severance. dare i say it's the best series debut from the past few years and it's outright insulting to me that no one in my radar talks about it. i don't want to give away too much bcs i personally think people should go into the series knowing so little about it, but the way i'd describe severance is that it's a dystopian sci-fi meets corporate horror. though it's marketed as so, the workplace drama will have you by the throat still. the element of truth hits alarmingly close to home, to our reality. if you're a captive in a cutthroat rat race where you feel like a machine engineered by your company, you'd definitely resonate with this one.

the other thing i want to note is how the visuals appear spaced out with unnerving wide shots. the confinement is empty, singular and perhaps liminal; the complete opposite of the theatrical nature the characters have. it almost feels like the walls echo back every turmoil they experience, no matter how small. oh and not to mention the nice contrast of the green carpet. you know a series is about to be good when they have pretty flooring.

all things considered, severance is so well thought out, the performance is stellar, the visuals are displeasingly stunning, and the substance is consistently in good quality all throughout. what else do you hope from a series? severance already catered everything.