Small screen

Severance s02 is treading water, and that's fine. The series has earned it. The Prisoner, its nearest companion mapped the arc of near-future mindgames in 17 episodes (confusion, rebellion, realising it was you all along) and still jumped the shark in at least five. A mind-swap episode was written to cover for the star, Patrick McGoohan who was away filming Ice Station Zebra: an entertaining swerve despite a bad career move.

I do worry now Severance has the budget to film outside. TV's about drama, which is people talking and walking in and out of rooms, but once they're out in the wilderness they can avoid each other and the production can fool itself into thinking they're making movies. You do need exteriors in TV shows to show the location, time of day, weather conditions (crucial for crime series) etc. That it's Jerry's apartment is all you need to know about Jerry's apartment. The only other reason for locale is when it's a character, like Mickey Haller's Los Angeles (see previous) or Batman's Gotham. Frank Miller, I think, said that you can't have Batman without Gotham City. It's all about character.