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Hola amigos, buenas vibras para todos.
**Hello friends, good vibes to all.
Just yesterday I finished enjoying this wonderful series, so, in the first line of this review I'm already saying it but when reality is overwhelming I think you can't cover it with a finger. Severance I think it is, and that I say it I am a person who sees many more series than movies, one of the best series I've had the opportunity to see in recent times, why? - Because of a number of things that we will talk about later but among them could be the plot of the story, something never seen before and above all for everything that the plot makes you feel as the chapters go by.
For those who don't know or haven't seen it yet, this series is directed by actor Ben Stiller, an actor we have seen in comedy movies. I remember before I started watching it I mistakenly had the prejudice of thinking that this series would be just another one of the bunch or that it would be just that, a comical and pointless story. But boy am I glad I was wrong. Severance is a mix of science fiction, drama, suspense and if we wanted to add psychological thriller we could do that too. Let's not waste any more time and let's talk about this amazing story.
To begin with, we have Mark Scout (Adam Scott), a hard-working man who is in charge of one of the departments of Lumon, an extremely mysterious and disturbing company. It only employs four people who underwent a rather peculiar surgical procedure which is the epicenter of this whole story full of paranoia and uncomfortable situations. Basically, Lumon's idea with this intervention is to separate, by means of a chip, the work memories from the personal ones in order to reach a "perfect" balance and make people more efficient.
The thing is that as time goes by and because the truth always comes to light, Mark realizes by himself that something is not right and begins to question the procedures and the way of acting of the company for which he has worked for almost three years. From this moment on the series enters a spiral where the tension is increasing and where one as a viewer we also begin to ask questions, because yes, at first everything can be very confusing for us but quickly we get to understand the big picture.
When I ask that question in the title of the publication is because it is the key to everything and is that by submitting to the "separation" you end up becoming two people, the one who works and the one who lives outside the office. It is the question that they ask themselves and that they are unable to understand and that's where the questioning and the search for the truth begins, the one to be able to answer who I am here and who I am out there. The way in which this series is produced is impeccable, the script, the general concept, the expectation generated by each chapter, the photography, even the color palette, everything is mixed to create a totally new product with respect to the existing content.
For a series to surprise you at this point in time where we are constantly bombarded with empty and merely commercial content is something very difficult to achieve and Severance does it, it takes you out of your place with each episode. It does it with a couple of figures: the cliffhangers which are a trademark in this series, it's amazing how when you finish a chapter you want to see the next one instantly, and secondly the plot changes or plot twists that are also quite common in this plot, one of the things I enjoyed the most sincerely because you can never take anything for granted.
It is an uncomfortable, disturbing series, where you will always wonder what is really going on, where you will always think that they are hiding something and where you will always feel that they are watching everything. To that level of anxiety the series takes you, to one where you want to know more but you can't. And part of this is thanks to the characters that make life in it, ones that are just as disturbing as the story itself; and every good series has to have those people you hate, love or that you will simply never understand.
And it is here where I stop to talk a little about them. Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette) is one of the top characters of this series, they are those that at the first moment you see their interaction you know that something is not right with her, if the series were a character it would definitely be Harmony. An obsessive character, lacking empathy and cold but so necessary that without her the series would be 100% different. Next to her you see Seth Milchick (Tramell Tillman), a person who would be the hammer in Lumon, the one who follows orders but you hate him anyway. Despite being, for me, a secondary character, I think he is very relevant to the plot, many of the things that happen there revolve around him.
The other people who work in Mark's department are Irving (John Turturro), Dylan (Zach Cherry) and Helly (Britt Lower), all different, with different ways of being, with different motivations and that complement each other in a magnificent way. I think the casting in general was quite good, there is not one character that was bad or was below the others, all contribute what is necessary for the series to walk towards the safe harbor. Another point that pleased me a lot was the participation of Christopher Walken.
And well, to talk about Mark, played by Adam Scott is to say that he is a very well played character. That duality of identity that he had to do within the same series is something very difficult to do because the difference of one with the other was given in a matter of seconds, it was like watching a person with personality disorders. Very good role.
In conclusion, a series that does not have any kind of waste because there has not been one like it or at least I have not seen anything like it. It already looks to be one of the best series of the year, of that I have no doubt. And the good news is that the second season is already confirmed, we don't know for when because the boom of this first one is just starting but yes, we will continue to enjoy or suffer with the company Lumon and all that it brings in its hands.
9.5/10. Just like that. Epic, different, disturbing and very well done in all its aspects. You can watch it on Apple TV+, it has a duration of nine chapters of approximately 50 minutes each. I leave you the trailer so you don't waste any more time and go watch it and enjoy it.
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Bueno mi gente por hoy es todo, espero que les haya gustado. ¡Un abrazo a todos, nos vemos en la próxima!
***Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it. ¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!
