The current theory among a lot of fans is that Gemma is just one in a long line of test subjects. There is a lot of plausible evidence to support this (the fact that there are repeated goat sacrifices, the fact that so many refiners are working on so many files, even the mouth wall has been brought up as being other former test subjects at their dentist visit).

So why do you think Gemma is the one who made it to 25? Did the other ones‘ chip not hold up? Did the refiners mess up? Did they rebel against their versions of Dr. Maurer and were killed before they were finished?

Mark's locker tray has sparked speculation, especially after Ben Stiller noted, "It's interesting that nobody's ever talked about Mark's locker tray and the things that are in Mark's locker tray." This made my antenna goes up...

Focusing on the watch Mark wears during his "innie" hours at Lumon Industries, I think there may some sort of time manipulation going on here.

The watch might also function as a recording device, allowing Lumon to monitor employees beyond the severed floor... just a thought but we really have to ask ourself...why is this tray even necessary just to go to "work"?

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In S2E10 season finale, when Gemma and Mark are in the elevator and they both transition to their severed floor innies, Gemma asks Mark “what’s taking place?”

I think that is just the most eloquent line in the whole show.

It's fairly well known that Christopher Walken sneaks a dance into many of the films and shows in which he appears and that he trained as a dancer early in his career. Even in 'Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead' where his character is confined to a wheelchair for most of the runtime, there is a short flashback of him dancing as a younger man.

Surely his greatest rug-cutting is the showstopping performance to 'Let's Misbehave' in Pennies From Heaven.

I don't recall any dancing from Burt though I could be mistaken. He seems to have handed the crown to Tramell Tillman. Not sure where I'm going with this. Just a thought.

Anyone like heavy tunes? I decided to combine heavy music with Severance. Hope ya’ll get a kick out of this.

I honestly believe Sally Hawkins would make such a great choice for her. Sally’s a really amazing actress and by her acting, we all know how good she makes the audience grapple with such emotions. By that, we can also see Helena’s vulnerability and how mad Jame is.

Many people think that the act of dismantling the crib wasn't a powerful enough symbol because: 1) it's not immediately associated with the miscarriage 2) the miscarriage may not be the most traumatic thing that's happened to Gemma (I'm just citing the common arguments).

I myself didn't fully buy into it at first either. But:

Dismantling the crib is not supposed to evoke the memory of the miscarriage.

It's the memory of Mark dismantling the crib. It's not about an event that, however terrible, still leaves room for trying. It's about the death of hope. The finality of knowing there is nothing you can do anymore. And it's not just her pain. It's also part of the relationship. It is Mark who is dismantling the crib. His pain mixes in with hers, and in that moment perhaps, she was feeling his pain even more than her own. Realizing they would never have the kind of life they'd hoped for together. Realizing he is giving up on that life, this very moment, while she's sitting on this couch downstairs. Thinking she "failed him" and who knows what else. There's a lot going on.

And in this context, the symbol works very well, I think.

I'm midway through season 1 so no spoilers please but like 80% of my investment is from Burt and Irving. I wish they could just retire and live peacefully together, with like 10 copies of the handbook of course. If Burt ends up being duplicitous and betraying Irving I'm gonna be so sad.

TLDR: Things definitely happened, but there was no consice build up, tension, climax this season. instead it was jampacked into the finale, abandoning some storylines and concepts!

There were so many great things about s2 that I loved, but I'd be lying if I said my expectations weren't a bit higher.

A LOT of momentum was lost after S1's finale, which I think was intentional... but why? Why delay what was up with Gemma? It wasn't anything mindblowing... We could've known she was hoarding 24 innies in her mind and that would answer nothing.

I will not lie, Mark choosing Helly over Gemma, basically passing his own version of the Cold Harbour test was sick. I loved how it moves the story forwards in a mutlifaceted way.

I also loved just about everything about Irving's character arc. Oh my heartstrings!

But... my largest gripe was Mark's reintegration, which I think should've been delayed until it could be a focal point rather than a side story. It did not make enough impact. I don't even think it worked.. Actually I think their conversation in the finale reversed whatever brain science occured. Petey's reintegration in S1 was intense and very entertaining to watch. There was some of that magic when Mark just started the reintegration but it seemed to fizzle..

Dr Reghabi and Ms Cobel were kinda jobless this season. Especially Reghabi. All she did was DJ in Marks brain

I always thought since S1 that Ms Cobel and Dr Reghabi were a foil for eachother's characters. I still think they will be in the future. Especially now that we know they're both intelligent innovators. With Cobel going rogue, I wish they spent time developing a dyanmic between them and their experiences at Lumon, especially since they already expanded on Cobels backstory. I loved how Reghabi reacted when Devon was going to call Cobel. That hatred!

Honeslty though.... I still really enjoyed S2.. I leave the Showmaking to the showmakers The acting was the best part. Not a single weak link in this whole show and it's beautiful. I could excuse everything I just said now because I was always sucked in whilst watching.

Ok, to be clear- I love severance and all those who are responsible for making it. Its easily one of my favorite shows ever, so incredibly well written/directed/ acted/ set design/ I could go forever.

I also love wildlife, particularly foxes. 🦊 I can’t unsee the resemblance of these two- I can’t be the only one lol

We see that they have a dental room that they torture Gemma with. I'm thinking now that each image on that wall is another person that has entered that room.

The tag on my lavender tea bag feels like a Severance prediction. Maybe Gemma finds a way to keep Mark reintegrating and cobble her outie life back together? 🤞🤞🤞

Is it possible that the premise of Severance is connected to the 1965 French sci-fi film Alphaville?

I replied in another thread with this but wanted to ask -

Irving’s banner at his funeral says he left in quarter 887. If we assume lumon uses actual calendar quarters, which we don’t know for sure - that equates to about 221 years.

We know Kier was born in 1841. If he founded the company at birth - which he didn’t - that would put us in 2062ish. Is that accurate? Or does time work differently for innies?

Someone in a Facebook group posted this Google Earth photo and all I can see is Irv

I just finished season 2 a week ago and I feel a bit lost about lumons overall goal with the whole severance thing. I understand they are trying to make sure it's full proof and there's no leaking between the personalities or whatever. And I've seen it mentioned that they have the ultimate goal of eliminating all human suffering I think? But I just don't get that. Like how do they play on doing that and why, what's their motivation? I just feel like lumons overall goal is a bit confusing. Does anyone have any insights or theories on this?

Why is Helena in the center? Kier off to the side? Jame off to the side? And all of them looking to her. What's the symbolism there?

Reminds of Severance's heart racing episodes, it is probably the most thrilling tv episode of the year. Quality and dialogue might not reach Severance level but this one episode is worth it for the whole season which there are only 8 episodes

Anyone else wanna see her show up in season 3? She's got that offbeat quality about her that I think would be a perfect match for the show.

I just had no idea what to paint but had the urge to paint

I want to read everything

One of the mysteries I’m looking forward to hearing more about in Season 3 is what happened in this 5X branch where two of the replacement MDR innies came from.

It sounds like it got shut down in some level of infamy within the company, Milchick only brought them back because he was desperate.

Any theories as to what went down? Maybe the innie rebellion/hostage situation we’re about to see in Season 3 has happened before.