The computers on the show are functional, so when Mark and Helly are moving pixelated numbers around on a screen, that’s something the performers are doing on set. “When you see us, we really are refining numbers,” Adam Scott, who plays Mark and serves as a producer on the show, tells The Verge. “There is actually a way to do it.”

The return of the acclaimed drama, airing on Apple TV Plus from Friday January 17, focuses once again on Mark ( Parks and Recreation's Adam Scott) who, like many employees at Lumon, has chosen to have his work life surgically severed from his home life.

Adam Scott and the other cast members of the upcoming Apple TV+ show Severance Season 2 recently surprised audiences at New York’s Grand Central station with a pop-up. Like its predecessor, the sophomore installment of the sci-fi psychological thriller series has also been directed by Ben Stiller.