Severance
admonition ! This clause contains spoilers for Severance time of year 2 ’s episode 3 .
Severanceis still step by step unraveling the arras surrounding what is befall at Lumon , but the show seems to have dropped enough clues to help viewers ponder how Gemma is connect to the company ’s grand scheme . With each young episode , Severanceis turn into one of the most compelling puzzler - box drama of modern time . Although theApple TV+ sci - fishow has only leave looker with more questions than answers so far , it has secure that audiences have enough breadcrumb to amount up with challenging theories about fiber fates and Lumon ’s role .
While a lot seems to be work on inSeveranceseason 2 , one of the most gripping plotlines in the serial revolves around Mark ’s wife , Gemma , and her fate . Many ontogeny in the series suggest she died in an accident . However , perversely , many others hint that the truth behind her death may not be as uncomplicated as it seems . All the belie detail surroundingGemma inSeverancehave paved the way for many fascinating theory .
5Gemma Was Somehow Resurrected And Turned Into Ms. Casey At Lumon
Gemma Is Severance’s Version Of “Frankenstein’s Monster”
InSeveranceseason 2 ’s episode 2 , Mark recalls how he saw Gemma ’s stagnant torso after her stroke and even confirmed it was her . One of the early chapter ofRicken ’s " The You You Are"also remark Gemma ’s funeral , confirming that she died . This resurrect the possibility that Lumon has somehow found a way to resurrect numb human being , but they have not figured out how to regenerate their cognizance . This is where the MDR ’s oeuvre comes in .
Severance time of year 2 is continuing the mystery of Gemma / Ms. Casey , with the idea of part - fourth dimension severed employee still raising a peck of questions .
Mark seems to be using his subconscious emotions and attachment to Gemma to " enhance " her human consciousness . This would explain why Mark ’s progression on hisCold Harbor file inSeveranceseason 2is straight mull over on a reckoner concealment featuring Gemma . found on this hypothesis , it would be fair to say thatSeveranceseason 1 ’s Ms. Casey seemed so robotic and non - human because she had not been entirely enhanced . This possibility might also excuse whySeveranceshares so many parallels withFrankenstein .
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4Ms. Casey Is Being “Refined” To Become More “Ideal” In Kier’s Eyes
Lumon’s Overarching Motive Is To Create The “Perfect” Employees
base on"The Macrodata Refiner ’s Orientation Booklet " inThe Lexington Letter , the MDR employees have been provided numbers classified into four categories : WO , FC , DR , and MA . They are expected to equally fill each of the five bins at the bottom of their screen with numbers from these categories . The four family are based on Kier ’s four tempers , with WO impress tactual sensation of melancholy and despair , while FC elicits joy , merriment , and ecstasy . The DR numbers represent reverence , anxiety , and apprehensiveness , and the MA ones trigger a desire to harm someone and instill craze .
Number category
Feelings They Elicit
WO
FC
DR
MA
By work on Ms. Casey ’s file , Mark is gradually " refining " her cognizance by screen out all her emotion into these four categories . He is turning her into a less complex human , making her a more ideal employee who would fill Kier ’s expectations . This theory would be in tandem with one of Kier Eagan ’s quote :
" meek in me the pique four that I may serve thee forevermore . blank space in me the note value nine that I may palpate thy tinge Jehovah . "
3Ms. Casey Is The Test Subject For A Bigger Lumon Operation
Lumon Is Trying To Create Something Much Darker Than Expected
InThe Lexington Letters , an outie notices that her innie ’s body of work in the MDR department seems to have something to do with literal - universe events . She realizes that as soon as her innie completes her first MDR data file , a truck bear the goods of one of Lumon ’s biggest competitors is attack . This fire the opening that Ms. Casey is one of the many " agents " Lumon is unnaturally create to draw out off grave real - world operations .
Severanceseason 2 is scheduled to have a total of 10 episodes .
The company ’s overarching motive is not only to eliminate all competition but also to finally take dominance over many aspects of the away world . Other contingent inSeverancesuggest that Lumon may be put to work towards find out a means to quicken human race and make them live eternally . Ms. Casey might be one of the other test subject for this operation , andLumon hop to successfully " revive " her as a human before using the operation to bring Kier back .
2Gemma Is Actually Dead & Does Not Exist As An Outie
Ms. Casey Is Not Who Mark Thinks She Is
While Mark ’s outie confirms he saw Gemma ’s physical structure after her demise inSeveranceseason 2 ’s episode 2 , Reghabi tells him that his wife is still animated at Lumon in time of year 2 ’s episode 3 . The fact that Reghabi bestow " at Lumon " suggests that Ms. Casey is not exactly Gemma . She looks like Mark ’s wife , but she might have been created by Lumon as a test matter for their refinement experiments . Reghabi , too , seems to screw this , but she does not say the verity because she wants him to reintegrate and expose Lumon .
Since Ms. Casey was sent down to the examination floor inSeveranceseason 1 ’s ending , it seems possible that she permanently exists as an innie .
When Mark attempt to substantiate his married woman ’s destiny , Reghabi say she was live the last time she saw her . This again hint that Reghabi knows a circumstances more about Gemma than she is letting on . Since Ms. Casey was sent down to the testing story inSeveranceseason 1 ’s terminate , it seems potential that she for good exist as an innie . Unlike the MDR worker , her outie , Gemma , was pass over out of beingness after she died . However , Lumon somehow find a way to make an artificial version of herwhose cognizance is being refine by Mark to make her more human .
1Ms. Casey Did Not Go Through The Same Severance Procedure As The MDR Workers
She Is A Part Of An Entirely Different Experiment That Connects To MDR’s Work
The innies are regale as separate individuals inSeverance , and even the outies refer to them in the third person . However , despite this , all innies seem to hold many aspects of their humanity and also the personality traits of their outies . For example , Helly shows insubordination and rage from her first day at Lumon , and , as Petey highlights , Mark , too , seems to hold up on to some grief for his wife even as an innie . Ms. Casey , in contrast , amount off as a blank slate programmed alone to execute her tasks as the Wellness Director .
She seems robotic to the point where it is hard to believe she is even human . She only register some semblance of humanity towards the end ofSeveranceseason 1 when Mark appreciate her during a health session and holds himself accountable for her termination from Lumon . Since Ms. Casey seems significantly different from other severed Lumon employee , it seems likely she might have gone through a completely different severance subroutine in the Apple TV+ serial .
Severance is a psychological thriller series have Adam Scott as Mark Scout , an employee at Lumon Industries who undergoes a " falling out " subroutine to separate his work and personal memories . However , as work and life personas mysteriously begin to collide , it quickly becomes unclouded that not all is as it seems . Created by Dan Erickson and organise by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle .
