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Split Minds, Dark Secrets: 'Severance' Unveiled
20 Apr
Summary
- Employees' memories are surgically divided between work and personal lives.
- The series explores unsettling corporate dystopia with precision.
- Adam Scott and Patricia Arquette star in the Apple TV+ thriller.
Science fiction television is currently delivering some of the most inventive storytelling seen in years. These series tackle uncomfortable truths about our present through explorations of corporate dystopias, alien invasions, and post-apocalyptic scenarios.
Among these compelling shows is 'Severance,' available on Apple TV+. The series centers on employees of Lumon Industries who undergo a procedure to surgically separate their work and personal memories.
This procedure creates two distinct personas within the same body, with no knowledge of each other's lives. The cast includes Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, and Britt Lower. Dan Erickson created the series, with Ben Stiller directing, masterfully bringing this unsettling corporate dystopia to life.
