Severance‘s New Episode Has Its Origins in The Twilight Zone

If you watched “The After Hours,” the latest episode of Severance, and you’re a fan of The Twilight Zone, you might have caught some parallels to an episode of that series with the exact same title. Even before this week’s Severance aired, an eagle-eyed viewer on X (props to you, seriously) took note of the similarity and advised watching “The After Hours,” the Twilight Zone episode, as a preamble. And that vintage slice of existential dread is indeed a very cool companion piece. You can tell the creators of Severance, who have no doubt looked to The Twilight Zone as inspiration all along, took some specific cues from Rod Serling and company on this one. With the recent reveal that a different Twilight Zone episode helped shaped Ryan Coogler’s upcoming horror film Sinners—and really, just the exceedingly strange era we’re living in—it’s a good reminder that it’s never a bad time to keep The Twilight Zone (streaming on Paramount+) in regular rotation. Spoilers for 2025’s “The After Ho ... Read full article.