Severance star reveals the main focus of the new season of Apple TV+

Apple TV+ is gearing up to drop the highly anticipated second season of Severance on January 17, 2025. The upcoming second installment of Severance will hit the screens almost three years after the debut season came to an end.

In an exclusive interview with The Direct, Severance star Trammel Tillman, who plays the character of Lumon boss Mr. Seth Milchik, spoke about how the Apple TV+ show's second season is different from the first.

Severance features a dystopian world in which the Lumon corporation has the authority to sever the consciousness of their employees, thus allowing them to virtually own the employee with the latter having nothing to live for other than their work for the corporation. The employees are broadly divided into two categories, the innies and the outies. Here's everything that we know.

Trammel Tillman opens up about the upcoming second season of Severance

Trammel Tillman spoke at length with The Direct's Russ Milheim about the upcoming second season of Severance. When asked about the evolution of the show from the debut season to the second installment, Tillman said:

"I think we've locked in more in Season 2. Season 1 was a fabulous introduction to this world of Lumon, and we got to see the town of Kier. But now this go round, we're focusing so much more on the four friends. We're focusing on the innies. We're focusing on the information that they received about the Overtime Contingency and learning about who Helly is, and we're navigating that space. And what do they do? What do the innies do now that they know what's on the outside?"

Regarding Mr. Milchik's character, Tillman further added:

"So (in) Season 2, when we start, we pick up right where we left off from Season 1. It's that high moment when the innie finds out she's alive. And we see the Innie Mark come right into the doors, and he's running down the hallway and trying to figure out what the hell is going on. And so now Milchick is tasked with basically telling him what happened and what's going on. And he notices that there have been changes that have happened to the floor. It doesn't look like the floor that he remembers it being. I always like to say that Milchick is still on damage control ever since the OTC, when he introduced that to Dylan, you know, he's been having to cover himself to make sure that the train stays on the track. So we see, you know, more damage control."

He also stated that the pressure to match the success of the first season and to exceed the same translated into excitement. The Severance star stated:

"It felt more like anticipation. It was excitement, because we didn't know how Season 1 was going to be perceived. I don't think anyone knows how good or bad a show or any product is going to be until it's, you know, until people tell us, right? So when this show was getting so much acclaim and people were dying over the the finale, it was like, Okay, what's next? What are we going to do next? We gotta keep going, you know. And when we finally got the clearance that we were going to do Season 2, I was just so enthralled about where we were going to go."

Severance creator opens up about the second season

With the second season of Severance just around the corner, series creator Dan Erickson revealed in a recent interview with GameRant that the second installment will shed more light on the powerful Eagan family that controls the Lumon industries. He revealed:

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"We're going to see some of their plans and machinations coming to fruition, or nearing fruition. It was vitally important that we (the writers) know them, and that we know them well. I have what has become a many, many page document that's essentially a show bible for us, that keeps the lore of the show."

Severance season one is exclusively available on Apple TV+.

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