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Severance Season 2 is a tremendous televisual achievement

That I wish I liked more.
Mark S. (Adam Scott) is in a suit. He stands in a long, featureless, white hallway. He holds blue balloons with his face on them.
Who wouldn't want to work in an office where they got balloons with their face on them? (Credit: AppleTV+)

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Emily St. James

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