Polygon.com / 07.02.25

Severance proves TV shows are way too short nowadays

If you just started a TV show made in the last five years, theres a good chance whatever you saw in episode 1 is going to be critically important to the finale. After all, how could it not be the season only has six, or maybe eight or 10, episodes in total. The problem is, when every moment of a show is critical to its overall plot, the less we actually get to understand about the characters as people. But the fourth episode of Severance season 2 is a perfect reminder that TV wasnt always like this. It used to make space for its characters and their lives and bizarre adventures that only existed to expose their personalities just a little bit more. And boy do I miss TVs old ways.  [Ed. note: This story contains spoilers for Severance season 2 episode 4.] Severances latest episode sends the Macrodata Refinement team on a field trip. The four members venture into a frozen wilderness for some camping, hiking, and good old-fashioned team building. The group traipses around the woods, enco...
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