For an opening scene that seems pretty seamless, Ben Stiller has revealed that season 2 of “Severance” was the result of months of work. After ending the first season on a massive cliffhanger, the drama series returned after almost three years to a two-minute-long sequence that looks like it takes place in one take.

Director Ben Stiller has teased the future of his critically-acclaimed series Severance.

Ben Stiller and Adam Scott revisited the waffle party in the Jan. 15 episode of The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott, along with podcast guest John Turturro. For Stiller, the waffle party — one of many Lumon terms coined by Severance creator and showrunner Dan Erickson — was "kind of an inflection point."

Ben Stiller explains how "The Office" was a major influence on his hit Apple TV+ series "Severance," now streaming Season 2.

Showrunner Dan Erickson tells us about the Severance season 2 premiere, Ben Stiller's reaction to the show's ending, and much more.

Ben Stiller isn't just a director and executive producer of Severance — he also had an uncredited voiceover cameo back in Season 1. In a 2022 interview with ET Online, Severance stars Britt Lower and Dichen Lachman confirmed that Stiller voiced the animated version of Lumon founder Kier Eagan that congratulates Helly (Lower) for reaching quota in Season 1,

Apple TV+’s workplace sci-fi drama, Severance premiered the first episode of its season 2 on January 17, 2025 and though the episode picked up right where the first season ended, there are of course numerous questions that this season has to answer as it proceeds.

Apple TV+ show ‘Severance’, directed by Ben Stiller, is being called one of the greatest television shows of all time, and today we will discuss why. The show follows a simple concept – let’s make a world where people can separate their personal and work lives.