work and one outside of it.
