Severance
monition ! This article contain spoiler for Severance time of year 2 ’s finis .
Although Mark ’s reintegration inSeveranceseason 2 was seemingly give way well , nothing finally came out of it . This story forward motion makes it severe not to wonder whether Reghabi ’s reintegration method has go wrong . SinceSeveranceseason 1 , reintegration has been one of the most challenging construct in theApple TV+ sci - fi show . According to Reghabi , successful reintegration promises to overlap a severed individual ’s innie and outie personas . However , despite Reghabi ’s best exertion to convince Mark to get reintegrate , Mark initially stay apprehensive about the procedure .
After seeingPetey die inSeveranceseason 1 , Mark can not aid but question whether he would meet the same lot if he agreed to get reintegrated . Reghabi still manages to convert him in season 2 ’s initial episode by confirming that Gemma is still alive in Lumon . Realizing that he can only save his wife if he gets reintegrate , Mark allows Reghabi to start the process . However , what ab initio seems like one of the most important story exploitation inSeveranceseason 2 later on takes a backseat , raising many questions about the strength of the process .
So Far, Reghabi Has Failed To Reintegrate Both Mark & Petey
Petey Died, And Mark Barely Survived
Petey died inSeveranceseason 1 after he opt to get reintegrated . Instead of taking some accountability for his demise , Reghabi ignore it by claiming that Petey go ignoring her after getting reintegrate . She assures Mark that if he had take heed to her and taken the necessary supplying to look after himself , the reintegration process would not have killed him . Since Reghabi seems to know what she is doing , one can not assist but believe her . However , by theend ofSeveranceseason 2 , it becomes patent that Reghabi ’s reintegration procedure , so far , has been a loser .
While Severance has confirmed how a few override protocols work , there seems to be an air of ambiguity surrounding several others in the sci - fi show .
InSeveranceseason 2 ’s early episodes , she seems to do a enough job induct Mark ’s reintegration . This set aside Mark ’s innie and outie to get sight of their alternate lives , turn out that , deep down , some part of them have been reintegrated . However , even after Reghabi " flood " Mark ’s chip and about toss off him in the hope of escalate the unconscious process , Mark seems far from achieving full reintegration . His two personas maintain disjoined identities , and his innie even decline to conceive reintegration works . owe to this , it would be sightly to conclude that Reghabi has failed .
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Cobel Might Find A Way To Reintegrate Mark In Severance Season 3
Cobel Might Have Already Figured Out How Reintegration Works
Just because Mark has not achieved full reintegration does not mean the summons has been a complete unsuccessful person . Severanceseason 2 establishes thatsince both variation of Mark experience and perceive blank and time differently , it will be a while before they align . Some aspects of the two characters ' personality have also seemingly overlap . For instance , the fact that Mark ’s innie goes through so much trouble to saveGemma inSeveranceseason 2 ’s finale suggests that a part of him feels his outie ’s grief for his wife , even though he decides to stay behind with Helly .
The fact that Cobel make up the severance function and all the override communications protocol surrounding it suggests that she would know about the possibility of reintegration more than anyone else .
InSeveranceseason 2 , Cobel , too , at last breaks gratis from the piece Lumon had cast on her and decide to tack slope after understand how Jame Eagan took credit for her inventions and ease up her nothing in tax return . The fact that Cobel invented the severance procedure and all the override protocols surrounding it indicate that she would know about the possibleness of reintegration more than anyone else . Cobel even tries to convincethe Board inSeveranceseason 1 that reintegration is possible , proving that it can be achieved .
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Apple TV+ has confirmedSeveranceseason 3 .
By flux her cognition of the procedure with Reghabi ’s learnings from her experiment , Cobel might be able to avail Mark achieve full reintegration inSeveranceseason 3 . However , afterSeveranceseason 2 ’s events , Reghabi seems less reliable than Cobel . The way she has been experimenting on Mark despite seeing what the reintegration did to Petey makes it hard not to wonder if she is secretly work for Lumon . Hopefully , Severancewill wholly explore the reintegration plot line in time of year 3 instead of process it as a simple plot twist to move the narration forward .
Severance is a psychological thriller series boast Adam Scott as Mark Scout , an employee at Lumon Industries who undergoes a " severance " procedure to separate his body of work and personal memory . However , as work and sprightliness personas cryptically get to collide , it quickly becomes clear that not all is as it seems . Created by Dan Erickson and direct by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle .
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