The sci-fi series was hailed as a dark, timely satire of office life—but its return is bogged down by abstract ethical conundrums and rote emotional ones.

Here’s everything to remember from “Severance” Season 1.

It’s been a long three years, but there’s less than one week left until Severance Season 2 premieres on Apple TV+. When we last saw Lumon’s Macrodata Refinement department, they were scattered — and their innies were in the outside world thanks to Dylan (Zach Cherry) triggering the Overtime Contingency in a risky attempt to get to the bottom of their company’s shady activities.

From unseen Board members and goats, to Irv's Outie and Ms. Casey, these are the biggest questions we have for Severance season 2.

Severance Season 2 premieres Jan. 17 on Apple TV+, with a new episode every week. Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness.

Severance is about a group of workers who toil in the basement of a mysterious company called Lumon Industries. They've been "severed," meaning they don't remember anything about

Apple’s mind-bending drama returns with a heaping helping of new mysteries, but this puzzle may frustrate you no matter how much you want to solve it.