There, I said it. I enjoy the Apple streaming mammoth "Severance" for its individual episodes. It has a strong directorial style, extremely fitting actors for their characters, and very thought out set design. Any 45 minutes of it is worth watching.
But the metaplot is an extremely cliche "mystery box" with "the large corporation has a conspiracy that is *even more evil than you thought* and for extremely vague and unrealistic motives." I don't care what is going to happen to Lumon in the end. I'm sad that seems to be the only sort of analysis I can find on reddit or any other place discussing the shows.
... but I'm even more frustrated that everyone analyzing the plot is missing the central point. Spoilers for the finale below.