Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig

This episode had a great cinematography and recording, perhaps it is the episode with the best artistic direction of the series, that also creates expectations about the second season, which in my case, had been somewhat "broken" with the first episode and made me imagine that the series would take a totally different path from the first season, but they caught my attention with this second episode that complements the first, makes it better and resumes the entire path of its predecessor, making it more interesting and putting, once again, the taste of curiosity in our mouths hungry to know what will happen next.

Honestly really enjoyed it. Im still yet to see an episode worth $20M, however thats not necessarily a bad thing. This episode is more of a different perspective on the information we were given in the prior episode. Which leads to the one critique i have for this... why wouldnt they release those 2 at the same time, then let us wait a week and come back with the new story as it unfolds. It kind of feels like a write off so they can extend people's attention and using that as kind of a way of abusing the power they have over us. Thats definitely not something i think is the shows fault my any means, more of a flaw on the side of Apple. However, the episode is still great. Its still what we do want to see, i would have just liked these first 2 to be released in tandem with one another... then give us the rollout for the next week with the new story. Nonetheless, love this show.

I loved season 1 of severance, and the cliff hanger left me yearning for more. However leading up to the release of season 2, I was mildly cautious that it would not live up to the hype. I assume at worst season 2 would be a fun weekly show to follow along with. I think we've all been misunderstanding what's happening here.

I truly believe we have something special on our hands here. Something that years down the road someone will say "I'm so jealous you got to watch Severance as it released." The way I personally think about the likes of Breaking Bad or The Sopranos.

I truly believe this is Mount Rushmore quality television that we are lucky enough to get to follow along with as it happens.

Adam Scott and Britt Lower are delivering performances on par with the likes of Jeremy Strong and Sarah Snook (this is the highest praise I can give any form of media). Emmy season is going to be glorious for Ben Stiller and co.

Season 2 is off to a bang, as this episode is just as good if not better than the first. Here, we get to see the aftermath of the overtime rebellion as Lumon has to do damage control. This was what we had been waiting for since the end of Season 1, and I honestly loved it. Especially seeing Helly's outside reaction to everything that happens. Helly is also the only one who knows the entire picture. Britt Lower gives such an amazing performance, and she is as cold as Outie Helena. Helly is definitely my favorite character, and I'm interested to see where Helena goes from here. Adam Scott also kills it. I really liked seeing Mark with his sister again. Overall, the entire cast shines as they play multiple roles, and everyone is perfect in their role. Even the characters who aren't severed, such as Mr. Milchick, have a duality to them. It was nice to see Dylan and Irving's outies for the first time. It's so strange to see how different Dylan's Outie is from his Inie. I also loved that Irving may know more than he is letting on. The question is, why is Mark S. So important? Why try to remove the others but not him? I don't know, but I'm confident the writers do. All in all, this is my favorite show right now and already one of my all-time favorites. Here is to seeing more of the Inies and Outies overlap in the future.

The shots taken this episode is just mindblowing. Gave me some better call saul vibes. The story, where do I begin. It's simply extraordinary. I'm just here to give the cinematography of this episode a 1000/10 because wow, it's literally a Monalisa for TV shows. The way the shots taken, the angles, the face reactions, Mr Milchick on his motorcycle, his helmet, oh my god his helmet is a piece of art ( I'm not even a motorcycle dude but hey ). This show is a brilliant TV art that shows you don't need to rush every year for a season. Take your time with it and deliver for your viewers. Ben Stiller KUDOS.