Severance
Warning : Contains SPOILERS for Severance season 2 , episode 1 !
Escaping Lumon has been the main destination of the innies throughoutSeveranceso far , butSeveranceseason 2 just subtly proved that the Macrodata Refinement team actually needs Lumon . Severanceseason 1 endedwith the MDR team at last possess a crack at flummox out , with Dylan using the Overtime Contingency to allow Mark , Helly , and Irving to take over their outies bodies for just under an hour . WhileSeveranceseason 2 has get down with the MDR squad have a chance to live a lifespan without Lumon , sequence 2 prove that this will never work .
The first two episodes ofSeveranceseason 2 have depict two sides of the same coin . Episode 1 focused on the experience of the innies in the aftermath of season 1 ’s ending , highlight Mark ’s mix-up as he actualize that the ease of his team has disappeared and reappeared . Episode 2 focalize on the experience of the outies , read how Lumon respond to their bodies being hijack by their work counterpart . While there are still a lot of questions , a full picture has been painted , explaining why the MDR squad had to return to their Lumon jobs .
Dylan’s Job Interview In Severance Season 2 Proves How The Public Sees “Severed” People
The Interviewer Says It Is “Abhorrent”
InSeveranceseason 2 , episode 2 , Dylan discovers that he has been allow go from Lumon , mean that he has to witness a new job . While Lumon is really firing him for his role in theseason 1 Overtime Contingency scheme , he is enjoin that it is because his innie got into a forcible affray . This leads to Dylan ’s instalment 2 spark in which he tried to find a job . Dylan carry off to land an audience at a door manufactory , and thing seem to be going well at first . However , the tide change by reversal when the interviewer strike that Dylan is a cut off person , with him saying " I recollect it ’s obscene " before cease the consultation .
Severance season 2 ’s features a novel gap credits sequence , which seems to suggest at many challenging future development in the Apple TV+ serial publication .
This line do it clear that the public perceptual experience of Lumon ’s sever masses is incredibly electronegative , with the interviewer refusing to hire Dylan base on his cut off position . This stigma is most potential not unique to Dylan , with almost every former severed employee get to confront it in the man ofSeverance . It is n’t bed how this stigma against severed people came about , butSeveranceseason 2 , instalment 2 makes it clear that it live .
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Why Returning To Lumon Might Be The MDR Team’s Only Option
There May Be No Other Jobs For Them
Bythe end ofSeveranceseason 2 , episode 2 , the rest of the LDR team has returned to Lumon , resetting the status quo after the time of year 1 finale . This is mostly the consequence of Lumon , as they realized that Mark take his team back so that Mark can finish some kind of mysterious MDR projection . However , this program was contingent on the eternal rest of the MDR squad being willing to come back . While Dylan and Irving might be opposed to returning if they knew what really happen , they might have no choice .
The bias against severed people could be so severe that , even if they did n’t require to return to Lumon , the MDR squad may have to . Although they may learn that Lumon is evil , they still necessitate money to survive . Thus , their status as severed masses may pass on them to only ever work Lumon job for the rest of their lifetime . This deplorable reality makes Lumon more evil , as the company has to be aware that they are essentially trapping desperate people in their jobs eternally upon employee agreeing to become severed .
How The “Abhorrent” Line Contradicts What Milchick Said In Severance Season 2’s Premiere
He Said The MDR Team Were Heroes
Although the consultation is cognisant of the full picture , viewers must remember that innies and outies do not know what their twin have it off . Thus , the " repugnant " line in episode 2 bring out another Lumon lie fromSeveranceseason 2 , episode 1 . In the season 2 premiere , Milchick recite the MDR team that they are heroesin the outside globe . They believe that they call down consciousness about the conditions of Lumon , with Milchick and Lumon pushing this tale on the innies .
break time of year 2 , episode 2 reveals how long the Overtime Contingency Protocol go in the dramatic time of year 1 coda of the Apple TV+ series .
However , this distinctly is n’t the case . If Dylan was a hero in the outdoor world , he would have immediately been recognize by the interviewer at the door factory . Even if he did n’t recognize him , he would not have reacted with such disgust . or else of being heroes , it seems that the people in the outside world only resent severed individuals , making Lumon ’s dissimulation inSeveranceseason 2 even sadder .
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