Corporate retreats can be excruciating. But if yours don’t involve reading stories of weird company lore in a frozen wilderness, or end with one co-worker holding another’s head underwater, count yourself lucky. Streaming TV’s most loopily disorienting show outdid itself with the story of an ORTBO (Outdoor Retreat Team Building Occurrence — what, you’ve never heard of it?) that paid off with the surprise that one of Lumon Industries’ severed employees was hiding a secret. Special credit goes to John Turturro as Irv, for a mild-mannered demeanor that gives way to rebellious fury; to Britt Lower, for a performance that subtly drops breadcrumbs toward the revelation; and to Tramell Tillman as Milchick, for pulling off the most spectacular ermine-white outerwear combo in the great outdoors. (Streaming on Apple TV.)
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