Severance Season 2 Debuts at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

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Severance returns this month when season two hits AppleTV+ on January 17, with Adam Scott back as Mark Scout in the story following the team at Lumon Industries, who have had their memories surgically divided into work and personal.

It's been almost three years since the first season, and we are now getting our first reactions to the highly anticipated follow up which has critics raving.

What are critics saying about Severance season 2?

Currently, season two is scoring even higher than season one on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, with a Certified Fresh score of 100% from 40 critics' reviews, against season one's 97% from 116 reviews.

Slahsfilm's Jeremy Mathai says, "Severance season 2 defies expectations in the best possible way," and Angie Han at The Hollywood Reporter says, "It makes for a season that's frequently darker, less frequently amusing and not necessarily more satisfying -- but one that hits, if anything, even more chillingly close to home."

Severance season two's plot details are yet to be reported, but Nick Schager at The Daily Beast says the series "Remains an expertly orchestrated brainteaser, its insights into its characters and circumstances at once illuminating and confounding, given that they always hint at grander secrets and conspiracies hidden just out of view."

More praise for season two comes from Carly Lane at Collider, who says, "Severance Season 2 deftly unspools an even greater and more thrilling sci-fi mystery, making a strong case for itself as one of 2025's best shows."

What is Severance season 2 about?

AppleTV+ reports that "in season two, Mark and his friends learn the dire consequences of trifling with the severance barrier, leading them further down a path of woe."

Who stars in Severance season 2?

Further details remain under wraps, but Adam Scott returns alongside Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Patricia Arquette, Mark Kenneth Smaltz, and Marc Geller.

They are joined by new cast members Alia Shawkat, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Gwendoline Christie, Merritt Wever, John Noble, Robby Benson, Bob Balaban, Sarah Bock, and Stefano Carannante.