Cold Harbor

I mean how can any other show compare to this? It's beautifully acted, directed, written. Everything that goes into making shows is at its top form in Severance. I'm not a film student but I feel like all film schools should use this as the example of perfect TV. This show scratches an itch that no other show can seem so scratch. And now I gotta wait a few years for another season? I wish I could get severed while I wait.

Going into this finale, I thought it couldn't top the Season 1 finale, which gave me chills for the following days. Not to mention the amazing episode 7 of this season, which might be my favorite episode of ANY show. But this episode is on parallel with those two. From beginning to end I was on the edge of my seat. It's one of those episodes of TV that you feel high after it's so good. Let my severanced innie rewatch this show for the first time, he'll thank me.

Severance has officially cemented itself as one of the best shows I've ever watched. This season did feel a little scattered, but I had hope that everything would be pulled together, and my god it did. What a genuinely incredible piece of television and what a phenomenal finale. Ben Stiller and co. Have crafted a delicately perfect closer to such a well-made and confident season. Even though it was branching out in many different directions, they juggled everything to a perfect degree and stuck the landing. They stuck the landing to a second season. That's insane! I just can't believe that I get to live at the same time as Severance. Watch this show.

The finale is a long beautiful dream I wish never ends.

It gives a very nice answer to a season full of lores and mysteries. If you finish watching, you will realize it solves the secrets we have been guessing, the numbers, the goats, Jame Eagan on the severed floor, Cold Harbor.

The choreography and music are fantastic. It seems to me every time outie Mark appears it's cold and colorless. In contrast, the choreography and music invite us into the colorful dream of innie Mark. The revealing after the file is completed is creepy, dark humor, but also funny and joyful. The last scene reminds me of "Mario" and "Peach" in Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding if you know what I am talking about. It's cruel but beautifully gives innie Mark the rebirth of a true self, the free will to make a choice. I wish they would never stop, and there will be no ending in that hallway.

The tension in this finale is incredibly, incredibly gripping. We get some much-needed answers while the denouement remains relatively open-ended--which is just as admittedly frustrating as it is exciting.

Incredible color grading this episode. From the earthy browns to the unsettling blues and greens to the blaring reds, this episode was a visual feast. Cinematography has always been Severance's strong suit, and I'm happy to say they've delivered wonderfully in this finale. These shots achieved their goals in the emotions they were able to evoke, from wonder to discomfort to solemn to just outright wildness.

The pacing between scenes was, similar to Season 1's finale, rivetingly done. At no point was the flow disrupted, yet it still felt like a roller coaster. The pace goes from a walk to a stride to a straight sprint, which is exactly what was needed to create the tension this was able to provide.

Some absolutely stellar performances were delivered by Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Dichen Lachman, and Tramell Tillman. Much attention was paid to the nuances between their characters, and I can't wait to see how they explore them further in Season 3. To compliment these performances, the editing was on point--one particular hard-to-realize-scene had me shaking my head in amazement with how smooth the cuts and dialogue were.

All in all, this finale was just as intense as it was delicate and pensive at points. While I don't know where Season 3 will take us, I'm incredibly happy with the way loose ends were tied up, especially after the penultimate episode let the puzzle pieces fall beautifully into place. Hopefully, we're looking at a TV classic.

Severance is just something special. With such a dystopian and uncanny premise it can feel extremely weird, even funny at times, and yet it was able to deliver something so thought-provoking and emotionally impactful.

For a show with so many mysteries and a finale that didn't *really* provide an answer to any of them, it surprisingly didn't feel like edging. I was left so emotionally fulfilled by the end of this episode that I wasn't at all thinking about Lumon's (presumably) evil plan, there is so much more to this show than just the mysteries. And the final sequence is just perfect.

I have no idea where the story could go from here and will be patiently waiting for Season 3.