Severance
Warning ! SPOILERS in advance for Severance ’s season 2 finale!Confirming a popular fan theory , Severance ’s time of year 2 finale in the end explain exactly what Macrodata Refinement ’s numbers actually represent and what their purpose is at Lumon . The hidden meaning of the numbers andwhat the Macrodata Refinement section was actually doinghas been one of the biggest points of disarray inSeverance , withthe Innies themselves even being unlearned of their dependable determination until “ Cold Harbor . ”Back when Mark tried to guard their jobs to Helly in season 1 , he simply tell , “ The work is secret and important , ” but he had no idea how grim their tasks actually were .
AsSeverance’sThe Lexington Lettercompanion book revealed , MDR ’s task is to screen clump of numbers on their silver screen based on what feeling they fire in the refiners . There are four categories ( WO , FC , DR , and MA ) that these clusters can match into , with the refiners at last completing a single file after filling five boxes with these four categories equally distribute in each . However , obscure to thisLumon department ’s Innies before Cobel explained it to Mark inSeveranceseason 2 ’s ending , the issue always had a darker role in Lumon ’s plans with Gemma , quiz severance limits , and do Kier ’s mission .
MDR’s Numbers Balance The Four Tempers & Create A New Consciousness For An Innie
The Numbers Represent Different Tempers In A Subject’s Mind
When Cobel and Devon have to convert Mark ’s Innie to go along with their plan to rescue Gemma on Lumon ’s Testing Floor , Patricia Arquette’sSeverancecharacter finally discloses the truth about his work . According to Cobel , the number from Mark ’s file are “ a doorway into the mind of [ his ] Outie ’s wife , Gemma Scout . ” The touch sensation that are fire by the number are woefulness , frolic , malice , and dread , which match to theFour snappishness delineate by Kier Eaganin his philosophy of the human soul . Cobel elaborates thatthe numeral clusters are Gemma ’s irritation , “ the building block of her mind . ”
Temper
Associated Emotions
Symbolic Representation
Woe
sombre , sadness
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St. Brigid
Frolic
Joy , frivolity
Jester
Dread
Fear , anxiety
Crone
venom
furor , intent to harm
Ram
Every Indian file that is complete by Mark and MDR creates a unexampled Innie awareness for Gemma on the Testing Floor . By balance Gemma ’s tempers in each room , her new Innies are foray of her original personality , which has been refined to mull over an “ idealized ” balance of Woe , Frolic , Dread , and Malice in her mind . By fuck off these temper to a specific balance within Gemma ’s head , her disposition is controlled , she becomes more calm , she lacks overtly wild reactions to situations ( Malice ) , her fear is downplay ( Dread ) , her sorrow is decreased ( Woe ) , and she loses a sure degree of fun ( Frolic ) .
As Severance season 2 , instalment 7 ultimately journeys down to Lumon ’s Testing Floor , some long - standing mysteries about MDR ’s computers & employment are clear .
InSeveranceseason 2 , episode 7 , the show ’s exploration of the Testing Floor bring out that wires unite MDR ’s figurer to various outlets on that tier , seemingly transmit the " refined " information to another storage location for all of Gemma ’s different consciousnesses . Gemma only has one severance fleck in her brain , but , similar to how Lumon can switch on the Overtime Contingency Protocol or theGlasgow Block , they can adjust the scope to change on a different Innie depending on her locationand what activity she ’s doing .
Every MDR File Corresponds To A Different Testing Floor Room & Innie Consciousness
Allentown, Siena, Cold Harbor, Etc. Each Create A Distinct Consciousness For Gemma
Severance ’s MDR employees have inadvertently create legion consciousness for Gemma through their files , each created to correspond to a unlike simulated experience or bodily function . While she remains the “ original ” Gemma in the hallways , each prison term thatGemma enters a new room on the examination Floorshe becomes a different Innie specifically design for that location . MDR ’s file like Allentown , Siena , Tumwater , and , the most late one , Cold Harbor , are also the names of unlike room down on the Testing Floor , with each take a dissimilar Gemma conscience attribute to them .
Before Cold Harbor , Mark disclose that he has already fill in 24 file , imply he was creditworthy for make 24 different Innie consciousness for Gemma .
The Gemma that walks through the door to Allentown and experience write thank you note on Christmas every solar day is n’t the same Gemma who walks through the door to Wellington and gets her teeth figure out on by a “ tooth doctor ” ( Lumon ’s Dr. Mauer ) or to Cold Harbor and has to establish a pony . Unless Lumon polish off a “ block ” or enacts sure manual protocols , these different Innies are entirely confined to their respective rooms / data file . Loveland Gemma will be change over “ off ” every time she leaves that room , reflecting MDR ’s Innies being switched off every meter they go up the elevator .
Are Helly, Dylan & Irving’s MDR Files Also About Gemma?
Why Was Mark More Important When Completing These Files?
ThroughoutSeveranceseason 2 , Lumon ’s executive put a huge emphasis on Mark ’s Innie being the only one who could complete theCold Harbor data file . As such , it ’s suggested that the refiner need a sealed personal connexion to the topic to properly complicate their emotions and personality . Mark ’s Innie does n’t know Gemma , but on a subconscious level in his shared psyche with his Outie , he may be able to recognise the touch sensation of Woe , Frolic , Dread , and Malice in Gemma ’s judgment and clump them more efficaciously than the other refiner .
Long after confirming Gemma ’s fate , Severance has eventually revealed what Lumon is doing to her , and it ’s more torturous than I expected .
However , that would n’t explain why Helly , Dylan , and Irving can successfully and speedily refine Gemma ’s tempers without their Outies knowing her . Severanceseason 2 , instalment 7 confirms thatHelly ’s season 1 file , Siena , corresponds to one of Gemma ’s rooms on the Testing Floor , so the other MDR employee ’ workplace is still usedto produce new Innies for Gemma . The grab for why her husband ’s Innie ’s work is more of import may just be that Mark rectify the more personalized experience ( e.g. Christmas , the sister trot ) , while the others complete more generalized situations ( for example the dentist . )
What The Real Purpose Of Lumon Creating Multiple Consciousnesses For One Person Is
It Supports Kier’s War Against Pain
When the Cold Harbor file turn out to have Gemma ’s vital organ , toughness , and information on the backend of the program inSeveranceseason 2 , installment 1 ’s terminate , spate of fan possibility abound regarding why Lumon might be balancing tempers and “ refining ” peoples ’ minds . Thepopular theory about MDR ’s numbers refining Gemma ’s judgement was confirmed by Cobel in the season 2 finale , but some comparable speculation about Lumon ’s purpose for doing so did n’t tear apart out . For instance , some theory hypothesise that Lumon stand for to turn citizenry into clon of Kier Eagan or falsify their minds to make them “ perfect ” Kier followers .
However , the veridical purpose of creating multiple consciousnesses and Innies for one person is to relieve pain . Drummond take note inSeverance ’s season 2 finale that the Cold Harbor single file and testing on Gemma were perform in an effort to supportLumon founding father Kier Eagan ’s “ eternal state of war against pain . ” That “ war ” began with Lumon ’s foundation in the pharmaceutic industry , but has evolve into a more psychological way of alleviating pain through the severing procedure .
By refusing to seeSeverance ’s Innies as people , Lumon does n’t have to feel guilty about constantly bring down them with pain and horror for their full existence .
With every new cognisance , the “ original ” person is capable to avoid feel pain in various experiences . The pain of the doctor ’s office , the annoyance and discomfort of incessantly writing thank - you banknote , the excited trauma of drive apart a crib for a baby who go before it was have a bun in the oven , and the nuisance and awe of a carpenter’s plane crashing – they all get to be receive by a different consciousness , leaving a person without the memory of that pain , sadness , anger , or fear .
It calls back to the purpose ofLumon ’s birthing cabins , which allow women to discerp themselves to invalidate feeling the pain sensation of childbirth , instead give that hurting and emotional trauma to an alternate consciousness who will never get to lie with that babe . Lumon using break up consciousnesses to go through one person ’s pain sensation alsoexplains why the Eagan folk is so adamantine about vilifying and dehumanizing Innies . By refusing to seeSeverance ’s Innies as people , Lumon does n’t have to feel guilty about constantly inflicting them with pain sensation and horror for their intact being .
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