[Editor’s Note: The following interview contains spoilers for “Severance” Season 1, including the finale, Episode 9, “The We We Are.”]From the moment Helly (Britt Lower) was born to the severed floor — sleeping on an oval office table, a speaker cable serving as her umbilical cord, about to come screaming into a frightening new world — “Severance” has used its acute visual palette to inform the mysterious story within.
Created by Dan Erickson, the Apple TV+ series builds each piece of its narrative with extreme care.
Everything from the Perpetuity Wing, where employees gaze upon wax statues of Lumon Industries’ CEOs, to the blue erasers, given out as incentives for a job well done, all of it has been considered, designed, and captured by a team of artists led by Erickson, as well as director and executive producer Ben Stiller.But that attention to detail isn’t solely driven to inspire fan theories or hide Easter eggs.
“Severance” is not a mystery box series — not really.
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