'Severance' staff writer Mohamad El Masri teased that the Emmy-winning show has already 'mapped out' its sci-fi arc.

In an interview with IndieWire, series writer and co-executive producer Mohamad El Masri teased time jumps and creator Dan Erickson’s master plan for Emmy-winning Apple TV+ show.

“Severance” Season 2 will premiere January 17, 2025 on Apple TV+.

  • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    Even in Season 2, we were talking about, what is the end game and how does this show end? A lot of work was talking about that. I think there’s a natural overlap that happens, especially with the second season of a show, that you’ve got to keep [the momentum] going. People are interested, people are watching, and now with Season 2, you really have to sort of think about, not just what is Season 2 going to deliver in a satisfying way, but how does this set up Season 3 and beyond?

    I was excited for Season 2, but now I’m afraid. It sounds like the show that is going to drag on forever and never answer anything.

    • lemmyngEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      Can’t end worse than Lost. (To the show runners: that’s not a challenge)

      • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        That’s actually a great great comparison.

        I actually didn’t get to Lost until COVID so while I didn’t love the ending, i thought it was OK. However I had the benefit of being able to binge the show all at once and didn’t have the weekly hype.

        But I agree that if Severance doesn’t have a clear plan of where it’s going, it’s just going to wander and have a rough ending.

    • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      If they can keep the ball rolling with solid storytelling, I’m willing to give any show six seasons and a movie’s worth of my attention. Any more than that and you’re just getting greedy.

      That said, I will say the chances of a show getting stale, losing talent, or somehow jumping the shark in some other way gets higher the longer it’s around, so I understand your trepidation.

      • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I mean if they have a clear plan, awesome, but just taking it as they go, that’s an infinite mystery box.

        Obviously not every show needs an ending fully developed from the start, but a show like this does. (And that isn’t to say if the story needs to change later you can’t change it, but your need a direction).

        Basically at the end of Severance season 2, I can’t be left with another cliffhanger like the first. They can leave room and leave me wanting more, but they have to answer some of the questions they asked in season 1.