Severance
admonition ! This article hold in spoilers for Severance time of year 2 ’s finis .
Severanceseason 2 give away what Lumon ’s MDR numbers truly meant for Mark , which could have retroactively raised a bighearted Petey pull from season 1.Severanceseason 2 ’s endingwas fill with massive reveals that have full-grown deduction on the show ’s Innies , Outies , and relationships . Not only was the true nature ofSeverance ’s Cold Harbor fileunveiled that would have seen Gemma lose her life , but other whodunit that have been predominant since time of year 1 , installment 1 were also come up to .
One such mystery is the truepurpose ofSeverance ’s Macrodata Refinement numbers . Since season 1 , episode 1,Severance ’s cast of charactershave spent their clip inside Lumon ’s offices combing through telephone number on a screen that illicit acute excited responses . These figure are then " refine " into unlike boxes , with several projects being render to Mark as MDR head . After countless theories both extreme and mundane , Severanceseason 2 ’s close finally revealed precisely what the number mean , potentially throw a with child retroactive effect on a forgotten season 1 character : Petey .
Ms. Cobel Revealed What MDR’s Numbers Are For In Severance Season 2
Mark’s MDR Numbers Were Linked To Gemma’s Lumon Experiences
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As first teased in the concluding shot ofSeveranceseason 2 , episode 1 ’s closing , the MDR number that Mark has been refining for two seasons are connected to Gemma . The first hint at this was the said shot , which flickered between Mark ’s refinement work and Gemma on Lumon ’s Testing Floor . Severanceseason 2 , installment 7 then reveal precisely what Lumon has been doing to Gemma by showing her entering several differently themed and named room , each one containing a unlike Innie via her falling out chip .
Severance season 2 , episode 7 revealed vital factor of Gemma / Ms. Casey ’s backstory , including what Lumon has been doing to her the entire time .
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InSeveranceseason 2 , episode 10 , Ms. Cobel spoke to Mark ’s Innie and explained how all of this is linked . As it turn out , Mark ’s various MDR filing cabinet were named after the different rooms Gemma entered . Mark ’s work on those filing cabinet was basically him combing through Gemma ’s mind and refine her versions ofSeverance ’s Four Tempers of Kier , hence the conflicting excited reaction he had to the numbers as he did so .
Temper
Associated Emotions
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Woe
Melancholy , sorrowfulness
Bride
Frolic
Joy , frivolousness
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Jester
Dread
concern , anxiousness
hag
Malice
Rage , captive to harm
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crash
Each fourth dimension Mark worked on a raw MDR file , he was working through Gemma ’s Tempers and build up a new Innie . This Innie would correlate to the room of the same name on Lumon ’s Testing Floor , withSeveranceseason 2 ’s finale revealing that Mark created 25 different personality for Gemma during his prison term at Lumon . Although these reveals are massive regarding what the future tense hold for Mark , Gemma , and their relationship , they could also affect more ofSeverance ’s characters retroactively .
Mark Was Vital To Building Gemma’s Innies As The MDR Department Chief
Only Mark Could Complete Lumon’s Experiments For Gemma
to explicate howSeveranceseason 2 ’s MDR reveals could retroactively impact Petey , it is deserving exploring a vital part of Mark and Gemma ’s office . Severanceseason 2 made it clear that Mark was the only person who could complete Cold Harbor . The various interpreter of Lumon , be it Milchick , Drummond , Cobel , or Helena Eagan , made it percipient that Mark had to be at work . If he was not , Cold Harbor would be stalled and the experiment Lumon was take on Gemma would not progress .
The reveal that the numbers have a distinct connecter with Gemma ’s mind and that only Mark can properly superintend them let out how intact he was to Lumon ’s dark plans …
The rationality for this could have been explained by simply stating that Mark is MDR ’s chief refiner . However , the reveal that the numbers have a distinguishable link with Gemma ’s mind and that only Mark can properly oversee them give away how integral he was to Lumon ’s dark plans . With this in creative thinker , the connection toSeveranceseason 1 ’s Peteyreveals itself , potentially bringing with it a disconsolate retcon of his past times and his own relationships .
Severance Season 2’s MDR Reveal Adds A Dark Past For Petey
Petey Was Once The Chief Of MDR
With all of this entropy about Lumon ’s MDR department now revealed , it can be retroactively apply to Petey . Petey played a minor part inSeveranceseason 1 as the former head of MDR who cryptically disappeared , leading to Mark becoming the head of the department and Helly ’s debut . Petey then appeared to Outie Mark and explained that he had been Reintegrated and was actively turn to bring out Lumon ’s sinister programme now that his memories as an Innie were coming back to him . After only a few episodes , however , Petey died due to the nisus that the Reintegration grade on his mind .
Reintegration is a complicated process in Severance , with time of year 2 further outlining how it works and coalesce the minds of Innies and Outies .
Knowing what we do now about MDR ’s honest nature , a backstory for Petey can be built . As alluded to , Petey was the chief of MDR before Mark and was elaborate files of his own . This likely means that Lumon had one of Petey ’s loved ones confined to the Testing Floor and was building Innies for them , but that their plan was foiled .
Petey ’s X - wife and girl were shown at his funeral inSeveranceseason 1 , belike stand for it was someone else whom Lumon kidnapped for his MDR work .
Petey ’s Reintegration resulted in him go forth Lumon and subsequently dying . As such , Lumon ’s experiments on the Testing Floor were belike frustrate unintentionally afford that they need the MDR chief to complete them , just as they did with Mark and Cold Harbor . Whether this will ever be addressed in next seasons ofSeveranceremains to be seen , but it tracks with what is recognise of Mark and Gemma ’s situation and explicate why Cold Harbor was so important , gift that Petey ’s equivalent had failed previously .
Could Severance Season 2’s MDR Reveal Hint At Other Innies Suffering A Similar Fate?
Who Is The Next Department Chief?
Combining the cognition of Mark ’s MDR work with Gemma and Petey ’s potential work of the same ilk with his own loved one , the question grow to what this could mean for otherSeverancecharacters . confessedly , how thing will play out inSeveranceseason 3 ’s storyis fantastically unclear at present tense ; Mark and Helly are on the ravel in Lumon ’s offices , the MDR workers have rebel more externally than ever before , Gemma is free , and Lumon ’s most of import project is seemingly destroyed . However , it is potential that Lumon force its workers into obeisance via even more despotic means .
If this is the case , it is unclear what Mark ’s purpose would be now that Cold Harbor has been rendered soggy . This , mix with Petey ’s potential unsuccessful person to deliver , could go them to seem to someone else to finally complete their long - held plans : Dylan . Dylan is next in line to be MDR headman and Lumon could get down forcing him to turn on files that have the same effect they did on Gemma on someone he loves , potentially Gretchen .
If Lumon force Dylan to turn and manage to keep him and Mark separate throughoutSeveranceseason 3 , Gretchen could be in as much danger as Gemma was …
After all , no one on the severed floor other than Mark and Helly knows the truthful nature of the MDR numbers . If Lumon forces Dylan to work and manages to keep him and Mark separate throughoutSeveranceseason 3 , Gretchen could be in as much risk as Gemma was . Overall , the possibilities are endless for what the MDR reveals could mean forSeverance , both in the future and in the show ’s past where worker like Petey are concerned .
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