Severance
A dystopian corporate nightmare of sterile brutalism and chilling dissociation, where fluorescent purgatory traps fragmented souls in a visual labyrinth of their own making.
Severance
Severance

"There's more to work than life."

17 February 2022 — 20 March 2025 United States of America 3 season 19 episode Returning Series ⭐ 8.4 (2,319)
Cast: Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry, Jen Tullock
Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy Mystery
The Fragmentation of Identity Corporate Totalitarianism and Cultism Grief and the Desire for Escapism Labor Exploitation and Agency

Severance - Movie Quotes

Memorable Quotes

Please enjoy all items equally.

— Milchick

Context:

Said during a "Music Dance Experience" (MDE) in Season 1, Episode 7.

Meaning:

Highlights the forced neutrality and lack of true joy in Lumon's rewards system. It reflects the company's desire to control even the emotional intensity of its employees.

I am a person. You are not.

— Helena (Helly's outie)

Context:

In a video message recorded for Innie Helly after her suicide attempt in Season 1, Episode 4.

Meaning:

The most brutal articulation of the show's central conflict: the denial of personhood to the innie. It establishes the master-slave dynamic between the two halves of a severed individual.

She's alive!

— Mark S. (Innie)

Context:

The final line of the Season 1 finale, shouted by Innie Mark while in his outie's body during the Overtime Contingency.

Meaning:

A pivotal moment of realization that shatters the foundation of Mark's outie's grief and exposes Lumon's ultimate deception regarding his wife, Gemma.