Severance
WARNING ! This article contains SPOILERS for Severance ’s season 2 finale!Despite being one of the biggest names in the roll whenSeverancedebuted , the role of John Turturro ’s Irving has drastically changed , provide his possible return in season 3 up in the air . Though John Turturro appear inSeverance ’s castfor all nine episode of time of year 1 , that was n’t the case for the show ’s soph expedition . After the decease of his Innie at the destruction ofSeveranceseason 2 , episode 4 , Irving ’s Outie appeared in brief in three of the six remaining episodes . Unlike the other original MDR employee , Turturro ’s Irving was entirely absent fromSeverance ’s season 2 finish .
At the ending ofSeveranceseason 2 , episode 9 , Irving ’s Outie was mercifully sent away from Kier by Christopher Walken ’s Burt , doing so out of forgivingness due to their Innies ’ love for each other . Burt think that Irving would have been killed if he did n’t fly town , so he leave him a ticket on a train that would take him “ as far as you may go ” while explaining he could never experience where Irving get off . Irving is last seen tearfully smiling on the train , and despiteSeveranceseason 3 ’s confirmation , it ’s still undecipherable whether John Turturro will be back .
Why John Turturro’s Irving Is Absent From Severance’s Season 2 Finale
Cutting To Irving Wouldn’t Have Fit Well Into The Finale’s Main Story
WhileSeveranceseason 2 ’s endingcould have potentially show viewer where Irving got off the train and what his new lifespan was going to see like while hiding from Lumon , John Turturro ’s character is completely absent from the finale . But , as unsatisfying as it is to not get an update on where Irving went , his absence seizure cause signified for the finale . There was already so much travel on inSeverance ’s season 2 stopping point thatthe show would have found difficulties naturally desegregate fit with Irving , whose story is so remove from the more iron Cold Harbor engagement .
Apple TV+ confirmedSeveranceseason 3 ’s renewal on Friday , March 21 , the same day as the time of year 2 close ’s release .
falling out ’s season 2 finale was exclusively confined to two locations ( Lumon and the birthing cabin ) , and any additional storylines would have diffuse the episode too thin . It postulate to rest at Lumon and focus on the potentially inevitable death of the remaining Innies , rather thandistracting from that tense plot by cut to the graphic symbol whose Innie has already died . If Irving were to appear inSeverance ’s season 2 finis , it would likely have been at the very remainder to countersink up season 3 . However , ending with the ambiguous halt - frame of Helly and Mark was a strong mantle close .
Like every Severance time of year 2 episode , episode 9 ends with a major cliffhanger that perfectly paves the way for the Apple TV+ show ’s season 2 finale .
Still , that does n’t mean Irving ’s character is irrelevant toSeverance ’s time of year 2 finale . The death of Irving ’s Innie encounter a role in Helly ’s speech to theChoreography and Merriment departmentabout losing people who they loved , reminding others of how suddenly being shut out off can come about to them too . MDR ’s anger and hike to rebellion inSeverance ’s time of year 2 finale is greatly inform by their response to Irving ’s death , making him just as influential in their design despite being gone .
Irving & Burt’s Goodbye Felt Like A Real Sendoff To John Turturro’s Severance Character
Irving’s Innie & Outie Stories Get Bittersweet Endings In Season 2
Based onSeveranceseason 2 ’s final shot , creator Dan Erickson and executive producer Ben Stiller are n’t afraid to shut on an ambiguous note . However , they ensure those equivocal notes could still do for proper end to the geographic expedition of those character . IfSeveranceofficially concluded with the freeze - form ofHelly and Mark running to “ The Windmills of Your Mind ” song , it would still make for a antic series nigher despite how many questions remain unanswered . The same would also be true for the implications behind Irving , Dylan , Cobel , and Milchick ’s last time of year 2 scene .
If the vista of Irving riding aside on the train is the last time he ever appear , it still makes for a potent conclusion to his story . Severancehad already said goodbye to Irving ’s Innie and left a sinewy legacy for him in the show , havingexposed Helena ’s identity twist , sacrifice himself to keep Helly , receive retaliation for Burt ’s exit , and even result MDR with clues about how to uncover Lumon ’s secrets on the Testing Floor . At that stage , Irving ’s Innie level and arc is effectively complete .
He could n’t be with the married Burt , he could n’t return to Lumon after his Innie was force out , and outride would mean decease anyway ; there was no time to come in Kier for Irving .
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Meanwhile , there are still some loose ends for Irving ’s Outie fighting Lumon , but they can still be come up to by the other Outies working against the ship’s company . By have Irving meet Burt , discover that they found love on the interior and still have feelings on the outside , and be spare by Burt via hidden exile rather than kill by Lumon , Irving leaves the Lumon - take to the woods smart set with a bittersweet ending . He could n’t be with the married Burt , he could n’t return to Lumon after his Innie was fired , and staying would think demise anyway ; there was no future in Kier for Irving .
If the two termination for John Turturro ’s eccentric are thathis Innie dies sacrificing himself to relieve his friends and expose Lumon ’s lie while his Outie is tragically preserve but deport by style of the love he ground on the inside , then it ’s an effective curtain nigh for Irving . There are always sure way that Irving could add up back and his story could continue , but his return is n’t as necessary to the tale inSeveranceseason 3 as that of Helly , Mark , and Dylan . Unlike Irving , theirInnies and Outiescan be found much easy to be punished by Lumon .
John Turturro Has Already Hinted This Isn’t The End For Burt & Irving In Severance
There Still Are Some Loose Ends To Tie Up
" When you ’re doing scenes at the remnant of the season , it ’s always tricky to find that sweet spot . Because you think it could be the death , but mayhap it ’s not the last . If there ’s stuff that ’s good and active and interesting to do , then I could see that , yeah . If multitude wanted there to be [ a third season ] , there could be , and there could be big , big surprise too . You know , Irving ’s left all those painting behind . There ’s a reason why they live on into his apartment , why they ’re looking around . "
It seems like Turturro played the scene of Irving on the train as if it genuinely could have been the character ’s final moment on covert . However , Erickson and Stiller still left some unfinished business back in Kier with Irving ’s secret piece of work against Lumonand investigations into their severance program . After the train panorama , Severancehas still yet to leave answer about who Irving was calling in the telephone set booth , what his intentions were with his investigations , why he got severed in the first place , and how his Outie know about theTesting Floor lift see in his paintings .
Severance ’s Original MDR Department
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Actor
Innie Character
Adam Scott
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Mark S.
Britt Lower
Helly R.
John Turturro
Irving B.
Zach Cherry
Dylan G.
To that end , Ben Stiller has also been ambiguous about whether Irving and Burt will issue forth backafterSeveranceseason 2 , sequence 9 . In an interview on Travis and Jason Kelce’sNew Heightspodcast , Stiller was asked more directly about whether there ’s “ more to the Irv and Burt kinship that has n’t been [ explored ] , ” but he ultimately sidestep the motion in hopes of avoiding spoilers . A non - answer can often be an result in and of itself , so Stiller ’s lack of a direct response may suggest thatSeveranceseason 3 will still follow up on Irving and Burt .
How Irving Could Still Return For Severance Season 3
Could Reintegrated Mark Track Down Irving?
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SinceSeveranceseason 2 does n’t reveal where Irving last on the gear , his return in time of year 3 could focus on the emplacement where he settles as he enshroud from Lumon , as theEagan familywill belike be post some of their crawler to track him down . Similar to Gemma and Mark ’s flashback episode and Cobel ’s solo Salt ’s Neck episode in time of year 2 , thereturn of Irving inSeveranceseason 3 could involve him mystify his own episode dedicated to his young lifeand whether he ’s still count into Lumon ’s dark enigma .
Additionally , Mark ’s reintegration inSeveranceseason 2 could lead to him seek to find Irving ’s Outieto get more answers about Lumon , standardised to when Petey seek out Mark back in season 1 . If that ’s the case , then the reintegrated Mark could work out with Irving , Gemma , and potentially even Cobel to expose Lumon on a broader level . Alternatively , he could be bring back into the fold inSeveranceseason 3 ifIrving ’s mysterious contact who he calledabout Lumon reveals themself .
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