“Severance” Low-Key Gave Us One of the Best Queer Couples of the Year
There’s a lot in Severance that’s worth talking about, from the way it looks unflinchingly at capitalism and the malevolence of corporation to the mastery of the first season’s slow-burning pace, which leads to a truly breathless finale.
At the center of it all is the way it approaches queerness. The queer relationship that runs through season one of Severance favors a kind of storytelling that, even as queer representation becomes more prominent (and at times, more homogenous), feels like a rarity.
At once navigating and sidestepping expectations when it comes to romance, coming out, and happy endings; Severance looks at queerness unlike anything else on TV right now.
At the center of this storyline are Irving and Burt (John Turturro and Christopher Walken, respectively). And the thing that becomes immediately obviously when looking at this – other than the fact the cast for this show is full of iconic performers – is that these characters are older.
