Severance’s fourth episode, “Woe’s Hollow”, begins and ends with Irving B. being drawn into this strange winter landscape and being drawn back out again. A birth and a death. Spoilers ahead.

Shows that try their hand at mystery-box storytelling would do well to follow the example set by this episode.

Severance Season 2 has been brilliant so far but Episode 4 is without a doubt where things gets real… as the kids say.

In its second season, Severance remains one of Apple TV+’s best shows, which is surely rewarding for creator Dan Erickson and director Ben Stiller, especially since Stiller recently revealed to Hollywood Reporter that he had to push like crazy to get Adam Scott cast, and the Parks and Rec actor understands why:

Woe's cup runneth over in 'Severance' Season 2, but a cunningly chaotic Episode 4 proves to be anything but “Hollow.” [REVIEW — SPOILERS]

In our latest recap, we review the major answers and new questions that arose from Severance season two, episode four, "Woe's Hollow."

Woe’s Hollow” is a surprisingly horror-tinged masterclass of a Severance episode, and the best of Season 2 thus far by a margin. The standards were already high after Mark’s reintegration began, but Episode 4,