Hello, Ms. Cobel

I hope my review is long enough to make it... It really is simple. Everything in this show means something and every second is thought out. If you don't understand that, after the first season, I can't help you. To say this first episode of the second season is a throw away or irrelevant just proves you do not understand the vision of the writers and directors. They clearly know what they want to do and where they are going. The details that are carefully placed prove this fact. If, at the end of the second season you have issues, feel free to air them. However, to say you are disappointed because all of your questions were not answered from the first season in the first episode of the second season is absolutely foolish.

Wow, absolutely mind bending episode so much is going on!

So I won't discuss specifics here since I believe it to be a crime against humanity to spoil this masterpiece of a show without spoiler warning so I'll just say this: This episode does everything right by the book, it offers the viewer a sufficient amount of answers at face value, meaning things that are being explained on screen(visually or verbally)without delving too much into the details to decode them, while also rewarding those who are curious enough to speculate and theorize on what's to come with hidden gems scattered all around the episode with connections to the previous season.

Needless to say the cinematography is superb and captivating(but this is no surprise from a tv show like Severance).

So overall I feel optimistic about what's ahead, and I hope you'll enjoy this episode as much as I did(if you're curious why a 9 instead of 10 then the only thing bothering me was that I waited 3 years for it XD)

It's back.

I was worried for this pilot - its been so long and with the excellence of season 1, and the LONG wait between seasons I was ready to find myself uninterested and having lost something.

I am happy to report this is not the case, the episode grabs you and reminds you EXACTLY why you enjoyed season 1. Fun characters, a really fun and meaty mystery to sink your teeth into and just a splash of weirdness.

The life-changing alterations made to characters in last seasons finale aren't shrugged off and even in this episode you can already feel the wheels turning plot-wise.

An easy recommend and I am no longer worried about this seasons quality. Immensely looking forward to the rest of this season.

This episode was brilliant. It was everything it had to be. So much to applaud. This show doesn't feel real. It doesn't seem like something that should exist right now. More like 2012. That's the only way to explain the dependability.

Dylan is the standout here, for me. Everything he does in this episode is so impactful. I'm in love with it. John Turturro is still the greatest to do it, but each of his scene partners hold their own throughout a runtime that is gorgeously cut.

We are witnessing a meteoric rise. The start of something people won't forget. A generational run.

Perfection. No notes.

Severance has to be one of my favorite shows, and I was so sad that the writer strike pushed the second season back. The end of season 1 has to be one of the best TV episodes ever. So I was expecting a lot, to say the least, and I wasn't disappointed. The show picks up where season 1 ended, at least from the perspectives of our Inies. Five months have passed in the real world, but the Inies and we, as the viewers, don't know what has happened in the real world. Mark S. Is confused and in search of his team. The entire cast is perfect, and they pick up where they left off without missing a beat. The show is really good at presenting things ominously and creepily. I'm really interested in seeing what is going on with Helly after what she was like in the real world. I still have a lot of questions, especially about the outside world, but I have faith that they will explain them. I'm excited to see what happens next.