Why was Season 2 of Severance delayed so long?
The psychological thriller has experienced a few bumps in the road in its journey back to production. It was reported in April of last year that Severance‘s second season was facing significant delays due to the alleged falling out between co-showrunners Dan Erickson and Mark Friedman. House of Cards creator Beau Willimon quietly joined to assist with Season 2 (and beyond), further fueling questions as to what was actually going down behind the scenes.
Stiller cleared the air at the time stating that Season 2 “is on schedule, the budget is the same as Season 1, Dan, Beau and Mark are all working together… [Beau] was hired for Season 3 and since they don’t have a traditional writers’ room, it made sense he would get involved in the current season as well.”
Shortly after, shooting was halted in May of 2023 as a result of the writers strike. Once that ended, SAG-AFTRA was 74 days into a strike of its own, further delaying the Apple series from returning to work.
The long break makes this second season almost pointless – and who has the time to re-watch season 1 to remember?
I’ll probably still watch it, it was, AFAIR, a great show, but it would have been a lot more fun to wait for it just for a year (and that’s quite some time already).
Obviously, you didn’t want season one if you had you wouldn’t have to rewatch it unless you’re a pothead
Thank you for your kind words on my mental constitution.
So happy season two is underway. Severance is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
Can we just go ahead and greenlight Season 3 and start writing and production immediately? :-) Not sure I can keep waiting multiple years for this amazing show.
F* Yeah! Let’s get this waffle party started!
I loved Severance. I’ve been waiting. But if Season 2 is someplace exotic don’t know if I can see it. Would buy the DVD.
Please bring out season two I love this series.
I hate when your invested then it’s cancelled, boils my pxss.
So please bring season two out. 🙏