The computers on the show are functional, so when Mark and Helly are moving pixelated numbers around on a screen, that's something the performers are doing on set. 'When you see us, we really are refining numbers,' Adam Scott, who plays Mark and serves as a producer on the show, tells The Verge. 'There is actually a way to do it.'
As Hindle told me back in 2022, this allowed the team to design the computers with playfulness in mind. 'We kept thinking, 'If you're experimenting with these people, what would you put in front of them?' Imagine how fun it would be to sit at this thing, as opposed to if I put a laptop in front of them. It's like a child's device.'
For Scott, using the devices - which pair a vintage-yet-touchscreen monitor with a keyboard that has a built-in trackball - was a nostalgic experience. 'They remind me of the old Apple IIe [computers] I grew up using that my brother and my dad had,' he explains. But even though the terminals look familiar, they're just different enough to make them feel almost surreal - a perfect fit for Severance.
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