Severance
WARNING ! This clause contain SPOILERS for Severance time of year 2 , episode 10.After year of theories and speculation , Severanceseason 2 , sequence 10 finally reveals what the goat - leaven section at Lumon is truly for . The concept ofgoats being held on Lumon ’s sever floorwas present back inSeveranceseason 1 , instalment 5 , asHelly and Mark ’s geographic expedition of the country led them to a way where an unknown man was feeding milk to sister Goat . Before the two left , the Isle of Man mysteriously told them the kids were not ready for an unknown determination . At long last , Severanceseason 2 ’s endingrevealed what that determination is .
While season 1 did not refine on the goat closed book , season 2 briefly dilate on what is known about that section . unexampled members ofSeverance ’s cast of characterswere introduced in time of year 2 , episode 3 , let on the goat department to be bring up Mammalians Nurturable . However , the unusual nature of the laughingstock - sate field and its workers only raised more questions . Thankfully , time of year 2 ’s finish take out back the curtain , answers interrogation about what the goats are for , and tie everything back to the consequential story ofSeverance ’s Cold Harbor file cabinet .
What The Mammalians Nurturable Department Does For Lumon
The Mammalians Nurturable Department Is Raising Baby Goats On The Severed Floor
Severanceseason 2 officially confirms that the department in charge of raising the goats is Mammalians Nurturable , which has a team of break up employees much big thanLumon ’s Macrodata Refinement department . As seen in season 1,the Mammalians Nurturable section is responsible for levy and tending to goats , the said “ nurturable ” mammal . Additionally , based on the goat wrangler ’s dialogue from season 1 , the section is getting the goats quick for some purpose with Lumon , which is finally unveiled in time of year 2 .
As bring out inSeverancethus far , there are quite a few ways that the butt are nurtured and raised by Mammalians Nurturable . In addition to nursing bottle - feeding the goats , the cut off employee dress up like the animal to blend in with the tyke , put them in “ husbandry tanks , ” and apply shear to neaten them . Some employee also dress in intercrossed business and farming habiliment that is reflective of old - fashioned dairy farming and milkmaid attire , suggest that Lumon believes this manner will help the employees raise the Capricorn better .
Gwendoline Christie ’s Lorne know the true drab design that Lumon has for the Capricorn the Goat …
Of course , just like with Macrodata Refinement not get it on what their numbers mean , the wider employees of the Mammalians Nurturable department are incognizant of what Lumon ’s deeper use are with the goats . Like MDR , they are simply instructed to execute their duty by farm the goats in a certain manner draft by Lumon . Thanks toSeveranceseason 2 ’s coda , though , it has been confirmed that Gwendoline Christie ’s Lorne knows the lawful saturnine purpose that Lumon has for the Goat .
The Goats Are Sacrificed & Interred Alongside Dead Lumon Individuals
Lumon’s Cult-Like Ways Extend To The Harmless Animals
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Despite the countless theories that have been craft sinceSeveranceseason 1 about the goat department at Lumon , the real purpose is much more bare and straightforwardly dark than anyone thought . InSeveranceseason 2 ’s finale , Mr. Drummond is show meeting with Lorne , who has a baby goat in tow as an offering . They enter a room opposite the Testing Floor that house therooms Gemma enters inSeveranceand start a sacrificial ritual , with Drummond stating:“This beast will be entombed with a cherished woman whose purport it must guide to Kier ’s room access . Is it up to the task ? "
This come after Drummond asks if the Capricorn has vitality and wiles , the former meaning vigor , spirit , and enthusiasm , and the latter meaning methods of manipulating someone into doing their bidding . Drummond load up a gun and says"We commit this beast to Kier and his interminable warfare against pain,“but the ritual killing is interrupted by Mark ’s effort to check down the room access to the Testing Floor . All of this reveals ’s goat department than ever before , tying everything back to Gemma ’s tale .
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Severance time of year 2 , episode 7 unwrap lively elements of Gemma / Ms. Casey ’s backstory , including what Lumon has been doing to her the entire clip .
As revealed by Ms. Cobel inSeveranceseason 2 , Gemma was going to be killed after Cold Harbor was completed . Mark ’s many file create different Innies for Gemma , who was plainly used as a ginzo fuzz by Lumon so they could test if the rupture bound were hold . Gemma ’s sacrifice pass away hand - in - helping hand with the caprine animal , with the latter spiritually lead the former to Kier Eagan , the head word ofSeverance ’s Eagan family tree diagram . Kier ’s graven image - comparable status among Lumon ’s employees and follower explains why the caprine animal is call for as a ritual killing alongside Gemma , with the verve and chicanery delivering her to him .
The Symbolism Of Lumon’s Sacrificed Goats Explained
Goats Are Rooted In Religious Symbolism
Concerning the sacrificial nature of the goats inSeverance , this stem from the religious cultus nature of Lumon and how these animals link to several different religious practice in the tangible world . In many different religions , laughingstock are used as ritual killing to appease divinity . In Hinduism , the sacrifice of a white goat specifically symbolize purification and spectral significancein certain observance . InSeverance ’s lawsuit , the white goat with verve and trickery embody the refinement call for to channelize Gemma to Kier , who is a god in his own right to his followers .
In Christianity , the Bible has goats used as sacrifices , but the brute also typifies insurrection and unbelief . This could link to Gemma with the goat sacrifice symbolizing the husking away of any rebellion and unbelieving tendency she had .
Some organized religion also paint goats as diabolic or satanic pattern that can carry the sins of someone into the afterlife to appease immortal , potentially excuse another thing the goats ofSeverancesymbolize . In various mythologies , which Lumon is rooted in as much as faith , goats can defend conflicting values include richness - link up to Gemma ’s Cold Harbor elbow room - teemingness , aggressiveness , darker component like pandemonium and the devil , but also good luck . This struggle likely links to Lumon want to harness the manyTempers of Kier fromSeverance , explaining more symbolism behind their sacrifice .
Why Lumon Was Putting Ms. Casey In Mammalians Nurturable’s Husbandry Tanks
Lumon Likely Wanted To Test The Bonds Between The Sacrificial Beings
When Mark and Helly ask whether Gwendoline Christie ’s part has seen Ms. Casey in the department inSeveranceseason 2 , episode 3 , she let on that Ms. Casey used to do “ sessions ” in their agriculture tank . Despite primarily being used for aquatic animals , farming tanks are typically used for cultivating various aspects of biology and development . Ms. Casey being set in them show the overlap with Lumon ’s caprine animal and Gemma ’s status as sacrificial beings .
If Gemma was range alongside several goats to find out the best tantrum , Lumon could melt off the jeopardy of anything displeasing the spirit of Kier …
It was likely that Lumon was set Ms. Casey / Gemma alongside several goats in the Mammalians Nurturable section . This would probably have been done to test their " compatibility " as dual sacrifices . After all , the stooge is expected to shepherd Gemma ’s liveliness to Kier after they are killed , meaning Lumon will not want anything to go wrong . If Gemma was lay alongside several laughingstock to find the good burst , Lumon could reduce the risk of anything displeasing the feel of Kier .
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Why The Mammalians Nurturable Department Thinks MDR Has Pouches
Severance Brings Back A Season 1 Severed Floor Rumor
One of the most peculiar moments in Helly and Mark ’s visit to Mammalians Nurturable inSeveranceseason 2 , instalment 3 - that does not link to Gemma ’s sacrifice alongside one of the Capricorn the Goat - go on when Gwendoline Christie ’s eccentric makes them show their stomachs in front of the other department workers . After doing so , Christie ’s type tells her colleagues , “ See ? Pouchless . ” Another employee retorts that point their stomachs means nothing , indicating thatMammalians Nurturable has been give repeated propaganda claiming that Macrodata Refinement workers have stomach pouches akin to kangaroos .
Lumon ’s Departments In Severance
Name
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Purpose
Macrodata Refinement
build Innies for Testing Floor content
Optics & Design
embellish the cut off storey
Mammalians Nurturable
enkindle goats for sacrifice alongside Testing Floor subjects
The Testing Floor
try rift bounds for Lumon ’s various experiments
government activity
Overseeing every department on the cut off floor
Wellness
keep on severed worker mentally glad
Perpetuity Wing
Exploring the vast account of the Eagan folk
This is not the first time that MDR employee have been accused of take pouches . That idea was first impart up duringBurt and Irving ’s scenes together inSeveranceseason 1when the former insistedthere was a widespread rumor that MDR employees are all marsupials with larvae in their pouch that will finally eat and replace them . It seemed like this hypothesis was only spread around Optics and Design , butSeveranceseason 2 now confirms that it also made its way to the goat horse wrangler who bred their livestock for a sacrificial means of pleasing Lumon ’s beginner , Kier Eagan .
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