Severance Fans Notice Eerie Similarities Between Lumon and Apple

Fans can’t wait to get their eyes on the second season of Severance, and thankfully, they don’t have long to wait. With more mysteries and strange encounters with Mark and friends right around the corner, the focus with viewers recently has been on how many similarities the series’ Lumon Industries has with one of the world’s largest and most influential tech companies, Apple.

Eager science fiction fans recently got a first-look image of Apple TV‘s psychological thriller with Mark, played by Adam Scott, looking like he was in deep trouble with Seth Milchick as the pair were snapped coming out of an office at Lumon Industries. As season two fast approaches, viewers are on the edge of their seats to find out if they will get answers to the many questions season one left them with, especially regarding the disappearance of Ms Casey, what is Lumon’s true intentions, and what is the actual purpose behind the Macro Data Refinement. It’s very likely that the return of Severance will conjure up even more secrets and puzzles, but this will hopefully lead nicely into season three of the award-winning show, although nothing has been officially confirmed…as yet.

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Fans Spot Strange Parallels Between Severance’s Lumon and Apple

Over on the Severance Reddit page, a fan of the series posted what they thought were eerie similarities between Lumon Industries, the show’s biotechnology company, and the tech giant Apple. The fan, who goes by the name of Arteye-Photo, initially points out that Lumon and Apple almost have the same address. In season one, episode two of Severance, Petey gives Mark the location of Lumon, which reads 499 Half Loop Rd, strangely comparable to Apple’s old headquarters address of 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino, California. However, the parallels don’t stop there.

Arteye also highlights how Lumon employees regard Kier Eagan, the visionary founder and first CEO of Lumon, as a “god-like” entity, akin to many tech devotees were of Steve Jobs, best known for co-founding Apple Inc. Another similarity was drawn to The Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park, which was compared to the Perpetuity Wing at Lumon in the series that serves as a museum to Lumon Industries and the Eagan family’s core values. An image of Lumon and Apple’s buildings was also posted to showcase how they both look so alike structurally, with both of the companies incorporating a circular architecture. Bell Labs, a previously big American tech giant and now part of the Finnish telecommunications company Nokia, was used as a stand-in for Lumon’s headquarters in the show, and it certainly does bear an overwhelming similarity to Apple’s own HQ.

Season two of Severance will host new cast members this time around. Joining the series is Game of Thrones‘ Gwendoline Christie as well as Alia Shawkat, Bob Balaban, Merritt Wever, Robby Benson, Stefano Carannante, John Noble, Ólafur Darri, and Sarah Bock. Based on early reviews of Severance season two, this time around looks set to blow even season one out of the water.

Severance season two will be released via Apple TV+ on January 17, 2025.

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Severance

Release Date

February 18, 2022

Cast

Christopher Walken
, Tramell Tillman
, Michael Chernus
, Adam Scott
, Britt Lower
, Patricia Arquette
, Jen Tullock
, John Turturro
, Dichen Lachman
, Zach Cherry

Seasons

1

Story By

dan erickson

Writers

Dan Erickson

Streaming Service(s)

Apple TV+

Directors

Ben Stiller

Showrunner

Dan Erickson
, Mark Friedman

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Source: Reddit