Yeah it was this weird episode where things moved along yet nothing was revealed. Necessary just not one of the better eps in my opinion
Severance: Season 2 (Spoilers)
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And made a little ominous with the song that the guy was whistling at the start of the episode being about a deadly shipwreck.
I didn’t think last night’s episode was bad, just not quite as exciting as the episode before. As my wife said after the ep “they can’t all be bangers”
I thought it moved things along at the same pace it always does.
Mark S. really struggling with what to believe as an Innie, and this comes through well. Doesn’t know if he can trust if it really IS Helli but also is very nervous to admit to Helli that he just boned Helena. This could destroy their relationship. Like, how do you say that!? “I swear I thought it was you, and you were totally into it!” Totally made sense that he struggled throughout the ep. Adam Scott did a great job portraying it, IMHO. Helena stole SO much from them in just her short time.
Seeing Mr. Milkshake as a real ‘human’ for the first time, IMO, was a big deal. The whole performance review vibe was creepy AF (and brilliant). The interaction with Ms. Wong was also creepy and weird.
Mark Scout finally starting to experience deeper glitches from the reintegration. I am glad they are slow-playing this.
Dillion found the note/message behind the painting like we thought/hoped he would.
The cliffhanger at the end has me excited once again for next week!
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The way that Mark was talking to Milkshake in the elevator at the end, sounded a lot more like Mark Scout than Mark S. I assume that's the reintegration at work. Happens gradually, with traits bleeding over before full synergy.
(I imagine someone who had never seen the show, opening this thread and reading this post. It would make absolutely no sense.)
I think someone mentioned it before, but it sure seems like Millchick is on a redemption arc.
This is accurate. And my next analogy is going to sound really far-fetched, but isn't really. In his mind, an element of that relationship with her has to be that it may now feel a little like raping a drunk girl. She wasn't there mentally, she couldn't consent, but he had intercourse with her body. How ****** up is that? Talk about a total mind screw. It's got to be weighing heavily on him.
Ok, explain the attraction to this show to me. The wife has been binging it and all I see are people walking around hallways all the time. Seems to me that it’s boring and weird. Nothing I’ve seen makes me want to watch this show.
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It's definitely not an action show. It's a show that takes a concept (splitting your work consciousness from your home consciousness), adds a layer of intrigue, and explores the ramifications. It's a Science Fiction, Suspense, Mystery, Comedy. The writers/show runners are big on details and guessing what each one might mean, and how all of the pieces fit together, is a big part of the attraction. Throw in some really killer performances by several of the actors, and it's a show that is very easy to become immersed in.
Did you enjoy shows like Lost or Silo? If yes you will like this show. Also if you have ever had to deal with corporate BS it also has some great humor
Completely. In my mind Helena actually committed sexual assault on 2 people, given Mark S thought he was sleeping with Hellie, and Hellie wasn’t able to consent. A real mind-f***
This pretty well covers it. I watch it every week with focus. My wife scrolls on her phone while I’m watching. She’s halfway interested but can’t follow along because she’s not paying close enough attention.
@Frak thats all to say: it’s not an easy watch where you can casually follow along. So if you’re not into that kind of thing, you may not enjoy it.
Yeah, I don’t think it’s for me. Just not invested enough.
She's a hardcore villain with that - even if she is somehow in love with Mark through watching the videos.
So I was first thinking of Gordon Lightfoot as well, but apparently it’s also a folk tone from Ireland with a poem from the IRA times. The contents of which make a lot more sense (and with some implications in the show/extended writings that the Eagen family is Irish).
You know, this show deals a lot with the complexity that the Severance procedure thrusts upon Outies' relationships. Dylan and his wife getting to meet while Dylan's innie was present... Burt's husband finding out that Burt's innie essentially cheated on him at work... the world's most unexpected love triangle manifesting between Helly/Helena/Mark S.
I feel like the most relatable of those three would be Innie Dylan meeting his wife and how weird it would be if my wife at work was also completely amnestic to who I am. It's heartbreaking to think about.
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Ben Stiller has already made comments about it being the Gordon Lightfoot song in interviews, so it's definitely that, but could also be a folk song as well,
Yep well said, I agree. Really hard to even think about such a terrible concept. And in “fairness” (which honestly I cannot believe I’m even using that word in any sort of relation to the ‘r’ word), he didn’t consent either. Mark S. had literally no awareness or concept of the possibility that an Innie might not actually be an Innie. And he was in no way impaired in judgment.
What a mindf*ck! Helena robbed them catastrophically.
It's just the ugliest. And I'm going to guess that we'll see attempts to humanize Helena after it, that she was jealous or enamored or whatever. But I mean, that's sort of like the "Brock Turner was a fine young man who was good at sports, etc. and we shouldn't ruin his life" arguments. Where is the line of consent vs not consent? Where is the line of sexual abuse vs not?
