Echoing Black Mirror by way of the hit video game Control, creator Dan Erickson’s Severance is a high-wire balancing act of excellence across the board. Its design is minimal but meaningful, as entirely three-dimensional characters navigate its mystery so as to make audiences hang on every moment. Pitch-perfect performances (especially from Adam Scott and John Turturro) utter crisp writing so fine-tuned that the bombshells dropped and cliffhangers presented feel earned every time. Ben Stiller might be an even better director than he is an actor, and Apple TV+ has now fully established itself as an essential streaming service.