Severance: Release Date, Cast, And More

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With its thrilling new series "Severance, " Apple TV+ dares to ask a terrifying question: what if office culture was even more dystopian? As we all know, the real world is packed with shady corporations going to deeply disturbing lengths to assure productivity while refusing to treat employees as human beings. In the grand tradition of great sci-fi with eerily accurate social commentary comes the plot of "Severance," which takes the toxicity of office culture to its technological extreme. What if you could achieve perfect work-life balance and all it took was one measly medical procedure? This series may look like a typical office drama, but there's an unsettling undertone baked into the plot. If the creepiness is calling out to you, here's everything you need to know about the upcoming premiere of "Severance."

"Severance" follows office drone Mark Scout (Adam Scott), a loyal Lumon Industries employee who signs up for a radical medical procedure that promises to create ideal workers. It begins with a memory-altering surgery that divides their life into two halves: work life and home life, with absolutely no crossover between them. Because of his dark past, Mark welcomes the opportunity to balance two ends of his life: if all goes well, he'll think of nothing but work when in the office. Then, once he leaves the building, all memories of the workday will fade. To those of us out here in reality this sounds pretty all-around horrific, but Mark and his co-workers see it as the next natural step in their careers. As the series progresses, Mark will find himself at the center of a slowly unraveling mystery.

Adam Scott stars as the series lead, Mark, "an employee with a shady past who's trying to put himself back together." We've seen Adam Scott do workplace drama before, though I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say "Parks and Recreation" won't have a ton in common with "Severance." Scott will show up in his professional button-down, sit at a desk and perform tedious tasks — but instead of laughter, he'll be surrounded by a deeply unsettling vibe.

Joining him in these horrors, "Severance" also stars Academy Award winner Patricia Arquette ("Boyhood") as Mark's boss, and John Turturro ("The Batman") as a long-time company employee. Christopher Walken plays Burt, the head of optics and design at a company called Lumon Industries. The series also stars Britt Lower ("Man Seeking Woman"), Tramell Tillman ("Godfather of Harlem"), Jen Tullock ("The Coop"), and Zach Cherry ("Succession," "Crashing").