The hitmaker showrunner has clear direction for resolving the show’s lingering mysteries, especially following the dramatic cliffhanger at the end of the first season. He emphasized that when a significant tease is introduced, it is imperative to have a resolution in mind, failing to do so means digging your own grave.

This story contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 1 of "Severance," streaming now on Apple TV+. The Season 1 finale of "Severance" left audiences with a cruel, spectacular cliffhanger. The innies - that is,

Severance was a 2022 phenomenon, intriguing and baffling in equal measure and ending on a pitch-perfect cliffhanger that suggested its head-spinning tale was just getting started. Three years later, the show finally returned on Jan.

Season one finished nearly three years ago, before the end of pandemic mask mandates, Hollywood strikes and America's reckoning with return-to-office policies. Erickson says all that informed his writing for season two.