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‘Severance’ Creator Has ‘Whole Vision Mapped Out’ for Series, Which Could Include a Third Season (www.indiewire.com)

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In an interview with IndieWire, series writer and co-executive producer Mohamad El Masri teased time jumps and creator Dan Erickson's master plan for Emmy-winning Apple TV+ show.

“Severance” Season 2 will premiere January 17, 2025 on Apple TV+.

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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Even in Season 2, we were talking about, what is the end game and how does this show end? A lot of work was talking about that. I think there’s a natural overlap that happens, especially with the second season of a show, that you’ve got to keep [the momentum] going. People are interested, people are watching, and now with Season 2, you really have to sort of think about, not just what is Season 2 going to deliver in a satisfying way, but how does this set up Season 3 and beyond?

I was excited for Season 2, but now I'm afraid. It sounds like the show that is going to drag on forever and never answer anything.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Can't end worse than Lost. (To the show runners: that's not a challenge)

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That's actually a great great comparison.

I actually didn't get to Lost until COVID so while I didn't love the ending, i thought it was OK. However I had the benefit of being able to binge the show all at once and didn't have the weekly hype.

But I agree that if Severance doesn't have a clear plan of where it's going, it's just going to wander and have a rough ending.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If they can keep the ball rolling with solid storytelling, I'm willing to give any show six seasons and a movie's worth of my attention. Any more than that and you're just getting greedy.

That said, I will say the chances of a show getting stale, losing talent, or somehow jumping the shark in some other way gets higher the longer it's around, so I understand your trepidation.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I mean if they have a clear plan, awesome, but just taking it as they go, that's an infinite mystery box.

Obviously not every show needs an ending fully developed from the start, but a show like this does. (And that isn't to say if the story needs to change later you can't change it, but your need a direction).

Basically at the end of Severance season 2, I can't be left with another cliffhanger like the first. They can leave room and leave me wanting more, but they have to answer some of the questions they asked in season 1.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

If this gets cancelled without a satisfying endpoint, he's an asshole.

You don't have to bury the show at season two. But if you get a second season, and you pretend a third one's a gimme, on a streaming service, you're fucking blind. That era is over - and it wasn't even reliable, at the time. Do not screw your audience.