Severance • Page 67

lynchian =/= surreal. it was a cool bit of the episode but didn’t feel lynchian at all

 

This is so dystopian lol ugh

 

Surrealism isn’t Lynchian. Animatronics aren’t Lynchian. Dystopian office environments aren’t Lynchian.

Mixing existential terror with broad comedy is Lynchian, IMO.

 

Wonder where the updated lobby painting and wax statue of Kier were on the day Mark was actually supposed to finish Cold Harbor but called out lol

 

I want to say I do appreciate the discussion and people responding to my points with counterpoints. I’m not trying to make it hostile in here when I disagree. I like that this show is providing the opportunity to discuss the morality of innies killing themselves!

 

Innie Mark choosing Helly makes sense if you go with the themes that Dan Erickson talked about for the Innies in Season 2:

Think about how dramatic your first love felt like as a teenager. The way you'd live or die for them.

That's Innie Mark right now with Helly.

 

prestige pod said they thought the episode was just okay but then interviewed the creator and rewatched after and liked it more so i might check out that pod when it drops monday. as it stands now, improvement from the last two weeks but this season felt way more hot and cold than season one

 

Love the way Dylan’s story is going and how they resolved his dilemma this season. The outie response to his resignation was really well done. He’s still being a baby about his wife kissing the innie, but the idea of him admitting he admires his innie and finds confidence in himself knowing that confident version of himself is in there is touching. I also think it puts the writing on the wall for innie Dylan to definitely not make it out of this show

 

My frustration with the season overall is Irving. Still no further information on how he knew the exports hallway and then the added mystery of who he was on the phone to. That’s probably my big gripe of the season.

I definitely think it’s Helly in the hallway. Her speech to the C&M was definitely about taking full control of the life that they have as innies so it doesn’t then surprise me that she appeared in the hallway. For innie Mark, his best way to be with Helly is to remain on the floor with her. At the end of the day, she is the Eagan and potentially has the ability to let them live outside of Lumon as their innies. I would guess that’s the aim of remaining with her as a bigger picture apart from the fact that they are all each other knows of love.

 

agreed. i really liked the finale but the marching band thing dragged.

overall I thought the season was great (maybe the most beautiful show I've ever seen), but I sort of preferred when Lumon was grounded in reality. in S1 it was a powerful company, but one that seemed to be under public scrutiny. it faced challenges.

S2 it kinda veered into this weird bad sci-fi trope of the all-knowing company that is inescapable and all-powerful and able to throw money at having a random marching band for purposes that may or may not be explained.

 

His outtie essentially telling him “you’re a bad-ass. hang in there” and then seeing him, once again, be the physical hold to keep the action happening was great.

I wonder if there are non-story, logistical reasons for Irving not coming back. There were comments about Torturro saying he was done with the character but I never read the actual source for that. Irving’s deal being fully saved for next season makes sense but his idyllic exit having had some seconds of love and intimacy could also be a nice little odd exit if the character/actor are really done on the show.

 

I know this was probably strictly a Milchick thing because he loves showmanship, but the thought of Mark finishing Cold Harbor under Cobel’s watch and her having to do all that shit with the wax statue and marching band is very funny

 

I wondered about this too. Couldn't really picture it.

 

kill him yeah but why torture him?

 

There’s a guy in Ceremonies Mastering and Hostery right now pissed that a floor manager bumped him from the event so he could host himself.

 

Realistically, they’d kill him. But it’s a show. So there will be a reason why they keep him around, maybe Jame thinks he can convince Helly R to be his heir if he gives her a path to a long-term life with iMark.

 

This feels very likely. That was the impression I got from him creeping on her in the office.

 

yeah i loved this portion, wish they spent that amount of time making irving’s storyline more satisfying

 

fair - my thought was they would just re-attempt cold harbor with mark in gemma’s place and other refiners

speaking of where were the other people from the premiere lol. why have them if not just for stunt casting

 

iirc, i think i read that interview and he said he'd like to come back for S3 and that he was having active discussions with Dan and Ben about plot arcs. don't think he's leaving any time soon

 

Had to laugh at the waffle party card that Mark gets. Not that it didn’t always seem like a silly gesture, but in that moment it couldn’t have felt more trivial and infantilizing. Good job buddy, you’re about to kill Gemma, yourself, and everyone else you love. Here is waffle for u

 

Drummond getting shot during Mark's transition was hilarious and unexpected

 

the Drummond part leading right into oMark looking like a mad man screaming and waving the bolt gun around in the lady's face got me

that and Milchick full on sprinting out of the room on Dylan G

 

Also I think its important not to overlook Jame saying Helly has the fire of Kier in her. Mark being with her may bode well for them potentially in the severed floor. Maybe season 3 will introduce a permanent outie block and Helly R and Mark S will be brought into the higher ups of Lumon.

 

Regarding Milchick, I just assumed his situation is the same as Cobel's was. They were both probably indoctrinated into this Keir cult as children and its all they know. So there's moments where it seems he's questioning Lumon or is just straight over them, but at the same time his mind is programmed to just be loyal. And that the whole Ms. Huang storyline was to show what Cobel and Milchick went through and that age too.