Severance season 2 episode 1 has just left me with even more questions about the Apple TV Plus show – ah, it's good to be back.

I’ve already published my full Season 2 (spoiler-free) review. Now, we can dive into each individual episode as they stream every Friday. There’s so much to unpack in each one, I really can’t wait! Let’s start with a brief recap of where we left off back at the end of Season 1.

Severance Season 2 Episode 1 is here and because it has a cryptic end, let me tell you all about it in this ending explained article!

Severance season 2 kicks off with episode 1, Hello, Ms. Cobel, and there's so much to talk about. It's been three years since the surreal office drama's 2022 premiere on Apple TV+, but this episode picks up immediately after the previous season's dramatic climax.

The season 2 premiere of ‘Severance’ inspired several fan theories on Reddit and X (Twitter), with viewers voicing suspicions about Helly and Miss Huang.

Severance is finally back after a nearly three-year wait, and with it, three years of a pent-up desire for feverish theorizing. The Apple TV+ sci-fi thriller follows a group of employees who’ve surgically separated their professional selves from their personal ones—the concept of work-life balance taken to the extreme—only to discover that nothing good can come from not knowing what they’ve been up to all day at the shady corporation

Severance showrunner Dan Erickson tells us about dropping audiences back into the world of the show in such an unexpected way in the season 2 premiere.