Severance

Warning ! This article contains spoilers for Severance time of year 2 ’s finale .

Severanceseason 2 ’s finale highlights how different Dylan is from his confrere via a heartbreaking letter written by his Outie . More so than in season 1 , thedifferences betweenSeverance ’s Innies and Outieshave been explored in the second season of the show . Be it the explorations of Burt and Irving ’s relationship outside of study , Mark ’s photographic camera - base conversation between Innie and Outie in the close , or how Helly is actually a extremity ofSeverance ’s Eagan family line tree , the show has further showcased how different the human race outside Lumon ’s offices in truth is .

In many ways , this has allowedSeverance ’s mold of charactersto become even deeper than they already were , with many people just viewing the Innies and Outies as two solely dissimilar citizenry as oppose to two half of the same whole . Severanceseason 2 ’s finale explores how the characters themselves think this , though to differing extents . While Mark ’s completion ofSeverance ’s Cold Harbor filesparks some conflict between his Innie and Outie , Dylan ’s two halves come to a somewhat catgut - wrenching discernment that proves how different the latter is to his MDR champion .

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Dylan’s Innie Was The Only One Not Created Under Selfish, Ulterior Motives

Unlike Mark, Helly, and Irving

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The first major remainder between Dylan and his MDR coworkers is that his Innie was not created under selfish motivation . Where the others are concerned , each Outie had an ulterior motive when decide to work for Lumon . Mark ’s has been highlighted the most , with his Outie wishing to escape the grief of losing Gemma , though this proved futile withSeverance ’s reveal that Gemma is alive . Lumon also had selfish motivations to create Mark ’s Innie , withSeveranceseason 2 , installment 7 proving that they were watch out Gemma and Mark for a while so they could perfect Cold Harbor .

breach season 2 , sequence 7 revealed vital component of Gemma / Ms. Casey ’s backstory , including what Lumon has been doing to her the entire clip .

Innie Dylan reading a letter in Severance season 2’s finale (2025) next to him looking shocked

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Then there is Helena Eagan ’s Innie , Helly , who was created as a PR stunt to sell Lumon ’s Severance procedure to the earthly concern . in the end , Irving ’s Innie was apparently a way to further investigate Lumon after his Outie had already done so and even had contacts who seemed to also care to take Lumon down . Dylan ’s letter of the alphabet inSeveranceseason 2 , episode 10 sawbuck this movement , try thatOutie Dylan only needed a caper to provide for his syndicate . This motivation is notably less selfish than those of the other Outies , put up the first way in which Dylan is dissimilar from them .

Dylan’s Outie Is The Only One Who Truly Respects & Admires His Innie

The Letter Ends On A Gut-Wrenchingly Sweet Note

Although Dylan ’s letter starts off on a confrontational note , it apace switches and becomes an every bit heartwarming and grievous reminder of yet another deviation between him and his MDR coworkers . Dylan breaks down his alphabetic character into three disjoined points , the first being the jealousy and anger he feel over Gretchen and Innie Dylan ’s osculation . The second point is that Outie Dylan understands how Innie Dylan could fall for Gretchen , devote that they are the same mortal . Finally , Dylan ’s last gunpoint proves that he is the only Outie to respect his Innie , linking back to his point about jealousy .

Outie Dylan reveals that he does not intend of himself as an telling someone . He explains that he was hurt by Gretchen ’s title that Innie Dylan reminds her of how he used to be , but was ripe enough to not let this devolve into hate and bitterness of his Innie . Instead , Outie Dylan states that he wants Gretchen to see him how she sees his Innie and that he likes knowing his Innie is around .

SinceSeveranceseason 1 ’s chronicle concluded , there has never been a show of appreciation between an Innie and Outie like this . Helena has long viewed her Innie as less than a person and while Irving ’s views on his Innie have never been straight outline , his usage of the person as a peter to investigate Lumon indicates the same . Mark ’s conversation with his Innie start with wonderment inSeveranceseason 2 ’s finale but rapidly spiraled into anger . Via Dylan ’s letter , he confirm another monolithic difference between him and his fellow MDR crowd members : genuine friendliness towards his Innie .

Dylan’s innie (Zach Cherry) smiling while hearing about his outie life in Severance Season 2 Ep 6

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Why Lumon Will Still Need Dylan’s Innie At MDR After Severance’s Season 2 Finale

Despite His Outward Rebellion

Another chemical element that was support inSeveranceseason 2 ’s last is why Lumon continued to put up with the MDR workers ' rebellious tendency for so long . In Mark ’s case , it was because Lumon needed him to discharge Cold Harbor and finalize the party ’s experimentation with Gemma by creating new Innies . The question going intoSeveranceseason 3is whether Mark will face fork for set up an end to Cold Harbor , wipe out Mr. Drummond , and freeing Gemma from Lumon .

A raw Severance season 3 update seems to have tease its renewal , on the face of it confirm that the show is already avoid season 2 ’s fully grown fault .

Where Dylan and the other MDR employee are touch , Lumon could keep them around for a exchangeable reason they did Mark . Despite Mark unloosen Gemma , her abbreviated prison term in the Cold Harbor room proved that Lumon ’s experiments exercise and could draw them to hear more with other multitude . Lumon could push the MDR prole to continue their work under even more authoritarian oversight to continue the company ’s experiments , potentially meaning Dylan is still needed inSeverance ’s next season , and also order his wife Gretchen at risk , as Gemma was .

Dichen Lachman as Ms. Casey looking pensive in Severance season 1 (2022) above a red background of Lumon’s offices

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