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The best TV show of 2022, sez us! This is the first in a 5-part series covering all of Severance Season 1, the show created by Dan Erikson, directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, and starring Adam Scott.

Part 1: How Did This Get Made?
Part 2: Episodes 1-3 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 3: Episodes 4-6 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 4: Episodes 7-9 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 5: Interview with Chris Black, Executive Producer and Writer on Severance

In this episode, we run through the history of the show, cover how an unknown writer, Dan Erikson, got his script into the hands of the one and only Ben Stiller, how Stiller got Adam Scott onboard, and got the greenlight from Apple TV.

We also tangent quite a bit, and discuss spoiler culture and maybe we should take more personal responsibility for that, then speaking of responsibility, we discuss “consumer responsibility” when viewing streaming selections and/or attending the theater, plus pretension in both Hollywood and the wine industry.

It's a bloody great talk! Though your mileage may vary. :P

We will get to specific episodes and the wine pairings starting in Part 2!

Dan Erickson's 2011 short film, League of Wonder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwGe1O57jXo

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