Severance is back for its long-awaited second season on Apple TV+. Created by Dan Erickson and directed in part by Ben Stiller, the sci-fi thriller about corporate dystopia has captured viewers’ imaginations since its debut in 2022.

The first episode of "Severance" Season 2 are available for streaming on Apple TV+. Here's what to know about the rest of the schedule.

Severance season 2 episode 2 will be released on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 9pm PT (Pacific Time) and Friday, January 24, 2025 at 12am ET (Eastern Time) and 5am GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). We had originally thought that new episodes wouldn't arrive until midnight PT on Fridays, but co-creator Ben Stiller shared the good news on X.

Since season 2 of "Severance" is slowly revealing itself, here are five similar films/TV shows similar that fans can and should watch in the meantime.

Severance season 2 is finally back after three years, and it was well worth the wait. The Apple TV+ workplace drama—which explores an alternate reality where one can physically separate their personal life from their work life—successfully builds upon the first season while recapturing the thrilling twists of its memorable season 1 finale.

Severance season 2 kicks off with episode 1, Hello, Ms. Cobel, and there's so much to talk about. It's been three years since the surreal office drama's 2022 premiere on Apple TV+, but this episode picks up immediately after the previous season's dramatic climax.

Now that "Severance" Season 2, Episode 1 is out in the world, it seems impossible to imagine it opening any way other than how it did. Mark (Adam Scott) blinks awake in the Lumon Industries elevator - that is,