Severance stars Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette know the answers to Lumons many mysteries

Patricia Arquette is used to friends and family asking her about the many mysteries of “Severance.” “They always try to get me to tell them what’s happening during the season.But I’ve gotten really good at not telling people anything,” Arquette, 56, exclusively told The Post. Returning for Season 2 on Friday, Jan.

17 (on AppleTV+), “Severance” is a sci-fi thriller following employees at a mysterious biotech company called Lumon. Mark (Adam Scott), Helly (Britt Lower), Dylan (Zach Cherry) and Irving (John Turturro) are all “severed,” which means they have chips in their brains separating their “home” selves from their “work” selves.Arquette plays Harmony Cobel, their volatile supervisor.The Emmy-winning drama has endless mysteries, such as what Harmony’s end goal is, what Lumon is really doing — and why they have a goat department. Although Harmony’s motivations are a mystery to the audience, Arquette isn’t in the dark, she said.

“I think I know what some of [her motivations] are for sure.Some things the audience doesn’t know, I do know,” the “Boyhood” star revealed. The Oscar-winning actress added about Harmony, “I enjoy her volatility and I enjoy her thought process, really, because it’s so foreign to me.”Harmony got fired at the end of Season 1.

She also seems to be a true believer in the cult-like teachings of Lumon, which includes worshipping the late first CEO, Kier, like he’s a deity. “I didn’t grow up in a family with a lot of boundaries, and I didn’t really grow up in a strict religious upbringing per se,” said Arquette, referring to her family, which includes fellow actors David, Rosanna and the late Alexis. Since Harmony seems to have grown up indoctrinated into the “Kier” cult on the show, Arquette said, “looking at this kind of indoctrination, unraveling it, and also how you can make excuses for things when you’re serving this structure that somebody else made – I think is ...