Severance Producer Provides Exciting Season 3 Update

Summary

Severance's success has led to talks of multiple seasons.
Season 2 premieres on January 17, 2025, with Season 3 possibly already in the works.
The series creators are mindful of setting up Season 2 to pave the way for a compelling Season 3 and beyond.

Season 2 of the sci-fi thriller series Severance is yet to debut, but plans may already be in motion for a third season. One of the producers of the Apple TV+ series has commented on the future of Severance, hinting that it may involve many additional seasons.

Severance was a raging success for Apple TV+ when it premiered in 2022, earning a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score and 14 Emmy Nominations. The series follows the employees of the fictional Lumon company, who undergo a procedure that separates their work memories from their non-work memories. Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Patricia Arquette, and John Turturro star in the series, and the majority of the episodes are directed by Ben Stiller. Severance was renewed for a second season in April 2022 but went through multiple production delays due to the writer's and actor's guild strikes in Hollywood.

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By Evan Regan

Apple TV+ has confirmed Severance's second season will finally premiere on January 17, 2025, but fans of the show may have more to look forward to based on a recent update. In an interview with IndieWire, Severance co-executive producer Mohamad El Masri revealed that future seasons of the sci-fi thriller have already been mapped out. "Even in Season 2, we were talking about, what is the end game, and how does this show end?" The producer said, adding that the writers had to constantly think about "how does this set up Season 3 and beyond?”

Even in Season 2, we were talking about, what is the end game and how does this show end? A lot of work was talking about that. I think there’s a natural overlap that happens, especially with the second season of a show, that you’ve got to keep [the momentum] going. People are interested, people are watching, and now with Season 2, you really have to sort of think about, not just what is Season 2 going to deliver in a satisfying way, but how does this set up Season 3 and beyond?

At the time of writing a third season of Severance is yet to be confirmed, but Masri revealed that "there was work being done on Season 3 while they were still shooting Season 2," which suggests another season of Severance is likely should it continue to be successful. The producer added that the team hopes not to repeat the 3.5-year gap that occurred between Seasons 1 and 2 for Season 3, but that head creatives Ben Stiller and Dan Erickson will only release the season when they believe it is perfect.

Severance's first season set up an intriguing world that left viewers with plenty of questions that would likely take multiple seasons to answer. The last episode saw Mark (Scott), Helly (Lower), and Irving (Turturro) successfully awaken their innies (work personas) outside of the confines of Lumon, which led them to learn about their outies' lives. However, things in Severance were left on a cliffhanger as the three reverted back to their outie selves right as many major revelations came to light.

Teasers for the upcoming Season 2 of Severance have been sparse on details, with Apple TV+ only offering that Mark and his comrades will endure the consequences of trifling with the severance barrier. Behind the scenes, Beau Willimon (Andor, House of Cards) was added as an additional writer on the series for Season 2, and Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones) has joined the cast in an undisclosed role.

While many TV shows nowadays struggle to get past a first season, it's encouraging that the creatives on the Apple TV+ show seem to be following a plan. Should Severance be allowed to continue for its desired number of seasons, hopefully, it will result in a satisfying conclusion to all the series' high-concept questions.

Severance Season 2 will premiere on Apple TV+ on January 17, 2025.