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Apple TV+ Renews Popular Workplace Thriller 'Severance' for Second Season
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Fantastic show. Oddly engaging while not being “fast paced” in a traditional way.
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One of the best shows on any channel. Apple tv+ is really releasing a lot of good stuff nowadays. Pachinko and the spy series Slow Horses were also recently released. Tehran is about to return, etc.
I keep netflix mainly for all the kid cartoons without ads. In my own limited time, i much more often watch an apple series than a netflix series. They are competing more with hbo, quality-wise.
I keep netflix mainly for all the kid cartoons without ads. In my own limited time, i much more often watch an apple series than a netflix series. They are competing more with hbo, quality-wise.
such a great show. My wife and I are hooked on it. The acting and script writing is superb. So happy Apple has renewed it for another season.
This coming Friday is the finale.
Pace? No. Its an extremely dense and atmospheric story that merits rewatching (sometimes several times, or sometimes over the same scene a few times) but its not a fast paced show at all, nor would it work if it was.
But do the layers get peeled back and does the story go from allegory for corporate ownership of our lives to a mind-bendingly WTF WTH is going on intrigue? Yes.
If you weren’t into it by episode three, it’s probably just not for you. Everyone doesn’t like every show of course. Variety FTW!!
Oh wow, thank goodness, I would be distraught if we don't figure out what is going on eventually. It is too enthralling.
its intrguing but...
its gotten really repetitive with corporate parties, and hallway shuffles and stuff...
is it ever going to get more intriguing or just remain in a while loop?
Ill keep watching anyways
Also- Is Adam Scott looking haggard these days or did they make him appear that way for this role?
its gotten really repetitive with corporate parties, and hallway shuffles and stuff...
is it ever going to get more intriguing or just remain in a while loop?
Ill keep watching anyways
Also- Is Adam Scott looking haggard these days or did they make him appear that way for this role?
Describing this series as a “workplace thriller” does *not* do it justice.
it reminds me of the best parts of LOST
Glad to hear this… although I thought season 2 was confirmed a while back? Either way it’s been such a great show, the characters are amazing.
He looks fine IRL IMO. He was on Kimmel a few weeks ago and looked like himself. His outie character on the show is a severely depressed alcoholic. Fits the bill.
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I love this show!!. Glad they are renewing it!!.
Servant, Schmigadoon and maybe Ted Lasso a bit are the only shows that I enjoy in Apple TV.
Most others Apple TV shows and movies have very high production values, but the plots or the direction and specially the characters reactions to the story seem very forced or plain silly. Like 90s tv on steroids.
Apple, please hire good directors, don’t rush the shows or make them “easy in the viewers”, be a little more HBO-like when it comes to direction of the shows and stories.
Oh, and please invest a looooot more in the app performance. Copy all Netflix features, like the way to fast forward, no buffering, easier way to find all episodes of a show I am seeing, not just the last one, and a long etcetera!.
Price increase=bye. Not enough content to justify it.
Servant, Schmigadoon and maybe Ted Lasso a bit are the only shows that I enjoy in Apple TV.
Most others Apple TV shows and movies have very high production values, but the plots or the direction and specially the characters reactions to the story seem very forced or plain silly. Like 90s tv on steroids.
Apple, please hire good directors, don’t rush the shows or make them “easy in the viewers”, be a little more HBO-like when it comes to direction of the shows and stories.
Oh, and please invest a looooot more in the app performance. Copy all Netflix features, like the way to fast forward, no buffering, easier way to find all episodes of a show I am seeing, not just the last one, and a long etcetera!.
Price increase=bye. Not enough content to justify it.
Yes, a bit of Lost there, when it was still good. Also a similar vibe as some early Haruki Murakami novels. Wonderful, really.
Have a look at some of the other recent shows like Slow Horses and Pachinko. Could have been HBO at their best. And Tehran returns soon - worth watching season 1. Or for a gentle comedy: Trying.
Apple TV+ is better than Netflix at the moment
Haha, you got much farther than me. I couldn’t get past the first episode, but then again, I have very little patience for TV shows.
Seeing some of the praise here, maybe I’ll give it another shot… but then again, a lot of folks here liked Ted Lasso so I forced myself to watch the entire first season and didn’t laugh once. It’s supposed to be a comedy right?
These are my thoughts too. I actually thought this was a series that wraps in just one season (and in some ways I hoped that was the case). I don't want this to go the way of Servant where it is just a constant waiting game for the payoff. I gave up on that show because nothing was ever explained and it just got more silly.
Awesome stuff. I’m hooked on this and look forward to each new episode. Somehow I’m sad the season is ending this Friday and have to wait for only-god-knows-when to get season 2.
Incredible show – the world, the storytelling, and, DAMN, the performances. A hit.
Guess I will have to start Severance now! Oh and the first two episodes of Slow Horses is very good as well. Wished Apple dropped more than one episode a week though.