Lecture in the latest issue of Radio Times MagazineErickson said: “The original pilot was even crazier – it had a higher reality, like Terry Gilliam’s Brazil or even Monty Python. At some point a pair of disembodied legs walked by in the background.”

“Ben asked me why and I had no idea! He encouraged me to increase the craziness to make sure everything is based on logic, even if it is not the logic of our world.”

Fans will no doubt be eagerly awaiting how the story unfolds in Season 2 and whether any of the remaining mysteries will be solved.

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For his part, star Adam Scott has hinted at what fans can expect from the new season, telling RadioTimes.com: “In the first season, Innie Mark gradually became disillusioned with Lumon. With this place that he believes in with all his heart, his whole identity is veiled.” up in this place and Lumon, with Kier and Ms. Cobel, you know, who is like a mother figure to him.

“He loves this place and that’s all he knows, and so we watch him gradually become disillusioned.

“At the end of the season he thought he had reached the limit of his disillusionment with this place, but then he finds this explosive information at his outie sister’s house, and I think that blows the doors off.” I don’t think he did ever thought how corrupt a company or person could be.

“So we start the season with Innie Mark having this information and how it affects him at MDR, whether he can take this information and pass it on to his outie and how he would even try to do that.”

“Who knows, but that’s where we start. That’s where the season starts.”

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Season 2 of Severance premieres Friday, January 17th on Apple TV+ with new episodes airing weekly. Season 1 is now available. Sign up for Apple TV+ here.

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