Severance Star Britt Lower Unpacks an Illuminating Season-One Finale

This story contains plot details from Severance’s first season. To play Helly R., Lumon Industries’ newest recruit in the sci-fi-esque thriller Severance, Britt Lower wanted to be as clueless as her character—introduced as she wakes up splayed out on a conference-room table. Helly is shocked to learn that she’s signed on to work as an office drone at the opaque company, which bifurcates workers’ brains between personal and professional consciousness—even after she’s shown a video in which she consents to the controversial chip procedure. “Every time you find yourself here, it’s because you chose to come back,” her macrodata refinement… Read Full Article