Severance” is beloved by critics and audiences alike. But there was a time when star Adam Scott and executive producer-director Ben Stiller worried the Apple TV+ series might never get made.

This article contains SPOILERS for Severance Season 2, Episode 10, "Cold Harbor." The final scene in the Season 2 finale of Apple TV+’s Severancesaw Innie Mark (Adam Scott) making his choice to stay inside Lumon with Helly R.

The director and executive producer sees the season two ending as a departure. “We’re going into another mode here,” he says. “This is a lot darker and more dystopian than we’ve seen.”