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I'm fine if a show tells its story at a slow rate as long as it maintains its level of quality while keeping the narrative fresh and impactful. This episode gradually progresses the story and a majority of the time I enjoyed it for what it was. I would say its slightly better than the second episode just in terms of the pacing. Two storylines that I honestly think get better as each episode goes by is Helly's and Mark's.

This is where the concept of the show gets interesting because Mark is essentially two different people and I like that both his outside and inside persona are slowly unraveling the same mystery. As for Helly, her work self wants to leave because of the environment she's been put in, but the problem is that her outside self is not aware of any of this and the company is manipulating her into saying there. So, it's storylines like these that raises ethical questions and moving forward I hope to see this played out more because it's what drives the show.

Takes what was great from the first 2 episodes and expands upon it and makes it much better. A lot more happens in this episode and it's all very interesting and it's done in such a great style. This show just keeps getting better.

With every question you think gets answered, you get 20 more new questions. I am loving the show for so many reason but I am starting to worry that we will not get answers to some big questions by the end of the season. Starting to get some "Lost" meets "upload" vibes for many good reasons and hopefully not some bad ones.

As The Apple TV Plus series Severance continues to ramp up, things are getting a bit darker and the audience is starting to get a better look at just what goes into working at Lumon as well as what kind of people are willing to go through the severance process. While most of the other episodes of Severance have been equal parts humor and the absurdity of the work environment, there wasn't much to laugh at in this particular episode. The show probably needed an episode like this, because when push comes to shove, it's important to note that there really isn't anything funny about what's been going on with a company that sends people to some sort of weird torture chamber if they try and pass a note to themselves. The darkness that surrounds the lives of the people in the show was certainly hinted at in the very first episode of Severance. After all, the first time the audience meets Mark, he's crying rather hard in his car. It doesn't take long to learn exactly why his Outtie is such a sad person. It also doesn't take long to learn why he's gone through the procedure. One of the most interesting things about the latest episode of the Apple TV Plus thriller is just how much more filled out several of the characters are. Helly, Mark, and Petey are all sketched out quite a bit more, though of the three Mark is perhaps the biggest enigma. In fact, as the series goes on, he might be the biggest enigma of all, despite the fact that viewers get to see what makes him tick more than any of the others. The fourth episode of this series also managed to pick up the pace compared to the third episode. It turns out that so far, Ben Stiller and company have managed to find a pretty good pace. The episode was able the humans that are behind the works of Lumon while not really dropping the ball when it comes to advancing the story. And then there was that cliffhanger of an ending. That part alone is likely to keep people talking about Severance all week.

It is almost like screenwriter thought "let's find out how much nonsense we can incorporate into the script until the viewers switch the channel"

It continues to be sooooooooooooooooooo slow, and now the minutes are filled with very mundane tasks which are taking 3-5 times more time than necessary.