Severance
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This article contains spoilers for Severance season 2’s episode 1.
To his surprise, the board reconsiders his request.
As a result, Dylan, Irving, and Helly return to the workplace.
His sadness concerns Dylan and he hilariously asks him if he is “poor out there.”
Dylan’s statement is supposed to be a gag.
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However, it makes it hard not to wonder how much the severed employees are paid by Lumon.
…An officer manager earns as much as half a million dollars a year… Interestingly,Severance’s pilot scriptalso offers some insights into how much a Lumon employee earns.
Lumon realizes that the controversialnature of the Severance procedurecould be a major deterrent for potential employees.
Created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle.