Severance is a psychological sci-fi / thriller series set at Lumon Industries, a mysterious corporation that offers its employees a procedure called “severance” that surgically separates their work memories (“innies”) from their non-work / personal memories (“outies”). The show follows Mark S. (played by Adam Scott) and his coworkers as they navigate the consequences of this severance: questions of identity, ethics, memory, and control.

In Season 2, the stakes are higher. After the events of the Season 1 finale, Mark, Helly, Irving, and Dylan are grappling with revelations about Lumon, about their “outies,” about Mark’s wife (Gemma, who turns out to be alive and possibly acting under a different identity), and more mysteries about the severance procedure itself. Season 2 further explores Lumon’s secrets, the boundaries between inside and outside worlds (work vs personal), the moral cost of severing memories, and the impacts on relationships, identity, and truth. Men's Journal+3CBR+3People.com+3

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