The Apple TV+ dystopian thriller Severance is one of the most acclaimed shows of the year. Its grim take on the furthest extreme of "work-life balance" speaks to our strained pandemic-era relationship with the workplace and, according to our critics, offers a gripping throwback to an era of prestige TV before (as <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/04/netflix-subscription-competition-password-sharing/629682/">David Sims sees it</a>) Netflix ruined everything. Spencer Kornhaber, Sophie Gilbert, and David Sims go down the elevator to Lumon’s basement to talk waffle parties, real-life workplace anxieties, and what dystopian sci-fis they recommend besides Severance.Further reading:<ul>
<li>Sophie: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/02/severance-makes-workplace-eerily-dystopian/622883/">'Severance' Makes the Workplace Eerily Dystopian</a>
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<li>David: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/04/netflix-subscription-competition-password-sharing/629682/">The Netflix Bubble Is Finally Bursting</a>
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