For a show known for its slow, methodical pacing, the second season of Severance begins with an uncharacteristically lively scene. Mark Scout (played by Adam Scott) appears within the lobby of Lumon Headquarters’ severed floor before taking off down one of many sterile white hallways. The panic gradually transitions into the uncanniness and foreboding we’re so used to in Lumon’s basement floor as a new team of employees, meant to replace his compatriots from season one, greets Scout. The midcentury office furniture, sterile white hallways, and pervading sense of alienation are welcome sights for viewers who have waited anxiously for three years to reenter Lumon’s dreaded severed floor.
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