I’m about halfway through season two of Severance, which means I’m two months or so away from being timely. It also means that everything I’m observing here could be overturned with a twist in the final episode. But nonetheless, I am diving in because I want to work through one reason the show is so emblematic of the modern condition.
If you’ve been living under a rock, the idea behind the Apple+ science fiction series Severance is that a new technology allows you to separate your work and home lives into two separate people. When you go to work, your work persona (“innie”) becomes conscious and does all the drudgery for you; when you leave the building, your brain snaps back to your “outie,” or your personal life.
**Spoilers through season 2, episode 6 of Severance below, though more general premise than plot**
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