S2E30 - REWATCH08-PT01 - Sweet Vitriol
Severed: The Ultimate Severance Podcast
Allen Stare
4.8 • 733 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Interviews are fun, and we love talking to the folks who make 'Severance' so incredible, but, we should never forget, this podcast was built on insanely detailed rewatches!! This week we are getting back into the S2 complete 'Severed' Re-watch with PART ONE of "Sweet Vitriol."
We have not heard or seen anything from Harmony Cobel since her very scary parking lot run-in with Helena Eagan and her gorilla of a driver in the episode "Who is Alive?" Guess what??!! Harmony made the trip to Salt's Neck! In this episode, we catch up with her out on the road. She's headed back to where she grew up. She's needing some things she left at home back when she was whisked away to be a star at the Myrtle Eagan School for Girls.
This time out we meet up with Hampton at the Drippy Pot. He's one of Cobel's oldest and dearest friends. He's also in the grip of a massive ether addiction, much like the rest of this tiny and dilapidated town. Oh, and if you're in need of ether, Hampton can set you up. As Sissy calls him, he's a 'huff peddler.'
Oh, yeah...Sissy. We're going to meet Harmony's Aunt Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel. She's Harmony's mother Charlotte's sister. Sissy does NOT have a warm spot in her heart for Harmony, Hampton or this backwards little town on the seashore where she feels trapped by her beliefs. Or, maybe she does still feel some kinship with Harmony...she's just not willing to show it.
It's time to hop in the VW Rabbit and head for the chilly coast of P.E. as we open the file called "Sweet Vitriol." (and, uh...huff it if you've got it.)
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A BIG 'thank you' to Research Volunteer/Producer Refiner Vinny P. Vinny has been providing outstanding research and information during the Season Two Rewatch Episodes. Vinny is also tracking down Interview Victims...er, Subjects!
Huge thanks to Adam Scott, star of 'Severance' and host of the Severance Podcast for recording a custom intro for "Severed." Make sure to check out 'The Severance Podcast w/Ben Stiller & Adam Scott" wherever you found this one!
A big 'thank you' to friend of the pod Kier Eagan, er I mean Marc Geller! Marc both sat for an interview (make sure to check it out) AND recorded some great bumpers as Kier himself. Follow Marc on Instagram @geller_marc.
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| 0:00.0 | Severed, the Ultimate Severance Podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | Hey there, Refiner, so glad to have you back on the Severed Floor. |
| 0:17.5 | Our full rewatch of Season 2 continues with one of the most controversial episodes of Severance yet produced. |
| 0:23.6 | It's called Sweet Vitriol. A stern spoiler warning refiner, you must have seen all 10 of the season 2 episodes before you even think about listening to this podcast. |
| 0:33.8 | There are spoilers everywhere. You have been warned. |
| 0:37.3 | Welcome to Severed, the Ultimate Severance |
| 0:39.2 | podcast. I'm your host, Alan S. Episode 8 of the second season, Sweet Vitriol was released |
| 0:45.2 | for download on March 6th of 2025. Sweet Vitriol was directed by executive producer Ben Stiller. |
| 0:51.2 | It was written by Dan Erickson, Adam County, and K.C. Perry. |
| 0:55.7 | Adam County is a writer and producer with a dozen writing credits. His career really got going |
| 1:00.5 | in 2010 when he wrote four episodes of Community and worked his consulting producer on seven |
| 1:06.4 | episodes. Adam has a lot of smart, groundbreaking comedy in his background. Aside from community, he's written multiple episodes for the Mindy Project, Silicon Valley, and vice principals. |
| 1:17.1 | Adam is co-executive producer on nine of the 10 season two Severance episodes. He must have been on vacation. For some reason, he was not listed as co-executive producer on episode five, Trojan's |
| 1:29.4 | Horse. He didn't do anything on episode five. Casey Perry is a writer-producer with six writing |
| 1:35.8 | credits. Casey's most notable career output was his writer on 17 episodes for the 2017, 2018, |
| 1:43.4 | TV series, the Originals. |
| 1:45.6 | KC also worked his consulting producer on all 10 of the season two, Severance episodes. |
| 1:51.8 | It's amazing they needed three writers. |
| 1:54.9 | This is the shortest episode of Severance ever produced. |
| 1:58.5 | It clocks in at only 37 minutes. It is also one of the most |
| 2:02.5 | maligned and hated episodes of the series. On IMDB, this episode is rated the lowest of the 19 |
| 2:08.4 | so far, with a 6.6 out of 10. The next highest rated ep has a 7.7. Why did this one take so much |
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