It could have taken three years for Season 2 of “Severance” to lastly come to fruition, however now that it’s lastly streaming, creator Dan Erickson can’t assist however dream of what’s subsequent.
After Season 1 launched viewers to the offbeat, sinister world of Lumon Industries, the Innies that make up its workforce, and the Outies compartmentalizing their lives, Season 2 is now unfolding deeper, stranger intricacies that talk to how firms take care of dissenters. In a latest interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Erickson shared how he’d wish to develop on this narrative even additional through the use of his expertise of strolling the picket line in the course of the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes.
“After we do take into consideration persevering with the present — if we’re in a position to try this — we are able to’t assist however take into consideration issues just like the strikes, and what it was wish to be on a strike line, and what it was wish to be combating for a greater scenario,” mentioned Erickson. “It may’t assist however have an effect on our pondering as we proceed to consider the present.”
Different reveals have began wading into this dialog, just like the “Abbott Elementary” arc involving Philadelphia’s public transportation employees at SEPTA occurring strike. In relation to “Severance,” nonetheless, Erickson isn’t seeking to plan too far prematurely.
“I do know the large solutions. The actually massive stuff I’ve identified from the start,” he mentioned to THR. “There are deviations alongside the way in which by way of the way you get there. I’ve been fortunate sufficient to speak to a number of different showrunners, individuals who have executed this earlier than, and the frequent thread with these folks is that it’s a tightrope. You’ll be able to over-plan, and for those who over-plan, your present can find yourself dropping a few of the spontaneity that makes it thrilling, and you may really feel such as you’re simply attempting to tick bins. When you under-plan, then you may find yourself portray your self right into a nook and never figuring out how you can get out. It’s a stability.”
Erickson additionally just lately spoke to IndieWire’s Proma Khosla, discussing the “sophomore dread” of not with the ability to recreate “Severance” Season 1’s success with Season 2. Nevertheless, as soon as taking pictures lastly started and he was capable of see fully-edited sequences, he shortly realized that this was a chance greater than it was a problem.
“Unexpectedly it wasn’t about ‘Are we going to screw this up?’” Erickson instructed IndieWire. “It was about, ‘How a lot cooler can we truly make this, and might we flip it into one thing much more thrilling than what was there earlier than?’ Having seen the entire thing, I actually, actually really feel like we did.”
“Severance” Season 2 is at the moment streaming on Apple TV+ with new episodes dropping each Friday.