Nearly three years after one of the most aggressive cliffhangers in recent memory, the mysterious Apple series is about to flip the switch again and finally answer the fates of the core characters.

Fortunately, “Severance” returns to Apple TV+ on Friday, and its makers seem to have used every second of the absence productively. The season takes new turns while remaining the most ambitious, batty and all-out pleasurable show on TV, an M.C. Escher maze whose plot convolutions never get in the way of its voice, heart and sense of humor.

After a three year sabbatical, the severed workers of Lumon Industries are returning for Season 2. Directed by Ben Stiller, the dystopian thriller premieres with two new episodes this Friday, Jan. 17 on Apple TV+.

Apple TV+ put the cast of 'Severance,' including Adan Scott and Patricia Arquette, in a glass box at Grand Central Station to promote Season 2.

Ben Stiller and the cast of “Severance” took over Grand Central Station Tuesday with a pop-up of the offices from the dystopian thriller. The director, 59, filmed the glass cubicles as stars Adam Scott,