Fortunately, “Severance” returns to Apple TV+ on Friday, and its makers seem to have used every second of the absence productively. The season takes new turns while remaining the most ambitious, batty and all-out pleasurable show on TV, an M.C. Escher maze whose plot convolutions never get in the way of its voice, heart and sense of humor.

It's only been a week since the Severance season two premiere dropped on AppleTV+—and I shared my brutally honest review. TL;DR: I thought it was great, and I had plenty of theories afterward, but I generally found it frustrating and,

In Episode 2, we pick up moments after the events of the Season 1 finale. The “Outies” of Mark S. (Adam Scott), Helly R. (Britt Lower), Dylan G. (Zach Cherry) and Irving B. (John Turturro) have all come back to their senses. Lumon, meanwhile, is scrambling to figure out how best to control the damage.

Apple TV+'s thriller returns with more sci-fi creepiness, nuanced social commentary and black humor. And perks like fruit leather.

Directed mostly by Ben Stiller, the provocative sci-fi series about a mysterious biotech company returns on Apple TV+, starring Adam Scott, John Turturro, Christopher Walken and Patricia Arquette.

I’ve already published my full Season 2 (spoiler-free) review. Now, we can dive into each individual episode as they stream every Friday. There’s so much to unpack in each one, I really can’t wait! Let’s start with a brief recap of where we left off back at the end of Season 1.

Severance Season two has begun airing on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes now available. Fan and Critic reviews are starting to emerge.

The first half of the season benefits from that momentum as the innies face the consequences of their outties’ lives. Mark is torn between his feelings towards Gemma and Helly; Helly is implicated by her counterpart’s lineage;

We flash through the ending of Season 1 once more, but this time, we return to the moment when the Outies returned. Mark (Adam Scott) wakes up at Rickon’s book reading — and his sister Devon (Jen Tullock) checks in on him.

Severance’ features retro, analog technology like CRT screens, along with futuristic breakthroughs, but what time period does the show really take place in?

In this week's episode, we catch up with what's going on in the Outie world—and see an extremely telling new opening sequence.