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I can't remember the last time I was so invested in a TV show. I was hooked from the first episode, and constantly impressed with the directing, visuals, acting, and plot developments. It's like a cross between Black Mirror and 1984, but it might be better than both of those works of art. This is truly something special and I COULD NOT be more excited for season 2.

I can't even describe the show. It's unlike anything I have ever seen.

Remember that feeling you had after watching The Truman Show or The Sixth Sense for the very first time? The feeling that you had experienced something unique? It's the exact same sensation Severance gave me. It's odd, it's smart, it's fresh and I loved every single minute of it. It's the best writing and acting I have seen in years.

Every episode makes you hungry for the next one, and the next one, and... well, you get the point. All I can say is, stop scrolling through these reviews and go watch it, because you're in for a treat.

I had no idea what to expect when I first starting watching Severance. It not only lives up to all the hype but surpasses it. As you can see from the reviews and ratings here, people loved this show and I'm no different. I have to warn you though that's it's addicting once you start watching this and you'll want to binge it as quickly as possible. It's just such a thoughtful, original show that will have you guessing throughout the show. Along with the acting and writing the visuals are just great here. I literally can't find one negative thing to say about this incredible show. You'll have a blast watching this.

If you think about it in a deeper sense the Severance corporation is a metaphor of for how trapped workers are in their job, that's my theory. I love it all I'm surprised a few hated it something about waiting for something that's ridiculous or they know the nothing, seems to be a buildup and a lot to learn about the series regardless the show is magnificent! The thriller aspect is glorious and I'm a couple episodes in. When the show first released it had a 7.2 and jumped to 8.2 that's well deserved!

Severance is every bit as good as everyone says it is. All you have to do is read through the reviews and look the rating to see how much people think of this series. It's on every "best shows of 2022" list out there for a reason and will absolutely be nominated for a ton of awards! Adam Scott leads an amazing cast who all do a fantastic job. It's just such an original show that will keep you wanting more. The first episode may start a little slow for some but stick with it because I promise that you won't regret it. If you stay with it I guarantee it will become one of your favorite shows of the year. I'm so glad they already decided to pick it up for future seasons!

I loved this Apple + series very much. First of all, the subject is very original and high quality. The acting is just perfect. The script is great, the music is great. The episodes progress slowly, but they are always exciting, and the season finale was simply great. I can't find anything else to say. I'm waiting the other seasons...

Edit* Episode 9 S1 is one of the greatest TV eps I've seen from a serialised show, still telling the story but it shines so much brighter. Ben Stiller directed it personally. And deserves awards and recognition for it.

Only two episodes are out. So I'm going to keep this very short for now and update with a full review at the end of the series.

All I'll spoil, because I went into the plot blind before watching. Only going by the actors/director, stiller is still one of few unique film makers in hollyweird that can pull in great actors and decent budgets. This is series unlike anything airing and has great potential to be considered one of the greats of offbeat irreverent dark comedy series ever. Can't wait for the world building.

Just give this one a chance, so far it's not political or effected by the real world. It's a universe unto itself. And I love it so far.

I expected a comedy because of who the lead is , the first minute in you can just feel this show has immense quality behind it there has to be a team that actually cares about what they put on the screen. The first 3-4 minutes gives you a scary idea of the world of the show and I loved it. The direction is simple but the tone , writing score and atmosphere is perfectly done .

There really aren't enough positive things to say about this potential masterpiece of art. I want to go on record as saying if the show manages to keep this quality up for it's entire run length, this will be the first show I have watched since Breaking Bad to be as close to perfection as possible.

Admittedly, things start off slow and drag slightly with the first episode. Fear not though, because Severance picks up with an increasing amount of drama and mystery, climaxing perfectly with a season finale that balances that fine line of leaving you wanted more, while quenching your appetite to remain satisfied until Season 2.

Every metric you can measure and judge a TV show on is on display with absolute mastery. The casting, acting, script, direction, cinematography, lighting, set decoration.. everything is perfect.

Actually I noticed a running theme for this review I've written is the word "perfect". So I'll leave you all with that, and watch the damn show already.

If being John malkovich or eternal sunshine of the spotless mind in an office environment is for you; then this is a show you'll enjoy. The pacing is a little slow but I can see that it's to give us a clear world building premise. Creepy, insular, & mind bending with a fine line of humor.

Well after all of the positive and convincing reviews, I wanted to give Severance a chance. I can understand why people love the series but it's not my cup of tea. It is slow, it is calm, it needs time to unfold the story and it needs patience. In criminal series I'm okay with slow tempo because there is a will to figure out who is the murderer. But in Severance, I can't see any aspect which keeps me interested to follow the happenings. Parallel to the tempo, I slowly lost my interest and didn't want to finish it.

I was ready to completely give up on episodic shows and then this happened, an actual diamond of a show among formulaic, recycled, regurgitated, pandering piffle. The production design and cinematography is inspiring and the cast is excellent. Narratively speaking, it's about as engaging and compelling as anything I'd consider a "best" example of any screened entertainment I've ever seen. Which means, it'll probably not be renewed for a 2nd season because it's just too original and interesting for American audiences.

"Severance" is one of the most disturbing shows that you'll ever see. The sad thing is that so many corporations do this sort of thing to people, turning them into mere cogs in the machine.

Definitely see it.

Following "Severance" for the past two months as each weekly episode drops reminds you of just how wonderful it is to witness things as they unfold for the first time. Well-cast, brilliantly-directed and edited, with one of the most spellbinding opening sequences in recent TV history, "Severance" is the perfect blend of Sci-fi, human interest, mystery, dystopia, and dark comedic undertones. "Black Mirror" is the only comparison that comes to mind but that show falls under the anthology category, therefore "Severance" is quite unlike any TV series you've ever seen before. As the mystery unfolds, you can't help but think about the layers upon layers of possibilities and various implications. While the early episodes may appear ho-hum, buzzing slowly, they are actually intricately developing each textured character if you pay close attention, positioning you for a satisfying payoff. Every actor stands out in their own right, from the trusty lead Adam Scott to veterans Patricia Arquette, John Torturo, Christopher Walken to Tramell Tillman as Milchick, my surprise favorite. This show is complex, and so for those who have not seen this yet and want to be entertained (Defiant Jazz!) and mentally stimulated at the same time, I recommend not waiting much longer to start S1E1!

The office workers for a mysterious and somewhat creepy company have all had their minds split into two, with their 'work' lives and 'home' lives having no knowledge of each other.

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Just finished watching the first season of this, and it's been a real find. Nothing life-changing or even completely original, but a very, very good show, well-written, directed and acted the whole way through, with Tramell Tillman and Patricia Arquette coming out tops at stealing most scenes they're in, but Christopher Walken and John Torturro are splendid, too. Every character is intriguing and believable, and the revelations of the parts we get to see of their other lives all make sense and successfully propel the story along in ways that never feel manipulative or cheating.

If I were to try describe the experience of watching it to someone I would probably say it's a bit of a knock-off of various Charlie Kaufmann films - particularly Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - pitched somewhere in the vicinity of The Truman Show or Westworld, if Westworld was any good and still liked the human race.

If there's any downsides, I would say it probably could have done a little more with the human ramifications of the process, showing us in greater detail what the severed characters were feeling and how the world appeared to them in this confused and diminished state. And I also think they could have told the story a little faster: I don't have great hopes that the quality will remain this high into further seasons, and I would have rather they made it a complete, standalone miniseries instead. Having said that, I'll be definitely be counting the months till it returns.

Very interesting show, it's always unsettling and you never feel like what's going on is normal. There's always so many things that you are questioning and it keeps you engaged and interested. There's some dark, offbeat humor mixed in as well. Great acting and music and an offbeat unsettling style, very excited for the rest of the series.

Smashed the first two episodes and look forward to more. Looks amazing and feels claustrophobic, there is a real visual separation between the work and home self. Dialogue is witty and sharp, the fact that Ben Stiller directed this blows my mind. Great TV to kick off 2022.

The concept of Severance in itself is more than enough to make anyone interested in watching, but executing that idea - especially one this complex is a difficult task that so far has been brought to fruition in a near perfect way. This show really makes you ponder on what you think about work life, life itself and the way you perceive living. In Severance, the idea of creating a new consciousness within oneself and having to live with the fact that you'll potentially never know how that other side feels or what it's going through is a thought that goes through the minds of many characters, but the best part about the show is slowly watching the plot unravel as these characters go further and further down this abyss of what they were born into, or in another sense put their other selves into. The spear heading of Dan Erickson's genius concept, Ben Stiller's great direction as well as the fantastic acting have made Severance a must watch show with it's first season being by far one of the best in tv history, with the 2nd season so far showing no signs of decline.

You might think i am a contrarian giving this show a 6 especially after reading the other reviews but just bear with me. This show is very slow but i was expecting that when i started it, the problem is that there was no payoff for it, the show starts off slow but at the end of the 1st episode you think it will pick up pace from the next episode but the story never starts flowing at the right speed. Episodes 2-6 have very few important plot advancements. At least 1 plot point has no significance to the overall story. Irving is an exceptionally dull and boring character. A 9 episode series did not need as many filler episodes as severance seems to have. I watched every episode patiently because of the amazing reviews i read about this show but even the end wasnt paced right the last episode was trying to fit in too many things. And after all that there still was no satisfying conclusion to the story just a half hearted cliffhanger end to warrant a 2nd season. This is not the revolutionary 10/10 show that the reviewers will have you believe it is. It feels as if i was robbed of the time it took to watch these 9 episodes. Also there is symbolism and i got that but it felt as if the whole show was just symbolism and had no concrete storyline. Such a waste of time.

Then it just gets too ridiculous and attempt at creating complexity for its own sake.

The premise of the show has lots of potential and possible story angles. Its starts enticing and gripping however with every episode meanders more until you feel youre watching version of Lost - The Office.

They keep upping the questions to the point of absurdity (i.e goats) and not giving anything to pull you back. By the end of the season one feels kind of tricked and with more questions than answers. If youre a smart, quality writer you know you need to at least PARTIALLY satify curiousity so viewer doesnt feel it has all been a collossal waste of their time.

Terrible writers however do nothing but stretch out the same plot, keep offering more situations to arise questions but answering progressively less questions and then infuriating viewer even more by going into Season 2 with basically nothing answered, plus an added cliffhanger... seriously?

All in all, a premise with potential ruined by pacing, running in circles, often very illogical acting characters and too much complexity for its own sake and not for building a coherent story.

4 episode in and just wow, every character and every scene just screams 1984. In a good way, because thats one of the best novels to ever be.

Its true, some of the scenes are uncomfortable to see, but we should see! Because this acting is a somewhat reflection to our lives and our jobs with capitalism dominating everything and destroying every meaning of live and make humans a semi robot who separates their lives from their work!

The concept of the show is kinda freaky, will you as a fully-brained human, willingly sentence a part of yourself for slavery for 8 hours a day?. To you it doesn't feel a thing like a small nap and you still have 2/3 of the day to live. But for that part of you it seems infinite, always working! The literal definition of slavery!

I feel like the series is delving into the gnostical existential journeys of its characters. The stunning visual presentation of Mr. Milchick's motorcycle scenes doesn't need further praise - I believe his character is on the path to gaining more depth as the story progresses.

While I loved the visuals in the first episode of Season 2, I found S2E1 slightly below my expectations. However, it now seems clear that it was all about laying the groundwork for the episodes to come. Following the setup in S2E1, this second episode of season 2 is a true masterpiece. This is the episode that has taken a wild momentum for the new season.