Severance on Apple TV+ is a spiritual successor to Black Mirror, providing audiences with a dark and brilliantly comedic thriller that explores work/life balance as surgically separated. With the use of a brain implant, the consciousness of the show’s primary characters is essentially split in two—where one ‘self’ lives their work-life, with the other living their personal life.
What could possibly go wrong? How could this be manipulated by corporate greed? What happens to human beings boxed off in such a way?
Find out on Apple TV+, where all episodes of Severance are currently available to binge.
Where to Watch Severance
Good news. There are a few ways you and your family can not only enjoy Severance but everything the Apple TV+ streaming platform has to offer. Apple TV+ offers a free 7-day trial, as well as a one-month free trial as part of a bundled package if you purchase Apple One. Recently purchased an Apple device? This includes a free three-month subscription to Apple TV+ (redeemable within 90 days of purchase).
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How Many Episodes Are in Severance?
There are 9 episodes in Severance. Each episode lasts 49 minutes, on average. You can check the complete list of Severance episodes and their scheduled date release below.
- “Good News About Hell”: February 18
- “Half Loop”: February 18
- “In Perpetuity”: February 25
- “The You You Are”: March 4
- “The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design”: March 11
- “Hide and Seek”: March 18
- “Defiant Jazz”: March 25
- “What’s for Dinner?”: April 1
- “The We We Are”: April 8
What Are the Critics Saying about Severance?
Critics and audiences seem to agree that Severance is top-notch entertainment.
Currently, the series sits with a 97% approval rating from critics (based on 96 reviews) and a 93% approval rating from audiences (based on 822 ratings).
“The world of ‘Severance’ put me in mind of a slew of cultural precursors: the endless surveillance of George Orwell’s ‘1984,’ the deadening sameness of office life in Billy Wilder’s ‘The Apartment,’ the lambs-to-slaughter march of factory laborers in Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis,’ the despair of Harold Pinter’s ‘The Dumb Waiter,” writes Naomi Fry, The New Yorker. “But the show, at its core, is a mystery—a piquant riddle for Mark and the viewers to solve.”
“It combines the paranoia of a ’70s thriller with the dehumanizing vastness of Stanley Kubrick’s visionary stories of characters becoming overwhelmed by the environmental forces engulfing them,” writes Robert Levin, Newsday.
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Is Severance Suitable for Kids?
Severance is rated TV-MA, and is therefore intended for Mature Adults only, with content potentially unsuitable for children under the age of 17.
