13. Severance – Season 1 (2022)

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Lumon Industries has developed a technology to protect its business secrets by severing the minds of some of its employees between their work and home lives. The “outie” only needs to commute to and from work, never experiencing in-office life, and having no idea what they do every date. Their “innie”, in contrast, is effectively born the basement of the office building, and from their perspective never gets to leave. Workplace culture is replaced by an a religious reverence for the company’s founders. But what is it the severed employees do all day? When one of Mark Scout’s co-workers finds him on the outside, the walls between the two halves of his life begin to come down.

Vinnk and Sean try to figure out how a TV show starring Adam Scott, John Turturro, and Christopher Walken, directed by Ben Stiller could as tense, sweet, and thought-provoking as this one that also somehow lampoons the more inane aspects of white collar office culture. We wonder other characters are severed, discuss the “color theory” that may lead to some clues, and wonder what the heck is up with the goats. (But, also, Dylan is the GOAT.)

Starring:
* Adam Scott – Mark S(cout)
* Britt Lower – Helly R
* John Turturro – Irving B
* Zach Cherry – Dylan G
* Patrica Arquette – Harmony Cobel / Mrs. Selvig
* Tramell Tillman – Mr. Milchick
* Jen Tullock – Devon
* Michael Chernus – Ricken
* Christopher Walken – Burt G
* Dichen Lachman – Ms. Casey

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Logo by by Louis Lloyd-Judson: https://louistrations.co.uk.

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