Adam Scott as Mark in Severance Season 2. Courtesy of Apple TV Press

Severance fans should have a lot of patience. It’s been three years since the workplace drama premiered, inviting viewers into its strange, brain-bending world. Season 1 earned ardent admirers for its slick storytelling, its dynamic visuals, and its many mysteries, leaving its audience with questions and cliffhangers that have been dangling since the spring of 2022. So yes, Severance fans have had practice being patient, but there’s a chance that Season 2 may test that patience just as much as the wait.

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As a quick refresher, the series takes place in a mildly dystopian world where the mysterious and seemingly omnipotent Lumon Industries has pioneered a procedure known as “severance.” Individuals who undergo the surgery split themselves in two, having an “innie” do work while they live life normally as an “outie”—an idealized version of work-life balance. Season 1 ended with a quasi coup led by Macrodata Refinement department chief Mark (Adam Scott), who was able to make contact........

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