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'Severance' Creator Had Nightmares About Season 2

'Severance' interview with creator Dan Erickson about Season 2 of his Apple TV Plus drama series. INTERVIEW.

“I knew that I loved it and saw it as something special, but I wasn’t sure it was going to become any kind of a widespread hit,” the series creator told IndieWire ahead of Season 2’s premiere. Season 2 premieres on January 17, but the reviews are literally already in: certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and universally acclaimed on MetaCritic, an IndieWire Critic’s Pick that IW’s Ben Travers described as “deeper, darker, and worth the wait.” But back then, as the confetti settled on Season 1, Erickson faced down a path more daunting than that one dark hallway at Lumon: how to do it again. “It was really fun and gratifying to get the opportunity to go further with Mark, both the Innie and the Outie, and sort of explore the outer reaches of what we knew about him, pushing the characters — both of them — to new places.”

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