As The Apple TV Plus series Severance continues to ramp up, things are getting a bit darker and the audience is starting to get a better look at just what goes into working at Lumon as well as what kind of people are willing to go through the severance process. While most of the other episodes of Severance have been equal parts humor and the absurdity of the work environment, there wasn't much to laugh at in this particular episode. The show probably needed an episode like this, because when push comes to shove, it's important to note that there really isn't anything funny about what's been going on with a company that sends people to some sort of weird torture chamber if they try and pass a note to themselves. The darkness that surrounds the lives of the people in the show was certainly hinted at in the very first episode of Severance. After all, the first time the audience meets Mark, he's crying rather hard in his car. It doesn't take long to learn exactly why his Outtie is such a sad person. It also doesn't take long to learn why he's gone through the procedure. One of the most interesting things about the latest episode of the Apple TV Plus thriller is just how much more filled out several of the characters are. Helly, Mark, and Petey are all sketched out quite a bit more, though of the three Mark is perhaps the biggest enigma. In fact, as the series goes on, he might be the biggest enigma of all, despite the fact that viewers get to see what makes him tick more than any of the others. The fourth episode of this series also managed to pick up the pace compared to the third episode. It turns out that so far, Ben Stiller and company have managed to find a pretty good pace. The episode was able the humans that are behind the works of Lumon while not really dropping the ball when it comes to advancing the story. And then there was that cliffhanger of an ending. That part alone is likely to keep people talking about Severance all week.
