By Lisa Richwine

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -When Adam Scott filmed “Severance” for Apple TV+, he and fellow cast members were unsure how viewers would respond to a streaming series built around brain chips, a room full of goats and waffle parties.

The psychological thriller, the most-nominated show at Sunday’s Emmy Awards, tells the story of office workers who undergo a surgery that makes them forget their home life at work, and vice versa.

“We all felt it was weird, and maybe too weird,” said Scott, the “Parks and Recreation” actor who plays a history professor turned manager inside the sterile offices of the fictional Lumon Industries.

Voters for the Emmys, the highest honors in television, have embraced the mind-bending tale. “Severance” racked up 27 Emmy nominations and won six trophie

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