Apple TV+ has renewed its workplace thriller series Severance for a second season. The news comes just days before the show's first season finale airs on the streaming service.
“‘Severance’ has imagined an existence that‘s equal parts riveting and enthralling as viewers around the globe can’t get enough of these rich characters,” Apple TV+'s head of programming Matt Cherniss said in a statement. “We’re excited to go deeper into this wholly unique world and unpack more layers of Lumon in season two.”
Severance is helmed by creator and writer Dan Erickson and executive producer and director Ben Stiller. The show stars Adam Scott as Mark, a team leader at the cryptic Lumon Industries, a company that insists its employees undergo a procedure known as "severance" to divide their memories between their work and home lives.
The dystopian office series also co-stars Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Zach Cherry. Both Scott and Arquette also serve as producers.
Though there is no word of how many seasons the show will ultimately have, Stiller seems adamant that there is plenty of story left to tell about these characters and their unusual circumstances.
"It has been a long road bringing ‘Severance' to television," he said. "I first read Dan’s pilot over five years ago. It has always been a multi-season story, and I’m really happy we get to continue it. I’m grateful to our partners at Apple TV+ who have been behind it the whole way. Praise Keir!"
Severance has received widespread critical acclaim for its performances and eerie setting. In our review of the two-episode premiere, we said, "Severance's success will be determined by the payoff of its central mysteries, but the excellent cast, eerie visuals, and off-putting score make every moment of the first two episodes feel worth the ride.
Severance's Season 1 finale "The We We Are" airs this Friday exclusively on Apple TV+.
Billy Givens is a freelance writer at IGN.
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