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'Severance' Season 1 (Eps 1-3) Review (Patreon)

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2022-02-27 08:27:39
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David and @joyonapping discuss Severance, the first three episodes of which are available now on Apple TV+. We share our overall thoughts on the show, then dive into some of the revelations within episodes 1-3. 

PATRONS: You can get this audio in your podcast app by going to patreon.com/davechen, going to the "My Membership" section, and copying and pasting the RSS link to your podcast app.

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I haven’t been able to listen to this episode yet but felt it was coming, I wanted to send Dave the tweet about the potential labor issues with the crew on this show but couldn’t find it. If anyone else has it, and it’s not mentioned in the episode, can they link it here? To be clear I don’t think all media has to be perfect and I haven’t watched the show, but the tweet was about the dissonance between the show’s plot and the way the crew was treated

David Chen

It's a fair point. It's also extremely odd that this show is made by Apple, a notoriously secretive company that often doesn't let one division know what the others are doing!

Patrick Neon

Here's my question: As it is, the severed workers seem to have very little knowledge of what it is they are actually working on. It's not like they're handling sensitive, confidential information or trade secrets they could spill on the outside. Other than how freaking weird their workplace and tasks are, maybe. Therefore, the severance procedure seems kind of unnecessary? Or am I missing something here?

David Chen

Our theory when we first started watching the show was that the company is testing whether severance is a procedure that will actually work properly, and that the work they're doing is meaningless. Can't comment on whether that ends up being true or not (or even if the truth is revealed by end of S1).

Jef Caine

Started watching this show because Dave was praising it on Instagram. Really digging it so far! It would be cool if this show becomes popular enough the culture adopts the jargon - ie referring to our “innies” and “outies” to talk about our own work life balance.

Patrick Neon

Funnily enough, the terms innie / outie are already being used in culture – try googling them... ;) (Wondering if the creators were aware of this at all...)

David Nakano

I always rejoice when "JoyOfNapping" is on the pod, I love her perspective and her fearless point of view. The choice by Apple to release one episode a week is killing me, so far I'm really enjoying the show. They filmed some of the "outie" scenes two blocks from our home in Beacon, NY where they changed the storefronts to actually refer to severance and their founder Kier (I hope this is not a spoiler). My question for you Dave, seeing the entire series in a binge, do you think it would have held your interest if you had to watch on a week to week basis? I may have to wait until the series is over to watch it all at once depending on your answer.

Warpstone

Yes! Another colab with Joyofnapping. I enjoyed the episode and will look into Severance when new seasons of Foundation and Ted Lasso appear and I’ll renew my sub. Will you be talking about episodes 4-6 then 7-9 or just the one episode to when it wraps up?

Mark Griffith

Loved the series so far! Thanks for chatting and chatting your thoughts. I also have a bunch of deep corporate thoughts … more later on that over coffee sometime Dave.

Pixel-davis

Thank you for turning me on to this show - absolutely loving it so far. It's exactly my speed.