Ben Stiller reveals that the seemingly seamless first scene of "Severance" season 2 actually featured six months to film!

Director Ben Stiller has teased the future of his critically-acclaimed series Severance.

Ben Stiller and Adam Scott revisited the waffle party in the Jan. 15 episode of The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott, along with podcast guest John Turturro. For Stiller, the waffle party — one of many Lumon terms coined by Severance creator and showrunner Dan Erickson — was "kind of an inflection point."

Ben Stiller explains how "The Office" was a major influence on his hit Apple TV+ series "Severance," now streaming Season 2.

Apple TV+’s workplace sci-fi drama, Severance premiered the first episode of its season 2 on January 17, 2025 and though the episode picked up right where the first season ended, there are of course numerous questions that this season has to answer as it proceeds.

Ben Stiller isn't just a director and executive producer of Severance — he also had an uncredited voiceover cameo back in Season 1. In a 2022 interview with ET Online, Severance stars Britt Lower and Dichen Lachman confirmed that Stiller voiced the animated version of Lumon founder Kier Eagan that congratulates Helly (Lower) for reaching quota in Season 1,

Severance is back and hitting the ground running in its Season 2 premiere, “Hello, Ms. Cobel,” which picks up in Lumon’s offices, moments after Mark’s ( Adam Scott) innie is reactivated following Season 1’s fateful revelation.

Apple TV+ Though Severance tackles dark subject matter, the Apple TV+ thriller's cast and crew still find ways to bring the joy together. "I think we had 186 days of shooting this season. So, we all had a lot of moments together,

Apple TV+ show ‘Severance’, directed by Ben Stiller, is being called one of the greatest television shows of all time, and today we will discuss why. The show follows a simple concept – let’s make a world where people can separate their personal and work lives.

That show, which premiered in 2018 on Showtime, is streaming now for the first time on Netflix. Not only is it the perfect thing to watch if you’ve already completed your Severance season 1 rewatch, but it may also offer a hint at how Stiller and his cohorts plan to unfurl some of Severance ’s many mysteries as we head into season 2.