When the first season of Apple TV+'s sci-fi workplace satire Severance premiered back in 2022, it quickly became one of streaming's most talked-about series, largely due to its many strange and mysterious details. Critics and audiences alike were quick to jump into Reddit threads and comments sections to share their favorite theories about what might be going on at Lumon and in the show's wider world, helmed by series creator Dan Erickson and executive producer Ben Stiller.