The premise of Dan Erickson's dystopian sci-fi series "Severance" is novel and intriguing. The main characters on the show work for a mysterious corporation called Lumon who have perfected a new kind of brain implant that offers its employees the perfect work/life balance. When Lumon employees ride an elevator to their office, a computer chip in their brains activates and erases all their memories of the outside world. When they are at the office, they only know the office. Then, at 5 p.m. when they exit the building, the chip flips back, restoring their memories of the outside world, but repressing all memories of their workday.

Another wrinkle: Lumon is so enigmatic and secretive that they don't let their office workers know anything about their outer selves, or their "outies." In ord

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