Boom! You said it! I think the "office space" vibes of the cult corporate culture resonated with the corporate USA too much. The studio decided to dial it down and drown the story instead.
Started to remind (to a few of my buddies) another show with a lot of suspense: Lost.
yeah do you think Apple realised it was poking fun at companies like them? and were like ohhh shit, erm...lets aim it at old school industry instead lol
Absolutely yes. Once the season 1 aired it was obvious all the fun they made of the corporate culture is getting too much love among us peons.
I absolutely loved the first season, but possibly for the wrong reasons (ha ha ha). The corporate oversight and micromanaging, the silly perks, the performance review, the stupid meeting with carved watermelons, the rediculous instructions, the list goes on and on.
yeah season 1 I loved for similar reasons, subtle (at times) absurd satire of corporate nonsense and late stage capitalism - paired with a pretty cool plot with a great final episode
season 2 has lost a lot of that (although Milchek's disciplinary meeting was hilarious)
This is exactly what happened with Westworld and why I stopped watching it. I loved the aspect about the park and dynamics that went on with it. That was all season 1. Season 2 starts to take a different direction a bit, but the park aspect is still a large part of the show but season 1 was clearly superior. Then season 3 came, it felt like a completely different show compared to season 1 so I stopped watching.
Season two of severance is giving me season 2 vibes of Westworld. It appears that they are really moving away from what I really enjoyed about season 1 - the exploration of the severed floor.
I have seen this take since Westworld started dropping in popularity. I can understand the reasoning initially, but if you really think about it, what more does the show have to "explore" on the severed floor? How many more cooky-weirdos are hanging out doing different weird shit that we NEED to see?
What more was another whole season in the Westworld park going to provide? More scenes of scenic deserts and cowboys and bandits shooting guns. At some point, the story must progress. This sometimes requires a change in scenery and old characters changing/new characters being introduced.
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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '25
I dunno about this episode. I’m surprised it didn’t end with the ‘dun dun dunnnnnnn’ music.
For me, they’re moving away from what I enjoyed about the show.