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.

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.

Severance season 2 on Apple TV+ review: the return to this mind-melting corporate hellscape is more addictive than ever - 4/5 Visually epic and stacked with an excellent cast, there’s nothing like it

The lines between selfhood and servitude blur to unsettling extremes in the labyrinthine corridors of Severance.

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,

If you feel like you’ve had your memory surgically wiped since you last saw Severance, it’s understandable. It’s been nearly three years since the Apple TV+ sci-fi series first burst onto the scene with one of the most thrillingly original concepts in years.

Severance season 2 episode 2 will be released on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 9pm PT (Pacific Time) and Friday, January 24, 2025 at 12am ET (Eastern Time) and 5am GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). We had originally thought that new episodes wouldn't arrive until midnight PT on Fridays, but co-creator Ben Stiller shared the good news on X.

Directed mostly by Ben Stiller, the provocative sci-fi series about a mysterious biotech company returns on Apple TV+, starring Adam Scott, John Turturro, Christopher Walken and Patricia Arquette.