Pretty much every review has said the season 2 finale is incredible!

A roundup of things reviews have had to say about the finale:

Den of Geek:

The finale, in particular, is the best episode of the series thus far and features affecting scenes that only a well-written science fiction story can produce.

In fact, the season 2 finale could play well as a series finale should the show choose to end it here. Hopefully the story continues and season 3 rolls along at an expedited pace.

The Guardian:

And, as with season one, next week’s finale is a marmalade-dropper: tense and stuffed with big revelations, and containing (for my money) the single best scene in the show’s history. It’s a scene that, for all the talk about the huge amount spent on each episode, is brilliantly economical: just two characters (I won’t tell you who!) discussing the strange circumstances they find themselves in and what it means for their sense of self. As with all Severance’s best moments, it’s stuffed full of ideas – a huge reason that people keep coming back to this peculiarly popular show."

The Playlist:

This leads to an elongated season finale (75 minutes in total whereas every other episode runs less than 50) that might be the best episode of the show but only because it feels like a half season’s worth of material crammed together.

Still, for such a long delay, “Severance” shows little signs of a true sophomore slump. Its storytelling suggests a long-term plan for where the show is going, and a willingness to grapple with the knotty questions about how all of these characters and personalities can interact and sustain.

The New York Times:

Outie Mark Scout and innie “Mark S.” (he does not even get custody of the full name) may have fallen into an alliance, but do they really have the same objectives? As the season hurtles toward its finale — which could work either as a tantalizing cliffhanger or a haunting ending — it invites you to wonder if they can truly be equals.

TVLine:

If I have to nitpick, Season 2’s story does lose a tiny bit of momentum late in the season with a pair of standalone episodes that fill in backstory but divert from the plot’s main thrust. They are beautiful in their own right, though, and Season 2 races to the finish with its final two episodes, including a sensational finale that nearly matches the Season 1 finale in terms of jaw-dropping twists. (And if you’ve watched Season 1, you know that’s saying something.)

Decider:

Directors Samuel Donovan, Uta Briesewitz, Stiller, and Gagné bring Erickson’s story to life with incredible care. Stiller directs five episodes this season, including two superb standouts and the powerhouse finale.

The Los Angeles Times:

Disturbing, dark riddles compound and unfurl in wonderfully unexpected ways by the thrilling season finale. And though the story comes together in a tight conclusion, enough intrigue remains to concoct another season (if we’re lucky).

Loud and Clear Reviews:

We (sort of) find out what the numbers are, we (sort of) get to meet Mark’s wife Gemma (Dichen Lachman), and something truly unexpected and iconic takes place in the finale that gives us an idea of what might come next. (...) By the time the finale’s credits roll, you won’t have gotten all of the answers you were hoping for, but you will have been on a much darker journey to the very core of what makes us human, and left with an>! impossible choice !<to make that you’ll spend months thinking about.

Mama's Geeky:

Everything that happens in Severance season 2 culminates into an epic finale that not only will have viewers on the edge of their seats, their hearts will be pounding as they wonder how it is all going to play out. For obvious reasons I cannot get into details but the slow burn of certain moments throughout the season all pay off in a way that had my jaw on the floor.

The only slightly negative remarks came from Forbes and Entertainment Weekly:

Forbes:

Likewise, the final episode’s admittedly crazy ending didn’t hit quite as hard as Season 1’s gripping finale (how could it?) Things certainly didn’t go the way I expected, which I’m happy about, and I was left with complicated feelings. But it doesn’t stick the landing with quite the same verve. I think a great deal rests on where the story goes in Season 3. Plenty of questions remain unanswered and some new ones have cropped up. How these are resolved going forward will certainly affect how I ultimately regard Season 2.

Entertainment Weekly:

The season builds to a wrenching and suspenseful finale which reveals some of the specific logistics of Lumon’s plan — but the endgame is still frustratingly cryptic. That’s what season 3 is for, I suppose.

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