Severance
Warning ! This article contains spoilers for Severance time of year 2 ’s episode 2 .
One subtle maturation fromSeveranceseason 2 episode 2 ’s ending moments might have astonishingly confirmed one democratic Helly theory . Severanceseason 2 ’s installment 2primarily focus on the life of the outies , highlighting all the provision Lumon takes to ensure Mark ’s return . The instalment reveals that Lumon did not care about retain all other MDR employees , but the fellowship ’s instrument panel decided to bring back Dylan , Irving , and Helly at Mark ’s request .
While Mark believes all his teammate have returned , viewers have been wondering if Helena ( the outie ) has interchange Helly ( the innie ) . Many secret details seem to support this hypothesis . For case , Helly / Helena blatantly lies about her Overtime Contingency experience fromSeverance season 1 ’s endingand even examine to convince Mark that their outies do not merit their help . She also struggles to determine her figurer ’s switch in episode 1 ’s ending moments . These clues may have only suggest at her material identity , but installment 2 ’s ending seems to confirm who she is .
Severance Season 2’s Episode 2 Seemingly Confirms Helena Has Replaced Her Innie
Episode 2 Features One Fascinating Detail That Almost Confirms Her Identity
Severanceseason 2 ’s episode 2 ends with Mark , Irving , Dylan , and Helly returning to the Lumon office while Mark ’s former MDR coworkers get fired . In these closing moments , the show emphasizes how each MDR employee first visits their locker , collects their Lumon ID wit , and , then proceeds to the lift to reach their desired floor . All four employee seem to follow the same subroutine , but Helly ’s chain of actions diverge from others in one significant way .
Many aspect of the Macrodata Refinement Department ’s job remain indecipherable in Severance , but the show drop many clues about what Lumon expect from it .
Mark , Irving , and Dylan first scan their I.D. in a slot provide outside the elevator . As shortly as their IDs are verified , the lift get a " ding " strait before letting them in . Once they record the lift , the doors close up , and another " dingdong " sound can be listen , seemingly marking their outie - to - innie transitions . The second gouge can be heard for Mark , Irving , and Dylan but not for Helena , paint a picture she does not change over into her innie . This could be a self-colored hint that confirms Helly never made it back and was replace by Helena .
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Why Helena Would Take Helly’s Place In The MDR Department Explained
Helena Has More Reasons Than One
Since Helena Eagan is the daughter of Lumon Industries CEO Jame Eagan , she must have decided to replace her innie to protect the company . After theOvertime Contingency incident inSeveranceseason 1 , she probably see how enceinte of a threat her innie can be to Lumon . Before Helly became a part of the Macrodata Refinement squad , Dylan , Mark , and Irving were fairly quenched with their job and rarely questioned the moral implications of what they were doing . Helly , however , made them question their environs , advance them to rebel against Lumon .
… Helena stepped forward to replace her innie to experience what she felt with Mark .
To secure that history does not repeat itself , Helena seemingly take Helly ’s place to reverse the impairment her innie get and manipulate the other innies into conform to the company ’s rules . Severanceseason 2 ’s episode 2also shows how Helena is surprised after finding the footage of her innie kiss Mark . She almost seems jealous when she agnize her innie ’s aliveness is proficient than hersin more ways than one . This make it gruelling not to believe that Helena stepped frontward to put back her innie to experience what she felt with Mark .
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Severance Season 2’s New Intro Seems To Further Confirm The Helly/Helena Theory
Mark Looks For Both Helly & Gemma In The Intro
In the mop up prospect ofSeveranceseason 2 ’s new opening reference sequence , Mark finds himself in the corridor lead to an elevator that Irving ’s outie keeps paint . The same sour corridor was also feature inSeveranceseason 1 ’s final arc , where Ms. Casey can be see to it stand in the lift , ostensibly being transferred to Lumon ’s testing floor . Even in the opening credits , Mark witness Ms. Casey inside the same elevator before she morphs into Helly .
While this shot from the opening credits will probably make more sentiency much afterwards inSeveranceseason 2,it seemingly hint that Mark ’s innie will have to reckon for both Ms. Casey and Helly . Like Ms. Casey , Helly , too , did not rejoin . Therefore , during his quest to teach the truth about his outie ’s married woman , Gemma , Mark will also have to ascertain Helly inSeveranceseason 2 before it is too later .
Severance is a psychological thriller serial feature Adam Scott as Mark Scout , an employee at Lumon Industries who undergo a " severance " operation to separate his oeuvre and personal memories . However , as work and animation personas mysteriously set out to collide , it quickly becomes clear that not all is as it seems . make by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle .
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