Severance Gets Human Nature Right - First Things

Severance Gets Human Nature Right - First Things

Who are you?” That’s the opening line of Severance, one of the most successful shows in recent history. It’s also the question all humans start asking themselves as soon as they become conscious of their own existence. Severance answers the question by making the compelling—and countercultural—case that the human person is a unity of body and soul.  In season one, we’re introduced to the fictional U.S. town of Kier, where the powerful tech compa…