Severance

I completely agree that there was no padding. The only thing close is the setup in episode 9, in order to give episode 10 the flow it needed.

For example if we look at Gwendolyn Christie's Goat caretaker character we could have used a filler episode to better show her journey. If we watch her scenes back to back it isn't surprising she turned on Drummond. We could have used an episode where Mark is just wandering and talking to her again as a reminder. Unfortunately there isn't time after her first appearance where that could have happened.

Similarly Cobel is absent for half the season. We could have used something to keep her story alive, but instead we get a one episode character dump. That isn't a mistake. Slowly drip feeding her story is an option, but the one episode build up and reveal was an excellent choice.