“ It’s an unnatural state for a person to have no history. History makes us someone. Gives us a context. A shape. ” — Severance , Episode 3, spoken through the quiet tenderness of Irving Bailiff. ( John Turturro ) Some mornings I wake up feeling strangely lighter, and as the first ray of sun slips into my left eye, it feels as if I am someone new. In that moment, I often wonder whether life would be easier if I could shed the weight of my memories. Just as we clear the memory