Season two Severance pay (Separation in Spanish) is finally coming to Apple TV+. Three years later, fans of the series will be able to return to the ominous and gloomy universe created by Dan Erickson in which Lumon separates its employees from their lives outside of work. The first part raised many questions about the true nature of this complex company in which the main characters spend so many hours a day. AND Adam Scottactor markpromised that there will be some answers in the next episodes.
At the round table with Hypertextuality, Scott compared to season 2 Severance pay with the continuation of the film. “I think TV seasons are sort of the modern equivalent of the sequels of yesteryear. I think there are still sequels, obviously, but it’s like a sequel in the sense that if you’re going to do it, you want to expand and improve on what you’ve done before. Otherwise, why do it?” says the translator.
“That’s what we did. The only thing we tried to do was make the season even better than the first. And there was sort of an unofficial rule that sometimes you follow it and sometimes you don’t. We wanted to satisfy the audience and answer here or there the questions that were raised in the first season, but also ask a few new ones,” he then promises. Scott. Therefore new chapters Severance pay They seek to delve even deeper into Lumon and the separation process. “This is what we set out to do and we hope everyone enjoys it,” he concludes.
Expand or die
For my part, Ben Stillerwhich in Severance pay serves as director and executive producer, and also discussed how the creative team approached the second season. “We have a mystery. This is very important. It’s like the essence of the series. We know something is happening, but we don’t know what it is or what will happen. And I think it was important for season two to continue to expand the world in some way, because I don’t think the show can stay in the same place, especially with the questions that are raised at the end of the season,” he reflects.
“So we felt it was important to delve into the weirdest areas and allow the story to continue to move forward, deepen, expand, while at the same time trying to maintain the feeling of what the series is about. And I hope we continue to do this. as we go along, because I think the show needs to constantly evolve,” he says. calmer. Because it needs to be made clear that although several answers appear in the new episodes, Severance pay It won’t end with a second season.
Severance pay It premieres on Apple TV+ on Friday, January 17th.
Source: Hiper Textual
