Severance
The After Hours
TV Flash files “The After Hours” as hour 18 of 19 in the TV Flash guide — Severance (2022–present) on Apple TV+, season 2, episode 9, aired 2025-03-14, 44 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E09: listed hour 18 of 19 in the Severance guide, hour 9 of 10 in season 2. It aired 2025-03-14 (44 min). The listed hour before it is “Sweet Vitriol” (S02E08). Next is “Cold Harbor” (S02E10).

Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mark and Devon team with an ally. Helly investigates further.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The After Hours sit in the Severance guide?
S02E09 is listed hour 18 of 19 — hour 9 of 10 in season 2, season 2 episode 9.
When did Severance S02E09 air?
The After Hours aired 2025-03-14 and is listed at 44 minutes.
Where should I start?
Episode one, in order. This is not a shuffle-play workplace comedy. The floor plan is the plot engine.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it because Apple treated mystery-box TV like a luxury good: long gaps, Friday event energy, and a workplace so designed it became a screensaver and a nightmare. You do not binge this to finish a chore. You watch to see whether the office will let the innies keep a secret.
Severance did not win because it was weird. It won because Apple treated the weirdness like a luxury good: Friday drops, a three-year gap people complained about and then rewarded, and a workplace so designed it became wallpaper and a warning. Corporate dread as a subscription argument. Rex likes to say discovery is not culture. Tell that to a show whose hallway is more famous than half the dramas that actually explain themselves.
Filed against
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- Zach Cherry as Dylan G.
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- John Turturro as Irving Bailiff
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- Christopher Walken as Burt Goodman
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