Reviewed: Severance, The Dry, Playing Nice, 24 Hours in Police Custody: The smartest, coolest show on television returned this week and yes, it is on a streaming platform. Severance (Apple TV+ from Friday), directed by Ben Stiller, created by Dan Erickson and starring Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation), is a workplace comedy drama set in a dystopian future. Admittedly, it doesn’t sound like a lot of laughs, but it is quite the finest thing since The Office.