If you’re a fan of the dark, twisted themes of Black Mirror, chances are you’re pining for your next dystopian drama fix.

Well, Apple TV+ has granted our every series wish. As well as conspiracy dramas, thrillers and returning favourites, Apple TV+ has most recently brought us a Black Mirror-Succession hybrid in the form of Severance.

The Ben Stiller-directed (and produced) drama definitely struck us as eerie-looking from its trailer but upon watching the series, it really does throw everything we thought we knew about work-life balance up into the air.

The drama revolves around Lumon Industries, a sprawling business that’s set up in a small town with many of its inhabitants working for the cult-like company. Mark (Big Little Lies’ Adam Scott) is the new office leader who seems devoted to his job but when his best friend, Petey (Russian Doll’s Yul Vazquez), mysteriously vanishes from the company, he’s left to fill in the blanks of what happened.

That’s a lot harder than you’d think in this series, though. Especially because anybody who works in Mark’s division at Lumon undergoes the “severance procedure” which, essentially, is a lobotomy. The process is to ensure none of the company’s secrets ever leave the workplace but, on a more personal level, the employees never get to remember anything about their personal lives.

Their bodies may leave the office to go home but they never have any recollection of doing so. Instead, they’re stuck in this void of pondering, hoping and growing used to a life dedicated to work.

Apple TV+’s Severance: the Black Mirror-Succession hybrid series has just been renewed for a second season