There’s a scene in the first episode of Severance in which Adam Scott winds his way through a labyrinth of white, joyless, sterile hallways for a full 87 seconds. He doesn’t speak. He doesn’t emote. He just walks. In a pop-culture landscape that has primed us to expect often fast-paced, Sorkin-esque walk-and-talks to provide exposition for our protagonists wherever they go, this interlude is inviting our collective brains to take a beat.
Welcome to the world of Severance, a show…
