Mark Scout’s two worlds start to collide in the trailer for “Severance” Season 2, which shows the Lumon employee searching for his dead wife — who, of course, is not actually dead.
“My outie’s wife died a few years ago. Except, the woman is Ms. Casey,” Mark (Adam Scott) tells his co-workers as they compare their brief experiences in the outside world. “We gotta get her out of here.”
Season 2 finds Mark, Helly (Britt Lower), Dylan (Zach Cherry) and Irving (John Turturro) returning to Lumon after the so-called Overtime Contingency Protocol awakens their in-office selves outside of work. At the end of Season 1, Dylan learned he had a child, Irving suffered heartbreak after seeing Burt (Christopher Walken) is married, Helly discovered she is the daughter of Lumon’s CEO and Mark figured out his wife is alive — somewhere inside the office.
Mark, Helly, Dylan and Irving have become celebrities of sorts after Lumon’s highly publicized slip-up. Mr. Milchick (Tramell Tillman) tells his employees they have become “the face of severance reform.”
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The trailer also hints at resolving some of the loose ends from Season 1, like Mark discovering Ms. Cobel’s (Patricia Arquette) alter ego Ms. Selvig, that kiss between Mark and Helly and what the hell is going on with those goats.
“Severance” returns Jan. 17 on Apple TV+. The sci-fi workplace thriller, created by Dan Erickson and executive produced by Ben Stiller, also stars Jen Tullock, Michael Chernus and Dichen Lachman. New cast members have been added for Season 2, including Gwendoline Christie, Alia Shawkat, Bob Balaban, Merrit Wever, Robby Benson, Stefano Carannante, John Noble and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson.
Watch the trailer below.