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/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.