Severance pay (Separation in Spanish) is one of the biggest hits in Apple TV+ history. The second season will finally premiere on the platform on Friday, January 17, three years after the release of the first part. It was a long wait for fans, but judging by the reviews from professionals who have already watched it, it was worth it. The project is expanding its universe and is gradually moving towards a result that, as its creator Dan Erickson admits, has already been written.
At a press event attended by Hipertextual, Erickson He assures us that he planned the end perfectly Severance pay. “Yes, I mean the end point. She is buried somewhere in a metal box under 3 meters of concrete. But it exists,” says the creative. An admission that further raises expectations for what’s to come in the series’ second season. Of course, even the actors don’t know what this result will be.
“Dan He is practically an open book for us. Whenever any of us have a question, he is more than willing to jump in and talk about this or that, and he always has an answer. “It’s all in his head,” he celebrates. Adam Scottgreat hero Severance pay. However, the actor mark He explains that he doesn’t know how the series will end and isn’t interested in it yet. “As for the finale, who knows. I think it depends Dan. “I haven’t asked him that specific question yet because I like to go season by season and see where we go,” he says.
For my part, Ben Stillerwhich in Severance pay serves as director and executive producer, he talks about these issues with Erickson. But their focus is much more on the immediate future than the long-term big picture. “Dan and I talk about this all the time, and it’s part of the process of making the series. You know where you’re going. But in fact, the upcoming season is the most important thing, as long as we know where we are going. “This is what we do: we look at what lies ahead, knowing that we are heading to a certain place,” he summarizes, without giving any clues as to what the destination is.

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Another revelation that Dan Erickson gave us a callback to the surprise ending of the first season. And his original idea was very different from what was finally seen on Apple TV+. “My original plan actually went a little further into the story and provided a little more closure. And it wasn’t because I didn’t think we’d get a second season, it was because I wanted to disappoint people in a gentler way. by the end of the season,” he says.
“Ben Stiller was the one who came up to me one day and said, “I think that scene where mark He says his wife is alive – that’s the end of the series. It’s the end of the season.” And I told him: ‘Ben“People will be very angry with us.” But he said, “I know, but it’s like a mad rage when you’re screaming at the TV but you’re really worried at the same time.” So it was his idea to end it there,” he explains, making it clear that his idea for the first season of the series Severance pay Everything was different.

“We knew that if God didn’t allow us to have a second season, it would only make people even more disappointed. So it was a risky bet, but I think it paid off,” he adds with relief. And that’s what Severance pay It is characterized by opening up more and more questions in each of its episodes. And it looks like the second season will be no exception.
“I think every question on this show, once it’s answered, raises more questions. We didn’t want to confuse people too much, so Season 2 has some specific answers to specific questions that people are asking. But I think, “People will realize that once they know the answer, it will only expand the mystery. So hopefully they’ll be satisfied and still hungry at the end of season two,” he says. Erickson. New episodes Severance pay It premieres on Apple TV+ every Friday from January 17 to March 21.
Source: Hiper Textual
