‘Severance’ Season 2 First Look: Adam Scott Returns to the Office

It’s time to return to the Innie and Outie world of Lumon Industries.

The first look at Season 2 of Apple Original series “Severance” picks up where Mark (Adam Scott), Dylan (Zach Cherry), Helly (Britt Lower), and Irving (John Turturro) have left off: escaping into the real world outside of their corporate cubicles and trying to free themselves from capitalist tutelage.

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The footage debuted at the 2024 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.

Ben Stiller directs and executive produces the critically acclaimed series which follows controversial tech company Lumon, whose workers opted for experimental procedures to have an alternate work self. Patricia Arquette portrays the Lumon boss, who blurs the lines between Innies, Outies, personal, and professional by stalking employees outside of work.

Season 2 was announced in April 2022, with Gwendoline Christie, Alia Shawkat, Bob Balaban, and more stars joining the cast.

Executive producer and director Stiller revealed that he uses his family as a “focus group” for “Severance” plotlines. “We have this ongoing debate about spoilers because I’m working now on the scripts and prepping the show,” Stiller said. “And I will want to ask them questions and they’re like, ‘Well, don’t tell us.’ Do you want to know or not? So it’s like an ongoing debate.”

Actress Arquette previously teased that audiences should be “very scared” of what’s in store. “Be scared, very scared,” Arquette told Entertainment Tonight. “No, I think these guys have been working really hard, and come up with a lot of really creative things. They have a whole world in their minds. They just let us in, piece by piece, into what’s going on, but I think it will be fun and beautiful.”

“Severance” Season 2 premieres later. Check out the first look as part of the Apple TV+ slate below.

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