Severance season two arrives on Friday – here’s how to watch both seasons for free
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There’s still time for a season one recap before Severance returns to Apple TV+ on Friday. Almost three years after the first season’s cliffhanger ending left viewers wanting more, smash hit sci-fi thriller Severance is finally returning to our screens. Season two of Severance debuts on Apple TV+ this Friday, 17 January.
![[Zach Cherry and John Turturro in ‘Severance’, premiering 17 January 2025 on Apple TV+]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/13/14/Severance_Photo_020301.jpg)
The critically acclaimed series faced lengthy production delays – caused by everything from Hollywood strikes to rumoured creative differences behind the scenes – but racked up no fewer than 14 Emmy nominations for its first season, which aired in February 2022.
Created by Dan Erickson and Mark Friedman, Severance follows Mark (played by Adam Scott) and his office colleagues, Helly (Britt Lower), Irving (John Turturro) and Dylan (Zach Cherry), who work at the shadowy biotech company Lumon Industries, where employees volunteer to have their minds altered using a medical procedure called “severance”. Each character’s work memories are severed from their personal memories, so the characters are essentially leading two separate lives.
Quickly becoming a favourite among fans and critics, the science-fiction drama was renewed for season two before the first had finished airing its audacious cliffhanger finale. In the first trailer for season two, Mark is seen racing through the white-walled corridors back in the office after learning an enormous secret, only to be met with three new colleagues who he’s never seen before, and who definitely aren’t Helly, Irving or Dylan.
