Maybe you remember "Severance" from its distinct visual palette of whites and blues and hallway tracking shots; maybe you remember the aforementioned cliffhanger and its sinister implications; maybe you remember seeing it was directed by Ben Stiller and thinking "That Ben Stiller?

The sci-fi series was hailed as a dark, timely satire of office life—but its return is bogged down by abstract ethical conundrums and rote emotional ones.

Severance Season 2 premieres Jan. 17 on Apple TV+, with a new episode every week. Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness.

One of the most critically acclaimed television shows of the decade so far is returning next week nearly three years after its last episode aired.

Severance is about a group of workers who toil in the basement of a mysterious company called Lumon Industries. They've been "severed," meaning they don't remember anything about