Archives Episodes

Sweet Vitriol

Summary Discoveries are made. Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the details by next episode.

Chikhai Bardo

Summary An old romance intersects with a deadly present threat. Our Take Solid, satisfying television. The season’s engine keeps turning and the character work pays.

Attila

Summary Bonds are tested. Mark continues on his path of discovery. Our Take A carefully constructed episode with more hits than misses. Worth your time.

Trojan’s Horse

Summary Tensions emerge after the team suffers a loss. Our Take A mostly solid middle-of-the-road hour that splits its time between office politics and the outside world, with Mark and Devon’s reunion carrying real weight. The boardroom power struggle stuff…

Woe’s Hollow

Summary The team participates in a group activity. Our Take Very good, not the series’ peak, but an hour that reminds you why Severance works.

Who Is Alive?

Summary Mark, Helly, Irving, and Dylan search for answers. Our Take This one’s a slower, connective hour that mostly exists to shuffle pieces around after the premiere’s big swings. The interrogation scenes have some decent tension, and Irving’s storyline lands…

Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig

Summary Outie Mark contemplates the meaning of a message. Lumon grapples with the fallout of the Overtime Contingency. Our Take A slow-burn hour that leans hard on atmosphere over answers, and mostly gets away with it. Adam Scott does quiet…

Hello, Ms. Cobel

Summary Mark returns to work under different circumstances. Secrets from the Outie world come to light. Our Take Solid, satisfying television. The season’s engine keeps turning and the character work pays.

The We We Are

Summary Season finale. The team discovers troubling revelations. Our Take A tense, satisfying payoff that finally lets the innies loose in the outside world, and the show earns every reveal it’s been building toward. The pacing stumbles a bit in…

What’s for Dinner?

Summary The team prepares a plan. Mark attends Devon and Ricken’s party. Our Take A tense hour that mostly earns its slow build, with the dinner party scenes carrying real unease even when the pacing sags. The finale setup work…