The first season of Severance left fans with a lot of questions that need resolutions in the show’s second season.
The Apple TV+ show revolves around a team of employees at Lumon Industries, who all agreed to undergo a surgical procedure — called a “severance” — that separates their work lives from their personal lives. One of the employees Mark (Adam Scott) starts to get suspicious of the company after his coworker Petey mysteriously disappears and he earns a promotion in his department, Macro Data Refinement (MDR).
In his new role, he meets Helly (played by Britt Lower) who recently had the surgery, which wiped her memories. Throughout the first season, Mark teams up with three of his MDR coworkers, including Helly, to uncover a conspiracy going on with the severance surgeries. Helly wishes to leave the company and attempts to escape in order to regain her memories. In the finale, Helly — and Severance viewers — learn that she is the daughter of the company’s CEO, James Eagen (Michael Siberry).
In April 2022, Apple TV+ confirmed that the drama was renewed for a second season and Erickson opened up about his plans for the next installment.
“In season 2, we’re going to be showing all of these people on the outside,” he told Entertainment Weekly at the time. “Similar to Mark, they each had their own reason for getting this procedure, and they’re all at some stage of a healing process for one thing or another.”
Keep reading to see what to expect in Severance season 2:
