The sci-fi series was hailed as a dark, timely satire of office life—but its return is bogged down by abstract ethical conundrums and rote emotional ones.

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From unseen Board members and goats, to Irv's Outie and Ms. Casey, these are the biggest questions we have for Severance season 2.

Severance Season 2 premieres Jan. 17 on Apple TV+, with a new episode every week. Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness.

Apple’s mind-bending drama returns with a heaping helping of new mysteries, but this puzzle may frustrate you no matter how much you want to solve it.