Season 2, episode 9, of the Apple TV+ original thriller airs Thursday evening/Friday. "Severance," directed by Ben Stiller, follows a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives.

Disclaimer: Severance Season 2 Episode 9 spoilers ahead! The article also contains the writer's personal opinions.

Some of that is just a testament to how potent memories of that episode still are three years later. And some of it is that when Severance worries less about the mythology, and about asking questions it may or may not be able to answer,