Severance season 2 is lastly right here after a protracted wait, however there’s a lot extra leisure to get pleasure from if you cannot get sufficient thrillers and mind-bending tales. While among the best Apple TV Plus reveals is undoubtedly distinctive, and TechRadar’s Tom Power sang its praises in our Severance season 2 evaluate, I’ve received 4 comparable reveals to suggest whilst you’re eagerly ready for the subsequent Severance episode every Friday. Yes, sadly, they are teasing us with weekly releases once more.
But in case you’re subscribed to a number of the finest streaming providers, you may get pleasure from comparable reveals to take your thoughts off the inevitable cliffhangers they’re going to be dropping on us. Here’s 4 must-watches which can be just like Severance.
Devs
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- RT rating:Â 82%
- Age ranking:Â TV-MA
- Length:Â ~45 minute episodes
- Creator:Â Alex Garland
Where to look at: Hulu (US), Disney Plus (UK, AUS)
Alex Garland has performed a variety of issues whether or not it is working with Danny Boyle on his iconic zombie film sequel 28 Years Later, one in every of my most anticipated motion pictures of 2025, or his A24 initiatives Men and Civil War, however his TV present Devs is criminally underrated in my view. If you really liked the office-based thriller of Severance, then Devs must be proper up your alley.
Here, a software program engineer turns into wrapped up within the mysterious dying of her boyfriend who died on the primary day of his new job at a quantum computing firm ran by the at all times sensible Nick Offerman. It’s full of thriller and suspicious goings-on and, frankly, each Severance fan wants this of their life.
Maniac
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Where to look at: Netflix (worldwide)
- RT rating:Â 85%
- Age ranking:Â TV-14
- Length: ~26–47 minutes
- Creator:Â Patrick Somerville
If you want issues just a little extra surreal, Maniac has all of the unusual vibes of Severance and dials them as much as 100. Considering the present takes place throughout a mind-bending pharmaceutical trial, it is best to anticipate absolutely anything. Cary Joji Fukunaga, recognized for his work on the Max sequence True Detective and James Bond film No Time to Die, can also be concerned with Maniac and has directed some significantly lovely episodes.
There’s an enormous forged connected too with Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Justin Theroux, Sonoya Mizuno and Gabriel Byrne all starring within the sequence, so if star energy influences your choice, you’ve got received a implausible lineup right here.
Counterpart
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Where to look at: Rent or purchase on Apple TV (US), 7Plus (AUS)
- RT rating:Â 100%
- Age ranking:Â TV-MA
- Length: ~52–60 minutes
- Creator:Â Justin Marks
There’s nothing J.Ok. Simmons cannot do. Whether he is demanding footage of Spider-Man within the iconic Marvel motion pictures or terrifying gamers as Ketheric Thorm within the award-winning online game Baldur’s Gate 3, his resume is a formidable one, to say the least. In Counterpart, he performs two variations of a person named Howard who exist within the Alpha and the Prime worlds, the place he leads very totally different lives.
When the Alpha model of Howard, a low-level bureaucrat, finds out that the company that employs him is a gateway to a brand new dimension, you may think about the chaos that follows, particularly as Howard is a ruthless intelligence operative within the Prime universe. You’ve actually received to concentrate on this one and cease doom scrolling however hey, it is a fantastic purpose to place your cellphone down.
Russian Doll
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Where to look at: Netflix (worldwide)
- RT rating:Â 97%
- Age ranking:Â TV-MA
- Length: ~24–33 minutes
- Creators:Â Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, Amy Poehler
Orange is the New Black star Natasha Lyonne performs Nadia Vulvokov, a recreation developer who will get caught in a time loop after dying at a celebration in New York on this enjoyable tackle the Groundhog Day situation. Yes, there have been plenty of time loop motion pictures and reveals, most likely sufficient to make one other listicle however persist with this one, it is actually nice.
There are solely 2 seasons so it is brief and candy, nevertheless it’s a fantastic one to binge-watch. The first focuses on life and dying and the second switches focus to time itself, so it is nice in case you’re feeling just a little existential. We all get days like that.
