Severance (2022) Apple TV Plus Series Review | Season 1

have you been watching the apple tv plus original series severance i mean now admittedly when i watched the first episode i was intrigued but not sure that i was going to be into the show the season finale has just aired so is it worth the bench mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives when a mysterious colleague appears outside of work it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs so this comes from executive producer and the majority director ben stiller it is a beautifully crafted and shot series that focuses on this small group of office workers who have had their brains surgically severed so that their work life is completely separated from their non-work life the series stars adam scott britt lauer john tutturo zac cherry patricia arquette and trammell tillman this is a quietly eerie and disconcerting series for a good portion of the show there is a massive amount of mystery surrounding everything and this is made all the more intriguing because of the quiet and patient storytelling where characters act in vague and monotonous ways i mean they're subdued and almost detached which also brings about some very weird eccentricities we get glimpses of life outside of work and those scenes only work to enhance the mystery even more adam scott is mark and he becomes the team lead in his office after his work best friend abruptly leaves the company mark has an odd encounter outside of work but because he has zero clue as to what his work actually entails or even who he works with inside the office this encounter begins to raise questions in his mind that we get just a sense that may have been brewing unbeknownst to him for quite some time the casting in this is phenomenal adam scott is just the right amount of snarky and sarcastic but also plays a timid every man very well patricia arquette is his boss and she is creepy overbearing and stern but she's also quietly fearful for reasons we just don't always really get to see john turturro is one of the standouts in this i mean which is saying something because the whole cast is awesome but to turtle he's so quirky stiff he's by the book and almost off-putting in his mannerisms but he's also got this massive inquisitiveness to him that leads to some fun discoveries for the story brit lauer plays helly who is a new addition to the team and her story arc really brings a darkness to the reality of their working situation now when she gets there that's when more of the personal consequences of having your brain severed are really examined and she executes the role in ways that are engaging and then heartbreaking zach cherry is some of the comic relief in this as he is a bizarre office mate who totally understands his motivations and then he fully embraces them i mean he's gruff sometimes but this also comes across as humorous because of his excellent delivery in probably one of the most nicely menacing roles travel tillman plays mr milchik who is the assistant to patricia arquette this dude is all smiles and fun but also no-nonsense business when it's called for i wouldn't even be surprised if he's ex-military because of the precision and authority in which he goes about his actions in the office as the show goes along the intrigue is increased because of small discoveries that open up new doors of mystery this is one of those shows that was very frustrating to watch because it came out weekly and so many of those episodes ended on some sort of cliffhanger in fact in the penultimate episode it ends mid action leaving us to wait another week for how it plays out but now that the whole first season has aired this is one to binge from start to finish and experience the awesomeness all at once now for me the first episode took a bit to get into i mean i was very intrigued and engrossed in what i was but the tone was so different than anything that i'd watched in quite a while that i thought i was gonna have to put myself into a new mindset in order to be in the mood to watch but that turned out to be just for the first episode now don't get me wrong the whole series is odd but it's not something that is so off the wall that you can't get into it right away and i'm really glad that i kept watching because the show turns out to be one of the greatest shows i've seen at least for a premiere season and we are going to have to see how they handle it from here on as the story goes along the scenarios get more intense with anxiety and urgency that drove up my heart rate and i'd be lying if i say this show didn't make me yell at the tv a few times because especially in those latter episodes there are moments that are just so intense that i needed an emotional release of that tension as one of the story elements within this there are core beliefs that the company adheres to and is guided by now i found myself wondering if this show was a commentary on religion and well i think there are certainly elements that could be doing that i'm not totally sure that the sort of commentary is the goal at least yet and maybe it's because in one aspect having your consciousness severed so that you can function in this segregated reality giving over the authority of how your brain functions can be seen as following a religious sect especially given how some of the mantras are completed within the show but even if there isn't a commentary on religion this is still a very thought-provoking series examining what are the pros and cons of being able to separate your work life from your home life well part of that sounds like it could be amazing the other part sounds like it would be absolute hell i mean for the innie who only knows work you never leave i mean there's never a vacation there's never a weekend all you know and experience is getting off the elevator coming in and doing your job getting back in the elevator to then wake back up with a new day starting just right as you get off the elevator to begin working again and i know the flip side of that is that you never have to go to work i mean your audi gets to experience all the bliss of a never-ending vacation but you're still missing massive chunks of every workday that missing time would probably begin to weigh on you which when both any and audi experiences are then combined a mental fracture or a meltdown seems like a very real possibility all right well that was a fairly depressing tangent but the show is not depressing at all i mean sure there is darkness and melancholy but there are also some very funny moments as well because the characters are just such a joy to watch even when they are or the situations themselves are very awkward so overall severance is an intense emotional ride filled with anxiety mystery urgency and emotion the acting is stellar and it's all the more fun to watch thanks to cinematography that is nothing short of spectacular there's a ton of visual symmetry in addition to the shots that look like they come from a british production making every scene beautiful to experience and each of the episodes ranges from 40 minutes long to just under an hour and every single one of them is absolutely compelling television the storytelling will hook you and then frustrate you in the best way possible creating situations and scenarios that are harrowing exciting and nail-biting there's no sex or nudity but there's a lot of profanity and some violence i give season one of severance five out of five couches don't miss this show do yourself a favor get it watch it binge it okay so have you been watching this one what'd you think of it what are you looking forward to in the upcoming second season let me know in the comments below if you enjoyed this review please give it a like also don't forget to share and subscribe i'm chris this is movies and munchies thanks for couching with me

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Length: 6min 55sec (415 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 08 2022