Severance release date, cast, synopsis, trailer and more

Severance, Apple TV+‘s unsettling workplace thriller, will introduce viewers to a company that takes confidentiality to new heights.

In order to ensure the work being done at Lumon Industries stays under wraps, each employee goes under a procedure that separates their work life from their private life. Essentially who they are at Lumon is entirely different from who they are at home.

It’s a process that’s done willingly and the employees give their consent or so it seems in the trailer. However, something clearly isn’t right about this company and in nine episode, Severance will slowly unravel the truth though Adam Scott’s character, Mark.

Created by Dan Erickson and directed/executive produced by Ben Stiller, this series is a haunting look at one company’s overreaching policy, the consequences to signing over your memories, and a disturbing examination of the way our personalities can morph from home to work.

Here’s more on Severance.

Severance release date

Severance premieres Friday, Feb. 18 on Apple TV+. According to The Futon Critic, the first two episodes of the series will release on the streamer with subsequent episodes debuting on Fridays until the show finishes its nine episode run.

Severance cast

• Patricia Arquette as Peggy
• Adam Scott as Mark
• John Turturro as Irving
•  Britt Lower as Helly
• Zach Cherry as Dylan
• Dichen Lachman as Ms. Casey
• Jen Tullock as Devon
• Tramell Tillman as Milchick
• Michael Chernus (role undisclosed)
• Christopher Walken as Burt

Severance synopsis

The official synopsis via Apple TV+:

"Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in “work-life balance” is called into question as Mark finds himself at the center of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work… and of himself."

Severance trailer

Watch the trailer for the series below:

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