Severance could also be probably the most intense reveals on tv, however Dichen Lachman has a playful thought for taking issues in a very completely different course for season 3.
The actress, who performs Gemma Scout, couldn’t assist however pitch a enjoyable twist whereas talking on the present’s PaleyFest panel in Los Angeles on March 21.
“I mean, I am so excited to see what [creator] Dan Erickson is coming up with,” Lachman shared. “But I thought it could be fun if season 3 was like a sitcom and it was a timeshare where they live in a Friends-type apartment building.”
If that appears like a wild departure from Lumon’s eerie, fluorescent-lit hallways, Lachman is glad to elaborate.
“They sever, and then they go and they have their little timeshare relationship with everybody,” she added. A Severance sitcom? That may be one option to lighten the existential dread.
In fact, season 2’s finale left followers with loads to ponder.
Gemma, often known as Ms. Casey, managed to flee Lumon, however her husband, Mark (Adam Scott), didn’t comply with. His innie selected to remain behind on the severed ground, caught up in his rising reference to Helly (Britt Decrease). Whereas there’s nonetheless an opportunity that innie Mark would possibly select reintegration, his outie has no plans to let his office romance proceed—which suggests hassle is brewing.
For now, followers are simply relieved that Gemma made it out of the analysis ground alive. As for what’s subsequent? Lachman doesn’t have any insider data however deeply connects along with her character’s emotional struggles.
“I think a lot of people feel like that, which is why they love her, in a way,” she shared. “We all want to feel like we belong, and maybe sometimes we shouldn’t. Maybe that comes with being so much more sure of yourself, which I wish I was, sometimes, but we all struggle with that. That’s what I love about Ms. Casey.”
An exhilarating thriller, an identification disaster, and now, probably, a sitcom? If Severance has taught viewers something, it’s to count on the surprising.
