8.776 minSeason 2 • Episode 10
LatestMark forms a shaky alliance in an all-or-nothing play, while the team makes a dangerous last stand.
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
Production
The Lumon building is a character — brutalist architecture as psychological trap.
Acting
Adam Scott's two performances — same face, completely different souls.
Direction
Ben Stiller directed this? The comedy guy? Absolutely unhinged choices.
Creator
Dan Erickson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dan Erickson wrote the pilot while working a miserable desk job and wondering if he could literally forget his workday. The opening credits took eight months to design.
The 'innies' experience their entire existence as continuous consciousness with no sleep — making them effectively immortal prisoners in bodies they never chose. The show never explicitly states this horror.
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