Spoiler alert: This article will assume the reader has already seen the first season.
Is hit series “Severance” subtly making the case we should consider what we owe to unborn babies?
AppleTV+’s “Severance,”Ben Stiller’s darkly comedic psychological thriller starring Adam Scott (“Parks and Recreation,” “The Good Place”), lends itself to interpretations, most proposing some variant of the theory that the show is about the difficulty of finding the “work/life balance.” Others explain that it is about the dehumanizing character of corporations, and still others contend it is about the dangers of escapism and the desire to self-anesthetize to cope with trauma.
These “readings” of “Severance” are obviously sound—indeed, they’re right there on the surface, since the show is quite literally about Mark S. (Scott) and three other employees of…
