Severance’s fourth episode, “Woe’s Hollow”, begins and ends with Irving B. being drawn into this strange winter landscape and being drawn back out again. A birth and a death. Spoilers ahead.

Note: The following story contains spoilers from "Severance" Season 2, Episode 4. Kier Eagan remains a shadowy figure at the center of "Severance," but the latest episode of Season 2 shed some new light on the Lumon founder - if you can trust the source.

Shows that try their hand at mystery-box storytelling would do well to follow the example set by this episode.