Severance Season 2 premieres Jan. 17 on Apple TV+, with a new episode every week. Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness.

In Episode 2, we pick up moments after the events of the Season 1 finale. The “Outies” of Mark S. (Adam Scott), Helly R. (Britt Lower), Dylan G. (Zach Cherry) and Irving B. (John Turturro) have all come back to their senses. Lumon, meanwhile, is scrambling to figure out how best to control the damage.

Mark shows Lorne the image of Ms. Casey. The woman tells Mark and Helly that their department does not have time for “wellness,” but Mark pushes her further. Lorne stands up and rings a cowbell, summoning other team members to surround our protagonists. She tells them they should have left.

We flash through the ending of Season 1 once more, but this time, we return to the moment when the Outies returned. Mark (Adam Scott) wakes up at Rickon’s book reading — and his sister Devon (Jen Tullock) checks in on him.

Much of this week’s Severance episode focuses on re-connecting what has previously been separated: Cobel and Lumon; Outie Mark and Innie Mark; Innie Dylan and his wife; Outie Mark and his wife; the MDR department and the mysterious “Mammalians Nurturable.