When Spaceballs 2 eventually hits theaters, it will be well over thirty-five years since the original Mel Brooks comedy film was released in 1987. Easily one of Brooks' best-loved spoof films, the original Spaceballs parodied the original Star Wars trilogy brilliantly, and in ...

Really, what season 2 proves is that Severance wasn’t a great show because it was such a surprise — it was just a great show. And at least in the first half of season 2, its quest to expand its scope hasn’t dulled any of its sharp, strange edges.

Now, the lauded Apple TV+ drama from creator Dan Erickson returns with a briskly paced sophomore season that refines its many themes into a timely, rewarding, and challenging debate about the power and parameters of personhood.