Severance season 2: Release dates, episodes, review, and everything you need to know about Apple TV Plus show's return

Severance season 2 trailer — (Image credit: Apple TV+)

Severance season 2 is finally here, and is now airing weekly on Apple TV Plus. It's been a long time coming for the hit sci-fi show, which aired its first season way back in 2022. Thanks to strikes and other delays, it's taken its sweet time getting to our screens – and that wait felt even longer because of season 1's dramatic cliffhanger. But, finally, it's over and we have new episodes of the hit show.

In season 2, we head back to Lumon once again as Mark and the gang deal with the repercussions of their Innies waking up in the Outie world. As well as this, we also have new characters added into the fold as well as more strange goings-on at the seriously bizarre workplace... For more on that, as well as all you need to know about release dates of new episodes and what our review has to say, read on for our complete Severance season 2 guide.

Severance season 2 release dates

Zach Cherry, Adam Scott, Tramell Tillman, Patricia Arquette, and John Turturro in Severance — (Image credit: Apple TV+)

Severance season 2 is airing weekly on Apple TV Plus over 10 episodes. New episodes arrive on Thursdays at 9pm PT (Pacific Time) and Fridays at 12am ET (Eastern Time) and 5am GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

Severance season 2 review

Britt Lower as Helly R and Adam Scott as Mark S in Severance season 2 — (Image credit: Apple TV Plus)

Our Severance season 2 review gave the new season the full five stars, praising the performances, cinematography, and plot of the new episodes.

"The latest chapter of one of Apple TV's best shows exceeds expectations in every way, as it explores the emotional after-effects of that nail-biting season 1 finale and poses even more existential questions," our reviewer writes.

Severance season 2 trailer

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The first Severance season 2 trailer didn't give too much away as we saw our favorite employees dealing with the fallout of that brutal finale (and we're not sure how they're going to move past the whole Helly R is actually Helena Egan thing). We see Mark running, Helly walking through the building in her gala dress, and people running through the snow. "You should have left," Gwendoline Christie's new character says at the end in the Lumon offices.

A second trailer, which you can watch below, is equally intriguing, but it does give us a glimpse at some new employees, a mysterious corridor... and a watermelon that's been carved to look like Irving.

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Severance season 2 cast

Adam Scott as Mark Scout, Zach Cherry as Dylan, John Turturro as Irving and Britt Lower as Helly in Severance — (Image credit: Apple TV Plus)

Severance season 1 ended mid-action, so it was always pretty clear that its main cast would be returning, including Britt Lower and Adam Scott. However, the second season also introduces a whole load of new characters as well, including Alia Shawkat and Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie. Check out the full cast list below.

Adam Scott as Mark Scout
Zach Cherry as Dylan George
Britt Lower as Helly Riggs
John Turturro as Irving Bailiff
Patricia Arquette as Harmony Cobel
Tramell Tillman as Seth Milchick
Jen Tullock as Devon Scout-Hale
Dichen Lachman as Ms. Casey
Michael Chernus as Ricken Hale
Christopher Walken as Burt Goodman
Sarah Bock as Miss Huang
Bob Balaban as Mark W.
Alia Shawkat as Gwendolyn Y.
Stefano Carannante as Dario R.
John Noble as Fields
Gwendoline Christie as Lorne
Merritt Wever as Gretchen
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Mr Drummond

Severance season 2 plot

Severance season 2 behind the seasons — (Image credit: Apple TV Plus)

The final episode of Severance season 1 had its fair share of shock moments, as the Innies managed to "switch" their consciousnesses on outside of the office. Helly R was revealed to be Helena Egan, a descendant of Lumon's mysterious founder Kier Eagan, when she's not sat at her desk in Macrodata Refinement, while Mark discovered that his neighbor, Mrs. Selvig, is actually his boss and that his wife Gemma is actually Ms. Casey, Lumon's oddly serene wellness counselor.

Mark just about managed to tell his sister Devon that information before he lost control of his mind when Milchick tackled Dylan, who was maintaining their 'Overtime' status from the office, while Irving's Innie went blank on the doorstep of his work paramour Burt. Helly, realizing who she really is at a swanky Lumon party, went rogue, too, shouting about how awful it is to undergo the severance procedure and have your existence (and identity) compartmentalized. Basically, Lumon Industries is aware our heroes broke out, and we're sure to see the fallout from that in season 2.

The second season begins a few months later as Mark returns to work at Lumon. However, it's not the same place he left. Milchick is now in charge, and Cobel has been fired. Not only this, but he's got some new co-workers and isn't allowed any contact with the other Innies he used to work with. That is, until one day they show up back at work... One thing is clear, this season is going to have a whole load more mysteries to solve over its 10 episode-run.

Dan Erickson revealed to SFX that we're set to find out more about the mysterious Eagans, the family behind Lumon Industries in the new season too. "We're going to see some of their plans and machinations coming to fruition, or nearing fruition. It was vitally important that we [the writers] know them, and that we know them well. I have what has become a many, many page document that's essentially a show bible for us, that keeps the lore of the show," he said.

"We know the exact year that each Eagan CEO took power and which technological advancements happened under their watch. There's inter-family drama that I've built for them over the course of the generations that will probably never be on the show. But I know it, which helps me. Ironically, having it that rigidly figured out gives us freedom, because we know the sandbox, and we know all the toys that are in the sandbox, and now we can play."

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