Adam Scott stars in the Ben Stiller-produced series about employees of a corporation who've undergone a procedure to separate their work memories from the rest of their lives.

The three-year wait is over as Severance returns to Apple TV+ for its sophomore season later this month. While many shows would suffer from a long hiatus, Severance Season 2 is not one of those programs,

There were reasons to worry about a "Severance" sophomore slump. Foremost, the Ben Stiller-backed, 2022 Apple TV+ series was such a brilliantly realized paranoid thriller/sci-fi satire of the work-life balance illusion -- recreating its first season magic would be a herculean task under the best circumstances.

Now, the lauded Apple TV+ drama from creator Dan Erickson returns with a briskly paced sophomore season that refines its many themes into a timely, rewarding, and challenging debate about the power and parameters of personhood.

Season 2 (premiering Jan. 17 on AppleTV+) is just as phenomenal as Season 1. Even though 2025 is young, there’s no doubt that “Severance” will end up on most “best shows of the year” lists and be a serious awards contender again.

The characters on "Severance" - at least, the "innie" versions of them - don't experience time like the rest of us. Innies exist only on a subterranean floor in the headquarters of Lumon Industries, a company that splits some employees' consciousness into a work self and a not-work self.