[s1e1] What Have We Done? < 360p >

: Helly wakes up on a conference table with no memory of who she is. She is forced to undergo a series of questions to confirm her "severed" state. Despite her immediate desire to leave, her "Outtie" has already signed her life away to the company. Visual and Narrative Motifs :

: The department is located in a basement with seemingly infinite, sterile white hallways, emphasizing a sense of entrapment. [S1E1] What Have We Done?

The premiere introduces the concept of "severance," a medical procedure that surgically divides a person's memories between their work life and their personal life. : Helly wakes up on a conference table

: The show explores the extreme literalization of work-life separation and the ethics of corporate control. sterile white hallways