Severance’s Dan Erickson Teases ‘Surprise’ Moments in Season 3 (Exclusive)

The creator of Separation teases what fans can expect from season 3 of the hit Apple TV show.

“I can tell you that the feeling I had when we were writing the end of season 2, when we wrote it and I was like, ‘Oh, my God, people are going to freak out about this. They’re going to be mad, they’re going to be yelling at the TV, but they’re going to be happy.’ And then a few other key moments in season 2, I got that same feeling. I felt more like writing season 3 than any other season,” Dan Erickson you are only told Us Weekly at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, January 4, in Santa Monica, California.

He pointed that out Separation viewers may have strong feelings about certain important events that occur in new episodes.

“I think there’s going to be a lot of moments that are going to surprise people and shock people, and I think it’s going to be weird and funny, and all the things that hopefully people will continue to love about the show,” Erickson, 41, continued.

The sci-fi psychological thriller debuted on the streamer in 2022 and follows a group of Lumon Industries employees who go through the process of separating their work memories from their personal lives. Their work people are known as “innies,” while their home identities are called “outies.”

Featuring an all-star cast Adam Scott (Mark), Britt Lower (Wow), Patricia Arquette (Harmony), Tramell Tillman (Milchick), Dichen Lachman (Gemma), Zach Cherry (Dylan), Christopher Walken (Burt) and so on.

Erickson also shared that while Scott, 52, has been the focus of previous seasons, season 3 will continue to expand the storytelling to include everyone who works at Lumon Industries.

“I think that season 2 did that in a way, because we expanded to see the lives of many characters. And we continue to follow that path a little bit, but you know, at the same time, we tell, finally, the story of these people, of this small group of people, this family of work, and that in the end they are the only thing that allows each other to live in this company,” he told nightma. Us. “And so we want to continue to include that story.”

Separation received 4 nominations at Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards, but in the end, Tillman, 40, was the only winner, taking home the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

Scott was nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series, which he went to Pitt star Noah Wyleand Lower lost Best Actor in a Drama Series to Rhea Seehorn for her role as Carol Sturka in Pluribus.

Separation He also competed for the Best Drama Series award but lost Pitt.

Little has been shared about Erickson’s season 3 Separationbut the season 2 finale ended with a cliffhanger in the love triangle between Mark, his innie lover, Helly, and his wife, Gemma.

In the end, Gemma escaped from Lumon Industries without Mark after deciding to stay on the designated floor with Helly.

The next season is said to be scheduled for 2027, according to several reports.

Ben Stillerwho serves as the executive producer and director of the show, shared the update during the November 2025 episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

He teased that season 3 will come out “soon,” noting, “It’s hard because people love the show and they’re always saying, ‘When’s the next season? When’s the next season?’ And always, ‘We’re working on it.’ We have only done 19 episodes in five and a half years.”

The first two seasons of Separation now streaming on Apple TV.