When theSeverancepanel started at this year’sCCXP in São Paulo, Brazil, fans suspected they were probably going to watch a trailer for Season 2. What they didn’t know, however, was thatApple TV+had another surprise in store for them. During a panel at the Thunder Stage,Adam Scott(Parks and Recreation),Britt Lower(Man Seeking Woman),Tramell Tillman(Godfather of Harlem) and series creatorDan Ericksonwent ahead and unveiled the first five minutes of the premiere episode, and luckily Collider was in the room and we can tell you all about it.
The scene starts with a moment we’re familiar with: Mark (Scott) inside the Lumon elevator, but this time looking completely disgruntled. As the doors open, he starts running around the white corridors and does it for a pretty long time, to the point at which you start wondering ifMark somehow got lost in the void. He finds the wellness room, but there’s nothing there. At one point, you see that there’s a figure in a black tuxedo who is watching him, but we don’t get a clear picture of who they are.
Finally, Mark arrives at his Lumon office. He discovers that the cubicles are now occupied by the new cast members, played byAlia Shawkat(Arrested Development),Merrit Weaver(Nurse Jackie), andBob Balaban(The French Dispatch). Finally, he’s welcomed back by Mr. Milchick (Tillman) as if nothing happened at the end of Season 1.As the trailer revealed, Mark, Helly (Lower), Irving (John Turturro) and Dylan (Zach Cherry) are baffled by the notion that they’ll just keep their jobs and even be rewarded for their behavior. Of course, we’ll have to see how the new season develops to fully understand what’s really behind the Lumon response.
‘Severance’ Creator Talks About Inspiration For Hit Series
Also during the panel, Erickson talked about the inspiration forSeveranceand revealed that the creation of the hit series was pretty simple: he used to havea job he didn’t like– something that pretty everyone has experienced at some point in their lives, and the sci-fi mechanics of the show hailed from the fact that, at that job, he constantly found himself wishing he could just jump to 5 PM to go back home.
Last week,Erickson teased Season 2and commented that the new episodes are about the four main characters at their wit’s end when “the bear pokes back.” The creator also revealed that the new season is more mature and centers around the characters finding their own autonomy. The cast of Season 2 also featuresJen Tullock(Perry Mason),Michael Chernus(Patriot),Christopher Walken(The Outlaws),Patricia Arquette(The Act),Gwendoline Christie(Game of Thrones),John Noble(Star Trek: Prodigy),Ólafur Darri Ólafsson(Somebody Somewhere) andRobby Benson(Beauty and the Beast).
Apple TV+ debuts Season 2 ofSeveranceon January 17. Stay tuned at Collider for more news out of CCXP.
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
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