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Work/life get unbalanced in 'Severance' : Pop Culture Happy Hour In the excellent new Apple TV+ series Severance, a group of office workers are experiencing work-life balance on a whole other level. Adam Scott, John Turturro, and others play employees that have undergone brain surgery that completely separates their memories of work from their memories of their regular lives. Severance is a workplace satire, a futuristic thought experiment about identity, and a drama about the dimensions of grief.

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Work/life get unbalanced in 'Severance'

Work/life get unbalanced in 'Severance'

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Zach Cherry, Adam Scott, Tramell Tillman, John Turturro and Patricia Arquette star in the Apple TV+ series Severance. Atsushi Nishijima/Apple TV+ hide caption

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Zach Cherry, Adam Scott, Tramell Tillman, John Turturro and Patricia Arquette star in the Apple TV+ series Severance.

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In the excellent new Apple TV+ series Severance, a group of office workers are experiencing work-life balance on a whole other level. Adam Scott, John Turturro, and others play employees that have undergone brain surgery that completely separates their memories of work from their memories of their regular lives. Severance is a workplace satire, a futuristic thought experiment about identity, and a drama about the dimensions of grief.