Severance

It's the zombie apocalypse but the mindless, infected hordes this time aren't craving human brains but are instead locked in an endless loop of familiar and comforting patterns. Setting the table for example, or trying on outfits, over and over and over again.

In that sense, Candace barely differs from the infected. As the city vacates around her and more and more people succumb to the fever, she is stuck in her own routine. She continues to punch a clock, and put in her time at an increasingly empty office. As a Chinese immigrant she has no family to go to, no living parents, no real connection to her co-workers, or even the city she lives in.

Even at the tail end of the apocalypse, when she decides to throw in with a tiny band of survivors headed out of New York, she's still the odd one out. Their fearless leader, an gothy IT admin, WoW player who smokes vanilla scented e-cigarettes admonishes Candace to try being a bit more participatory. See if their group is a “good fit” as if she's fielding offers from other survivor bands.

It's a wry meditation on being other and the familiar routines we often hide in. Everyone locked into their own repeating patterns, oblivious to everyone else. It's the Millennial apocalypse - full review here: https://youtu.be/oZ-LiukdoCY