We know that anyone who's seen Severance season 1 is coming into things already on the edge of their seat (and if you need a refresher on what happened, we've got you covered there too). Apple TV+ is rolling out the red carpet for the new season of its smash hit,

The latest episode of Severance shares a name with (and directly references) an episode of the classic sci-fi anthology series The Twilight Zone.

The same can likely be said for Apple TV+'s short teaser for Season 2, episode 9, which shows a person cutting a boiled egg on a plate. Here's a reminder of the clip: Seems fairly innocuous, right? Maybe some parallels between the egg cutting and Lumon's severance procedure?

Over the course of Severance season 2 episode 9, the audience slowly learns who the show's biggest monster really is thanks to some horrifying reveals.

When Will Severance Season 2, Episode 9 Be Available? March 14. This week’s episode, “The After Hours,” will arrive with this description: “Outie Mark and Devon team with an unexpected ally to enact a plan.

Some of that is just a testament to how potent memories of that episode still are three years later. And some of it is that when Severance worries less about the mythology, and about asking questions it may or may not be able to answer,

"Severance" is an official television hit. Since the series premiered Season 2 on Jan. 17, the Apple TV+ drama has accumulated at least 3.055 billion streaming minutes, according to Nielsen. This number was calculated by adding together the weekly viewership for the drama during the five weeks the series aired new episodes of Season 2.

I f you’re waiting for another season of Severance, the best advice we have for now is a reference to the poster of Dylan in the Lumon break room: Hang in there! After becoming

Season 2, Episode 8 ended with Cobel speeding back to Kier while catching up with Mark over the phone, so she’s likely the “unexpected ally” who’s hatching a plan with him