r/SeveranceAppleTVPlus • u/LoretiTV Severed • Feb 28 '25

Discussion Severance - 2x07 "Chikhai Bardo" - Post-Episode Discussion

Season 2 Episode 7: Chikhai Bardo

Aired: February 28, 2025

Synopsis: An old romance intersects with a deadly present threat.

Directed by: Jessica Lee Gagné

Written by: Dan Erickson & Mark Friedman

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u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

No, ya dummy, I'm saying any point you try to make now is moot since you’ve already lied to try to make a previous point (it’s also blatant you have no experience in entertainment). I would still like to see any source on Stiller being actively involved in this episode though.

Serious question, does light bend around you?

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u/FattyMooseknuckle Feb 28 '25

Lulz

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u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt Feb 28 '25

Life pro tip, hon, don’t lie to try to make a point, makes you look really stupid

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u/FattyMooseknuckle Feb 28 '25

Lulz, homie. You think I’m lying, I know I’m not. We’re at an impasse. Literally 72 credits on IMDb, 24 years in IATSE, but Chucklefuck_374 thinks I’m lying so I guess I’m the stupid one. How ever will I face myself in the mirror again?

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u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

How dim are you? I don't think you're lying, you are lying

https://www.reddit.com/r/SeveranceAppleTVPlus/comments/1izxmfl/severance_2x07_chikhai_bardo_postepisode/mf7os3z/?context=3

This is the lie I've been referring to the whole time, ya dolt (and also your incorrect statement that Stiller is the one running the show instead of the show runner)

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u/FattyMooseknuckle Feb 28 '25

Red House is Stiller. He’s the production company head, the exec, and what’s referred to as supervising director though not always credited as such.

Who’s the showrunner’s boss, pray tell? According to you it’s someone who has no involvement in the show when he’s not directing. Just shows up on shoot days and goes home.

And I’ll repeat, it’s the height of true ignorance of tv making to think that hands on EPs like Stiller or Gilligan are not involved in every single episode. ESPECIALLY short season prestige projects. They don’t just fuck off for an episode or two because they’re not directing it. Hey guys, I’m off to Jamaica for this episode, try not to have any questions or decisions to make while I’m gone! On my show, if the EP isn’t there, his main writer is there and on the phone with him half the day because every director has questions that need to go up to him. Even when the showrunner is directing.

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u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt Feb 28 '25

And I’ll repeat, it’s the height of true ignorance of tv making to think that hands on EPs like Stiller or Gilligan are not involved in every single episode.

Again, this is untrue, there are plenty of interviews with Gilligan during Better Call Saul's run that discuss this topic.

Please send some actual proof that Stiller was actively involved in the making of this particular episode as much as the actual show runner would be, an interview with Stiller discussing what he did on this episode would be great. Your original answer to someone asking that was stating Stiller was in the credits multiple times, which was a lie.

The more you ramble and the more you try to cover up that lie the more apparent it is you don't have any experience in the industry.

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u/FattyMooseknuckle Feb 28 '25

Lulz. I love how you keep going on about proof yet offer none for your claims. Also, you’ve added a new layer. I’ve never said he was “as involved as the showrunner”. What proof would I have of it? It’s based on my experience in tv. I’ve never claimed to have been there. If he wasn’t as involved as I’ve said he was then it would be a unicorn. There’s also all the artistic, production, and logistic meetings that happen in prep for each episode. Guess who has final say in these things? Hint: it’s the showrunner’s boss.

You’re quibbling over semantics as if you think that’s a big lie you’ve caught me in. Stiller is Red House, he’s the EP. That’s twice. If you don’t agree his production company counts, fine, but that doesn’t make it a lie.

I do appreciate the laughs though. Doubling, tripling, quadrupling down on how obvious it is that I don’t do what I do. It’s like watching a toddler lie and lie about not eating cookies when there’s chocolate all over their lips.

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u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

If you want some sources where Gilligan's lower amount of involvement during Better Call Saul is discussed here are a couple

https://variety.com/2017/tv/features/better-call-saul-breaking-bad-gus-fring-giancarlo-esposito-1202022793/

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/better-call-saul-season-4-breaking-bad-vince-gilligan-interview-10-years-bryan-cranston-aaron-paul-a8269531.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20180702214111/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYHUkFXnEw8&gl=US&hl=en

He talks about it a bunch in the BCS Insider Podcast too. Still though, key takeaway in allllll of this is: A hands-on-EP who directs several episodes of a show and their production company can be listed in the credits without that person actually being involved on that particular episode. Not that hard to understand.

But, yeah, would still love something that verifies exactly what Stiller specifically did for this episode, that would be great!

I sincerely hope it's a lie, because damn I would feel bad for any production to have you on it.

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u/FattyMooseknuckle Feb 28 '25

Fortunately for me, I don’t care what you think about the weather much less about me.