Enter AppleTV+’s new show, Severance.
There are no flying cars or amusement parks for rich jerks to live out their worst fantasies.
At Lumon, employees are able to voluntarily undergo a surgical procedure called–wait for it–severance.
Except she, naturally, doesn’t remember ever agreeing to it.
With one major distinction–they, technically, chose this for themselves.
Or, at least, some part of them chose this for themselves.
This makes Severance’s take on the tried and true “what makes a person a person?”
question that much more unique and that much more complicated.
Are the severed employees people?
Of course they are, of that there can be absolutely no doubt.
Severance, for him, is a good thing.
But is it a good thing for Mark S?
That, he’ll never know, and frankly, he doesn’t seem to really care.
But it is his choice, right?
Put simply, there’s no real good or clear answer here.
New episodes of Severance are available on AppleTV+ every Friday.
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