[DustinEchoes]

> Apple apparently now plans to position Severance as a long-term flagship franchise. The show has already been renewed for a third season, and a fourth season is reportedly considered a certainty

Ok, so the show has now turned into Lost and nothing will get resolved. No need to waste any more time watching it.

[BoorishBears]

I don't know why this is getting a negative reaction: there was already a 3 year gap between season 1 and 2, and watching this show originally it felt like a 1-2 season premise.

It becomes a very different show (and yes, probably very Lost-like) if they have to make it last 4+ seasons.

[nozzlegear]

It doesn't seem farfetched that Apple is privy to the overall plot and story beats the writers have planned. If you've got a very popular, profitable show, and you know it's going to be about X seasons long, why wouldn't you just send it? I'm just spitballing.

[BoorishBears]

What does this have to do with either comment above?

You think a show is going in a certain direction: a news piece comes out and confirms that, with millions of dollars of incentive to seal it, it's probably not going to go that way...

What's wrong with voicing displeasure at that? They said they're canceling their viewership, not that the show should be shut down due to their preference or something.

[nozzlegear]

> What does this have to do with either comment above?

Your comment implied that, because the show is now making so much money/worth so much money to Apple, and because it's being renewed for a fourth season before we've even seen the third, it must surely be on some Lost-esque meandering disaster wherein the execs will keep renewing it and milking it dry until they're forced to kill the series with a smoke monster ending.

[BoorishBears]

That's a massive jump.

It becomes more like Lost because you can't go on even the planned 4 seasons without expanding an already pretty expansive in-universe lore.

Without spoiling it, obviously Season 2 opened a lot of lore-based threads that the confirmation of a Season 4 ensures will not be getting resolved for another 3+ years and over a lot more content.

That's not inherently bad, but it becomes a different show than if it had been trimmed to 3 seasons, and I can easily see why it's no longer for some people.

[nozzlegear]

Sorry, I just don't understand how three seasons could resolve the lore threads, but four seasons blows the lid off the whole thing? The numbers seem arbitrary to me, especially when we don't know what they're planning regarding the plot, or if the writers even intend for all the lore threads to be resolved at all.

[mhitza]

This is such a disappointing development. They can create sequels or prequels after the show is done. Further complexity to the show to stretch it for two seasons, or worse dillute it, really feels now like a net negative for the show.