I’m excited that Irving placed his outie to come face to face with outie Burt, who obviously has some outie history with him. So that’ll be a fun scene. Wonder what we’ll learn
― Evan, Saturday, 9 April 2022 00:45 (two years ago) link
gaaaah this finale has me shookwhen Helly says WE ARE PRISONERS my brain completely flipped i was like jesus christ they are prisoners … like I kind of knew but hearing it out loud just changed the whole show?
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 April 2022 05:11 (two years ago) link
I legit did not think they were going to let her get more than two words out before she ran out of time!
I also want like, a 30 minute version of the intro. I thinks it’s so great. Visuals and the music both.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 9 April 2022 06:01 (two years ago) link
Another good article with Tramell Tillman. Lol at them actually getting lost in the hallways on set
Exclusive Interview: "Severance" actor @TramellTillman talks about working with his A-list co-stars, the physical preparation it took him for the role and much more 🤩#Severance streams on @AppleTVPlus with new episodes every Friday! @PattyArquette https://t.co/rawTr6PZ0f— Looper (@looper) April 1, 2022
― groovypanda, Saturday, 9 April 2022 06:25 (two years ago) link
Thanks. Think I read about Patricia Arquette getting lost in the hallways before but at this point I can't keep track of how many of these I have read. But this one was a worthy addition.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 April 2022 11:32 (two years ago) link
the fact that Ms Cobel lives next to Mark, that there was some comment about how mark and his wife didn't recognize each other etc, makes me think the whole thing is an experiment? Like nobody is doing anything down there other than being tested to see if it works? Like putting them in front of people they know in the real world, or giving them a similar job to their history etc, just trying to confirm that it's safe so that people like the politicians wife can do it and not be concerned?
― dan selzer, Saturday, 9 April 2022 13:54 (two years ago) link
That was my theory too. Except for the fact the higher ups did seem to be concerned about them making quotas.
I want to know what those cards were about the Optics and Design dept were making!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 9 April 2022 14:39 (two years ago) link
We have a year or two to speculate so the sky's the limiit.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 April 2022 14:41 (two years ago) link
Feel like it is possible that both are true. It's an experiment and the numbers mean something. The Lexington Letter seems to say something about the latter.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 April 2022 14:55 (two years ago) link
Don't think this article has been linked yet: https://www.vulture.com/article/severance-office-design-explained.html.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 April 2022 15:01 (two years ago) link
LIke that one so much can't bring myself to summarize or find a pull quote.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 April 2022 15:12 (two years ago) link
This sounds like hyperbole but I think this might be the best show so far of this decade,
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Saturday, 9 April 2022 15:33 (two years ago) link
I haven't watched all the shows therefore I can't really speak to that so I will have to take the rest of you who say that at your word.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 April 2022 15:37 (two years ago) link
I loved season 1, but I get Westworld vibes, which make me wary.
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 9 April 2022 15:48 (two years ago) link
Part of me wishes it would just stop right there and we never find out any more.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 April 2022 16:03 (two years ago) link
Yeah, we were saying the same thing. It's a pretty satisfying ending all on its own. You can make assumptions about what happens next without spoiling any of the mysteries or having to explode any fan theories. As always, I worry about people getting too deeply into it and then being disappointed.
― trishyb, Saturday, 9 April 2022 16:35 (two years ago) link
i like the sadness of it as much as the weird eerie thriller vibe & quirky office stuff
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 April 2022 16:37 (two years ago) link
Everything about it is just so goddamn perfect in execution - the acting, casting, set design, script. Also, after sitting through those ten awful Oscar nominated films, I found this series especially inspired.
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Saturday, 9 April 2022 16:50 (two years ago) link
Everybody otm.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 April 2022 16:56 (two years ago) link
I loved the Prisoner vibe the map gave off.
― trishyb, Saturday, 9 April 2022 17:12 (two years ago) link
The season isn’t really over for me until the rest of the Redds watch it so I am sort of keeping some of my reaction in reserve and behind IRL hidden tags.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 April 2022 17:19 (two years ago) link
For some silly reason I thought last week's show was the season finale so last night felt like Christmas to me.
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Saturday, 9 April 2022 17:25 (two years ago) link
You must have missed the discussion upthread where somebody (me) thought it was an eight episode season and was corrected.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 April 2022 17:30 (two years ago) link
I think Wiki had is listed as an eight episode season, too.
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Saturday, 9 April 2022 17:30 (two years ago) link
It's my favorite season of TV since Russian Doll (which I see is coming back this month).
― adam t. (abanana), Saturday, 9 April 2022 19:21 (two years ago) link
this is much much better than westworld could ever dream of being
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Saturday, 9 April 2022 20:08 (two years ago) link
One thing that may have have been a storytelling misstep imo is that they showed the audience the main Eagan in the flesh (unless there's a twist incoming). But otherwise going from super shadowy faceless-do-they/do-they-not-exist "the board", where we finally get a audible "yes" out of the speaker (gasp) to a full scene with the mysterious head Eagan was a little abrupt.
― Evan, Saturday, 9 April 2022 20:37 (two years ago) link
Yeah, but he seemed so weird and artificial that maybe he is not quite alive in the normal sense. There is plenty of speculation out there on the intranetz.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 April 2022 20:59 (two years ago) link
that blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Rajat Suresh cameo at the book reading was nice
― mh, Saturday, 9 April 2022 21:14 (two years ago) link
https://mashable.com/article/severance-opening-titles-oliver-latta
― Helly Watch the R’s (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 April 2022 13:21 (two years ago) link
genuinely surprised at how much i loved this show. looking forward to the next season
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 10 April 2022 15:46 (two years ago) link
never feel this way about tv
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 10 April 2022 15:48 (two years ago) link
everyone in the severed world getting their minds blown by that bullshit con artist's book (which, of course, occasionally trips and collides into something resembling truth) is maybe my favorite little thing about this show
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 10 April 2022 17:24 (two years ago) link
I just realised the wellness room person is Katya "kinky" Kinski from Neighbours
― kinder, Sunday, 10 April 2022 19:24 (two years ago) link
Yes. Think she usually has blonde hair which might be what threw you off.
― Helly Watch the R’s (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 April 2022 19:46 (two years ago) link
The reverence for the only book they have feels like something I've read before, but I can't remember what. Maybe the cod latin words in the closet in The Handmaid's Tale?
― adam t. (abanana), Sunday, 10 April 2022 19:56 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMzFL2sQy24
― Helly Watch the R’s (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 April 2022 20:06 (two years ago) link
Meant to also post: Morbius to thread!
I'll let him speak for himself
― Helly Watch the R’s (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 April 2022 20:12 (two years ago) link
They leaned more and more into presenting things this way over the course of the season, but a nice touch when we saw Irving with the "Manual" (I think probably the time he smashed the deviled egg in it), it was printed in columns like a bible.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Sunday, 10 April 2022 20:54 (two years ago) link
one thing i found v stressful was that the manual seemed like it was very convoluted & illogical, like sometimes you’d have to flip through many pages/chapters just to find a logical next step in a sequence. fuuuuuck that lmao that would be a) hell and b) a nightmare
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 10 April 2022 21:24 (two years ago) link
your outies are very observant
― mookieproof, Monday, 11 April 2022 01:11 (two years ago) link
Is that a line of dialogue I missed?
― Helly Watch the R’s (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 April 2022 01:22 (two years ago) link
Apologies for the persistent link posting but: https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-feast-of-severance
― Helly Watch the R’s (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 April 2022 01:45 (two years ago) link
I do absolutely love the show, but I do not like the opening credits. I find them very DO YOU SEE? and the animation style reminds me of beloved children's programme Morph, but without the charm. Maybe they'll grow on me. I mean, obviously I get the hilarity of them mirroring "could a depressed person do this?" but I feel they're actually not a great ad for the show itself, because the show is a lot subtler than that.
― trishyb, Monday, 11 April 2022 11:24 (two years ago) link
― 龜, Monday, 11 April 2022 11:49 (two years ago) link
So they’re kind of a cargo cult?
― Anita Quatloos (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 April 2022 12:03 (two years ago) link
amazing finale
there is some wild theorizing going on on this thread lol. sorry, but nothing happened with the baby.
― na (NA), Monday, 11 April 2022 12:57 (two years ago) link
i love the opening credits they look cool
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 11 April 2022 13:29 (two years ago) link
same
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 April 2022 15:07 (two years ago) link