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The Independent
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Severance to make history as information about season two finale emerges online
The season two finale of Severance is fast approaching and it has been confirmed that it will be far longer than any episode of the critically acclaimed show to date. Severance stars Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry and John Turturro as a group of employees at the murky Lumon company, which the equally suspicious Eagan family runs. All four have undergone a procedure called 'severance' in which their consciousness is completely divided between their work selves and home selves in a daring experiment to find a work-life balance. So far, despite many twists and turns, fans are still trying to figure out exactly what is going on in the show. Despite a few missteps, season two of the show has been warmly embraced and meticulously dissected by its loyal fanbase, eager to discover the answers to the show's many mysteries. Information has now come out about the season finale from an unlikely source: The Australian Government. As reported by Dexerto, the Australian Classification Board have updated their website to show that the runtime for the finale, called 'Cold Habor,' clocks in at 76 minutes. This makes it the longest Severance episode ever and also twice the length of the latest episode, which was slammed as 'boring ' by viewers. In addition, the Classification Board have rated the episode 'MA 15+ Restricted' due to its violent content. Previously, 'Woe's Hollow', which featured one troubling scene, was only rated as 'Mature'. A 'Parental Guidance' content warning has also been added for sex. Recently, producer and director Ben Stiller said that he approached Barack Obama, 63, about providing the voice for the animated version of the Lumon administrative building that appears in a video shown to staff in the show. The role was eventually filled by Keanu Reeves. Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 days New subscribers only. £8.99/mo. after free trial. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free In a five-star review of the second season, The Independent's Annabel Nugent wrote: 'Bottling the bolt-from-the-blue brilliance for a second season is infinitely tougher, but Severance pulls it off with style, balancing its various tones as expertly and effortlessly as a waiter during a Friday night rush. Thankfully, it is still one of the best shows on TV – certainly, one worth rushing home from the office to watch.' Only two episodes remain of the current season. No official statement has been made about a potential third series at the time of writing.
The Independent
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Severance set to make history with season two finale after information emerges online
The season two finale of Severance is fast approaching and it has been confirmed that it will be far longer than any episode of the critically acclaimed show to date. Severance stars Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry and John Turturro as a group of employees at the murky Lumon company, which the equally suspicious Eagan family runs. All four have undergone a procedure called 'severance' in which their consciousness is completely divided between their work selves and home selves in a daring experiment to find a work-life balance. So far, despite many twists and turns, fans are still trying to figure out exactly what is going on in the show. Despite a few missteps, season two of the show has been warmly embraced and meticulously dissected by its loyal fanbase, eager to discover the answers to the show's many mysteries. Information has now come out about the season finale from an unlikely source: The Australian Government. As reported by Dexerto, the Australian Classification Board have updated their website to show that the runtime for the finale, called 'Cold Habor,' clocks in at 76 minutes. This makes it the longest Severance episode ever and also twice the length of the latest episode, which was slammed as 'boring ' by viewers. In addition, the Classification Board have rated the episode 'MA 15+ Restricted' due to its violent content. Previously, 'Woe's Hollow', which featured one troubling scene, was only rated as 'Mature'. A 'Parental Guidance' content warning has also been added for sex. Recently, producer and director Ben Stiller said that he approached Barack Obama, 63, about providing the voice for the animated version of the Lumon administrative building that appears in a video shown to staff in the show. The role was eventually filled by Keanu Reeves. Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 days New subscribers only. £8.99/mo. after free trial. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free In a five-star review of the second season, The Independent's Annabel Nugent wrote: 'Bottling the bolt-from-the-blue brilliance for a second season is infinitely tougher, but Severance pulls it off with style, balancing its various tones as expertly and effortlessly as a waiter during a Friday night rush. Thankfully, it is still one of the best shows on TV – certainly, one worth rushing home from the office to watch.' Only two episodes remain of the current season. No official statement has been made about a potential third series at the time of writing.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Severance' Star Adam Scott Breaks Down His 2 ‘Very Different' Intimate Scenes
Note: This story contains spoilers from'Severance' Season 2, Episode 6. Sex is not a topic you immediately think about when it comes to the world of 'Severance.' But in Season 2, it plays a pivotal role for Adam Scott's Mark S. 'They're really very different circumstances,' Adam Scott said of the two sex scenes that appear in Episodes 4 and 6 of this season. 'While one of those scenes is a deeply disturbing betrayal, the other is the physical culmination of a slow-building romance.' In between the show's endless dystopian mysteries, there has always been a love story at the center of 'Severance.' As Mark's outie copes with the devastating loss of his wife, his innie spent most of Season 1 becoming closer to his newest report, Helly R. (Britt Lower). Their long-simmering attraction comes to a head in 'Woe's Hollow,' an episode that takes place during an outdoor retreat and sees Mark and Helly finally be intimate. But in true 'Severance' fashion, this sweet encounter is tainted by the fact that Mark S. was not sleeping with Helly at all but her outie, Helena. 'It's tricky because innie Mark is very much falling in love with Helly. Their time together out in the wilderness really kind of seals the deal, as far as Mark is concerned,' Scott said before clarifying that 'seals the deal' may not be the right way to describe it. '[Mark] has never been in a situation like this, never been intimate with a person before. This is another one of those world-shifting events for him,' Scott said. 'He is totally and completely in love with this person and dedicated to this person.' The weight of Mark and Helly's sex scene is compounded in Episode 6. Innie Helly returns to Lumon in Episode 5, and by Episode 6 she learns what Mark has done with Helena. Though she is mad at him for sleeping with her outie and Mark is skeptical about whether or not he can trust her, Helly manages to take the situation into her own hands. Taking him into an abandoned office, Helly — not Helena — sleeps with Mark in 'Attila.' 'The second time they're intimate, it's an opportunity for, really, a true connection, for what Mark thought he was doing and who he thought he was connecting with in the first place,' Scott said. 'This is the pure coming together of these two people.' 'Severance' releases new episodes Fridays on Apple TV+. The post 'Severance' Star Adam Scott Breaks Down His 2 'Very Different' Intimate Scenes appeared first on TheWrap.
Boston Globe
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
On ‘Severance,' Britt Lower excels at playing her own double
On Apple+'s surreal workplace drama, the core cast of Lower, Advertisement Crucially, there's such a complete divide between the outies and innies that neither have any memory of the other's actions. One of the show's enduring questions is whether or not they should be treated as two separate people, but for all intents and purposes, that's how the actors have to play it. That holds especially true for Lower, whose rebellious innie Helly would happily burn Lumon to the ground. Unfortunately, her outie, Helena, is a committed member of its terrifying ruling family. Helly's fiery temperament couldn't contrast more with Helena's icy cool — a jarring revelation for them both, to say the least. For Lower, though, playing two such different characters in the same bizarro world must be the juiciest kind of acting challenge. (Before we continue, here's your requisite SPOILER WARNING: If you're not completely caught up on the second season of 'Severance' and want to be before knowing at least one of its twists, turn back now!) Advertisement (You're still here! You sure?) (Okay, cool. Here we go.) In 'Woe's Hollow,' Turturro's Irving realizes that Helena's been tricking the group into thinking she's Helly, whom we apparently haven't seen this season at all. Like her predecessors in the 'Parent Trap,' Lower's been playing us by playing the double-layered character of Helena pretending to be Helly — and to be honest, it wasn't a complete shock. That's not to take anything away from Lower's performance. In fact, it speaks to the subtle work Lower did that Helena's restraint pushed through the 'Helly' veneer enough to raise viewers' alarm bells before Irving's went off. As he got closer to the truth, Lower let Helena peek through bit by bit until her hard stare finally cracked under the pressure. 'Severance' is only ramping up its science fiction elements and raising more questions in season 2; the show could easily lean so far into lore that it spins right off its own axis. That makes it doubly important for the main characters to feel authentic, and in turn, for canny actors like Lower to keep them grounded.
Buzz Feed
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
'Severance' Star John Turturro Broke Down Exactly How He And Britt Lower Filmed That Intense Waterfall Scene From The Latest Episode
This article contains major spoilers for Severance Season 2 Episode 4: 'Woe's Hollow.' Proceed with caution! I don't know about you, but that last episode of Severance had me screaming at my TV. The Helly R./Helena plotline has me reeling. Even though I totally predicted it. Either way, my Britt Lower Emmy campaign begins NOW. Alongside Britt, John Turturro 's performance as Irving B. also got everyone talking. In case you need a recap, (spoilers!) the final scene of the episode sees Irving revealing that outie Helena Eagan has been masquerading as innie Helly R. — before he shoves Helena into a freezing pool of water at the bottom of a super tall waterfall (the largest waterfall on Earth, in fact), threatening to drown her if the Lumon administration doesn't bring Helly R. back. Irving holds Helena under the water multiple times, before Helena breaks character and shouts at Milchick to bring Helly back. Irving pushes Helena back down before Helly is awakened – while underwater. After noticing that Helly is back, Irving pulls her close and apologizes gently. Apple TV+ It's like a four-minute sequence, and I don't think I breathed once while watching. Recently, John and Britt sat down with Collider to break down what it was like filming their intense scene. John began, 'Britt and I have a good relationship, so you want to do all the emotional stuff and also take care of the other person at the same time and make sure the other person is safe, and you're not hurting them and stuff like that.' 'So, it was hard for Britt, and it was hard for me in other ways, because a part of my brain was thinking about, 'OK, I gotta take care of her, and I've got to do what I have to do at the same time,'' he recalled. 'But I think that was an exciting episode to do. It was almost like its own little short story or little film,' John said. 'It's interesting, I think, when you actually like someone and care about them, you can actually go further.' 'If you really don't, there's kind of a block sometimes, because then you realize, 'This is the imaginary story, and we're playing like we're in the sandbox together,'' he concluded. Britt then interjected, adding, 'John is such a professional, and it was almost like we were doing this dance together.' 'We were able to go there because the actor part of me, Britt, knew I was in such safe hands and that we could really work in abandon inside of the character,' she explained. Sean Zanni / Getty Images for House of Suntory Britt has previously opened up about how she sees John as her hero and was excited to work with him when starting Season 1 of Severance. And as well as seeing the two speak about their relationship on set, fans got emotional seeing Irving's reaction to Helly's return in the latest episode. Fans meaning me, mainly. 'I've been in the opposite situations with people, and people get hurt really easily. Anyway, it was good when it was over. I felt like, 'OK, you're alright,'' John laughed. Helly R. and Irving B., my beloveds. What are your thoughts on this episode? Were you as hyped as I was? LMK below. Meanwhile, you can stream Severance on Apple TV+ now.
