Severance‘s second season continued to discover the connection between Irving (John Turturro) and Burt (Christopher Walken) exterior of Lumon as the previous workers reconnected within the exterior world after assembly on the severed flooring in Season 1.
As viewers know, some workers on the firm endure the severance process to separate their consciousness between work as innies and outdoors as outies. And regardless of having no actual reminiscence of getting met one another of their innie varieties, Burt and Irving proved that chemistry can actually transcend the process.
Sadly for Burt, he was nonetheless doing facet jobs for Lumon, certainly one of which was to seemingly cease threats to the corporate, which Irving gave the impression to be primarily based on mysterious calls he was making about Lumon in cellphone cubicles late at evening. However as Burt instructed Irving in Season 2’s penultimate episode, “The After Hours,” he appreciated the concept of being harmless, “however then my harmless half fell in love with you.”
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And for that motive, Burt couldn’t deliver himself to hurt Irving, as a substitute bringing him to a prepare station to ship him distant, forcing the lads to half methods. Their farewell was emotional and mirrored an earlier interplay between their innies from Season 1. Whereas the longer term for his or her characters is unclear, there’s loads of love between Walken and Turturro, who’ve been mates for years.
That love was evident as Walken confirmed as much as help Turturro on the 2025 Spring Transferring Picture Awards, the place the latter obtained a particular honor for his contribution to movie. Along with Walken, Turturro’s different Severance costars Patricia Arquette and Tramell Tillman have been additionally there for the occasion held on the Museum of the Transferring Picture in Queens.
As for the vital response to their onscreen efficiency, Walken tells TV Insider, “It’s great, you realize, [when] you’re an actor it’s at all times good to be in one thing that folks like.” As for his and Turturro’s onscreen chemistry, he notes, “It has loads to do with John and I understanding one another for 50 years.”
In the meantime, in relation to Burt and Irving’s romance resonating with audiences, Turturro admits you by no means know when one thing will hit. “However I believe when folks have connections with different folks, that resonates, and in addition that that may occur in any respect completely different ages,” he provides with reference to Irving and Burt falling in love. “It doesn’t solely occur while you’re 17.”
The duo’s emotional prepare station farewell noticed Burt and Irving admit their love for each other, which made their obligatory separation that a lot sadder. What helped the actors within the scene was the actual prepare station setting, as Walken reveals the scene was filmed at a Utica-based station. “It was the nicest prepare station I’ve ever seen,” the actor remarks.
“Anytime it’s actual, it at all times helps,” Turturro provides. “A set could be the identical factor, too, however that’s a pleasant factor about making films or TV.” However, as he notes, “[When you’re really] within the surroundings that you simply’re in, that may be very useful, particularly while you’re in a wonderful construction otherwise you’re exterior in nature.”
With regards to their storylines persevering with or not, Walken tells TV Insider, “So far as I do know, we’ve achieved it, however who is aware of,” he notes, relating to the attainable continuation of Burt’s presence within the sequence. In the meantime, Turturro says of Irving’s future on the present, “There’s a variety of stuff from the background of the place he got here from, why he went to Lumon, and for what motive,” hinting at extra tales to inform, “so, yeah,” he provides of believing there’s extra to Irving’s story. “That’s as much as Dan Erickson‘s mind.”
Whereas followers should wait till Season 3 to seek out out, tell us what you considered Turturro and Walken’s onscreen moments in Severance Season 2 within the feedback part under.
Severance, Season 1-2, Streaming now, Apple TV+