Severance
Warning ! This article contains spoilers for Severance season 2 , episode 1 and 2 .
Severanceseason 2 , episode 2 provided answers to some big motion , simultaneously break several Lie Milchick told the Innies in the premiere . As ofSeveranceseason 2 , installment 1 ’s termination , the aftermath of the Overtime Contingency being activated in time of year 1 was outlined from the perspective of Lumon ’s Innie personality . Severanceseason 1 ’s endingraised many questions , with Milchick apparently bring home the bacon answers to them for Mark S , Helly R , Dylan , and Irving as well as the confused consultation who have waited three years for a continuation .
As such , Severance ’s mold of charactersremained solely in Lumon ’s offices in the premiere . Severanceseason 2 , installment 2 , however , detailed life on the other side . Rather than concentrate on the Innie doer , the installment focused on the ramifications ofSeverance ’s Overtime Contingencyand how it pertains to the hurl ’s Outie personalities . Thanks to this account , Severanceseason 2 , episode 2 pull back several layers and uncovered an ever - increasing web of lies that was constructed by Mr. Milchick and relay to the Innie worker of Lumon ’s severed flooring in sequence 1 .
7Milchick Told Mark’s Innie It Had Been 5 Months Since Season 1
The Time Between Severance’s Two Seasons Was A Lie
The first lie that Milchick told Mark inSeveranceseason 2 , episode 1 was that it had been five months since the events of the show ’s first time of year . Milchick tells Mark that what he and his colleagues did five months ago is one of the most painful thing he has ever had to endure at Lumon , prompting Mark to question the length of time that has supposedly elapsed . apparently , Mark was correct in questioning Milchick , withSeveranceseason 2 , episode 2 revealing Milchick ’s prevarication .
InSeveranceseason 2 , sequence 2 , Milchick was shown visiting the Outies of Irving , Dylan , and Mark . Upon go forth Mark ’s house , Milchick states that he hopes to see him on Monday . Mark reckons with return to Lumon , yet returns on Monday as Milchick says . This is when Mark S enters work to find his new colleagues , meaning only a few days have passedrather than five months . Mark W ’s Outie can later be try stating that he has only work three day before being burn , meaning not even a week has passed betweenSeveranceseasons 1 and 2 .
6Milchick Said That Ms. Cobel Has Been Fired From Lumon
Cobel’s Employment Has Went Back & Forth
Another lie that Milchick state Mark inSeveranceseason 2 , instalment 1 is that Ms. Cobel had been fired from Lumon . After Mark meet his new Macrodata Refinement squad in the premiere , he was walked through Milchick ’s old office . The office now belong toSeverance ’s worrying kid fictitious character Miss Huang , with Milchick taking piece of work abode in the office that was once Ms. Cobel ’s . Mark asks what is go on , lead Milchick to spew many of his lies , including that Ms. Cobel ’s action mechanism saw her usage with Lumon terminated .
This is a half - truth , in a agency , as Cobel was shortly arouse from Lumon duringSeveranceseason 1 . Cobel hid Helly R ’s undertake self-annihilation from Lumon ’s board , resulting in her termination . However , Severanceseason 2 , episode 2 bring out that Lumon rehired Cobel as the head of a new section , the Severance Advisory Council , after her efforts to block the Overtime Contingency in season 1 ’s finale . This came before Milchick evidence Mark that Cobel was no longer an employee of Lumon , rendering this piece of info another one of his veiled Lie .
5Milchick Said That He Didn’t Fire The Other Innies & They Decided Not To Come Back
The Fate Of The Innies Was Not Truthful
A big subplot ofSeveranceseason 2 , episode 1 was Mark ’s endeavour to see his old colleagues - Helly , Irving , and Dylan - bring back to the cut off base . This involve a great great deal of cabal , even leading Mark to try out and get his new workers - Mark W , David , and Gwendolyn - fired . The absence of the original Innies was explained by Milchick inSeveranceseason 2 , installment 1 , with the new boss of the sever floor excuse that Helly , Irving , and Dylan ’s Outies were not fired from Lumon , but that they quit on their own accord .
rupture season 2 begins with the shocking origination of a new squad of fellow worker for Mark S , a team that he waste no clock time attempt to get terminate .
Milchick goes on to say that Lumon attempted to get the same squad back by any means necessary , whichSeveranceseason 2 , sequence 2 reveals as another Trygve Lie . The opening scenes of the instalment show Milchick visiting Irving and Dylan on the outside , lie to them about what happened during the Overtime Contingency and firing them as a result . Lumon did not seek to convince them back and at once discharge Irving and Dylan , proving Milchick ’s words to Mark in episode 1 as more Lie .
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4Milchick Told Mark That He & The Other Innies Achieved Worldwide Fame
The Innies Were Supposedly Global Heroes
stem from Milchick ’s mistruths aboutSeverance ’s timeline , the manager tells another lie to Mark in season 2 , installment 1 . Milchick tells Mark that the Overtime Contingency from season 1 ’s ending result in the four actor involved achieving worldwide fame . In the “ five months ” betweenSeveranceseasons 1 and 2 , Mark , Helly , Irving , and Dylan reportedly became heroes across the public due to what is being dubbed the Macrodat Uprising . Milchick even hold up as far as depict Mark a newspaper publisher clipping that reveres the MDR workers as Hero .
The concept of the Macrodat Uprising has been only manufactured by Lumon , as has the newsprint claim it to be true …
Just as it is revealed that only a few solar day sink betweenSeveranceseasons 1 and 2 , it is revealed that the apparent renown of the Innies is also a falsehood . The construct of the Macrodat Uprising has been exclusively fabricate by Lumon , as has the paper arrogate it to be true . In reality , Lumon like a shot covered up the event ofSeveranceseason 1 ’s closing curtain by scrub up the media of those present at Helena ’s gala , firing Irving and Dylan , and keeping a near optic on Mark and his sister , Devon , as showcased inSeveranceseason 2 , episode 2 .
3Milchick Showcased The New Severance Reforms To The Innies
Lumon Does NOT Thank Kier For The Macrodat Uprising
One of the more in darkness hilarious sequences inSeveranceseason 2 ’s premiere was the animated video outlining the unexampled Severance Reforms . This video feature aSeverancecameo from Keane Reevesas the voice of Lumon itself , which outlined the manner the ship’s company is hear to its prole in the aftermath of the fabricated Macrodat Uprising . The brave journey of the Innies purportedly led Lumon to implement the Severance Reforms across the world , result in more workplace perks , more exemption in the office , and less authoritarian oversight from handler like Ms. Cobel and Mr. Milchick .
As revealed inSeveranceseason 2 , episode 2 , all of this is another complex lie on Lumon ’s part . As alluded to , the Macrodat Uprising is bastard and the plight of the innies decrease on deaf ears , also intend the Severance Reforms are a lie . Lumon covered up the Innies ' plea and implemented the Severance Reforms as another means of control . The Reforms were constructed as a way of conciliate Lumon ’s Innie worker and convincing them that their actions had the want issue so that they could continue Lumon ’s mysterious work , such asSeverance ’s Cold Harbor file .
2Milchick Stated That Cobel Had An “Erotic Fixation” On Mark
Cobel’s Motivations Were Clouded
As it flex out , Milchick stating that Cobel was displace from Lumon is not the only lie he told about her inSeveranceseason 2 , episode 1 . When Mark asked where Cobel was and , more specifically , why she was posing as Mrs. Selvig to Mark ’s Outie , Milchick had to formulate another mistruth . In this scene , Milchick narrate Mark that Cobel had developed what he dubbed an titillating fixing on both the Innie and Outie versions of Mark . According to Milchick , Cobel ’s actions were all in service of her ultimate finish : engage in a “ throuple ” with Mark inside and exterior of body of work .
Patricia Arquette ’s Severance character , Harmony Cobel , is crucial to the narration of the Apple TV+ series , as is her Mrs. Selvig identity .
As expose by Cobel ’s actions inSeveranceseason 2 , sequence 2 - and indeed , the rest of the show - this is a lie . Although Cobel ’s motivation for stick as Selvig and pass through Mark ’s extraneous life are still cover in mystery , it is middling unclouded that she is not driven by any erotic , sexual , or romantic feeling toward Mark . This renders Milchick ’s insistence that she was another prevarication , used to cover up the real understanding why Cobel is no longer managing Lumon ’s discerp floor .
1Milchick Told Innie Mark That His Outie Begged To Come Back To Lumon
Outie Mark Was Not Keen On A Return
The final major lie that Milchick told Mark inSeveranceseason 2 , instalment 1 is that Outie Mark begged to come back to Lumon . Naturally , Mark ’s primary question in the premiere are what take place to his colleagues and why they are no longer at Lumon , but he is . Milchick ’s lie that Irving , Dylan , and Helly were not fired is plump for up but chose not to return is masked by another : Mark reportedly begged Lumon to take him back , which resulted inSeveranceseason 2 , installment 1 ’s return to the cut off floor .
This lie is carefully and smartly conducted by Milchick , as the audience can see Outie Mark doing so due to his indirect request to escape the grief of Gemma ’s destruction . However , asSeveranceseason 2 , episode 2 highlighted , Mark did not wish to come back to Lumon . The Overtime Contingency only bolstered his desire to foreswear Lumon that he had showcased inSeveranceseason 1 ’s last few episodes . It was only after Milchick sway Mark with gift baskets , the mention of Gemma ’s decease , and Innie Mark ’s kinship with Helly that Outie Mark agree to repay inSeveranceseason 2 .
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Severance is a psychological thriller serial featuring Adam Scott as Mark Scout , an employee at Lumon Industries who undergo a " rupture " procedure to separate his work and personal memory . However , as workplace and animation character mysteriously begin to clash , it quickly becomes clear that not all is as it seems . make by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle .
