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All second seasons carry the weight of prior expectations.
In the case ofSeverance, the burden is especially heavy.
Pressure built up like a whistling tea kettle.
It has endless unnerving winter landscapes and equally chilly corporate interiors.
There are bursts of surprising color, often colliding with violence and emotional upset.
There will be sudden offices full of goats where no one would ever expect goats to be.
The series, thankfully, is eager to deal with the immediate ramifications and fallout of those events.
In the first half of the season especially, it pays dividends.
Surprises hinted at come to the fore quickly rather than simmering endlessly for a late-season reveal.
Its been three years!
(For what its worth: This seasoncontains zero bottle episodes.)
Disorientation is delicious when its deliberate and immensely frustrating when its ambiguously accidental.
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