The hitmaker showrunner has clear direction for resolving the show’s lingering mysteries, especially following the dramatic cliffhanger at the end of the first season. He emphasized that when a significant tease is introduced, it is imperative to have a resolution in mind, failing to do so means digging your own grave.

Each episode of “Severance” drops at midnight PT and 3 a.m. ET on Apple TV+. There are 10 total episodes in this season.

Fans dealt with a three-year wait between the show's first season, which ended on a cliffhanger, and its second.

Season one finished nearly three years ago, before the end of pandemic mask mandates, Hollywood strikes and America's reckoning with return-to-office policies. Erickson says all that informed his writing for season two.