Severance
monition ! This article contains pillager for Severance season 2 , episode 7 .
Severanceseason 2 , episode 7 officially inclose Doctor Mauer , a Lumon employee with a dark history that ties to the central secrets of the show . For the most part , Severance ’s cast of charactershas retained the same focus they received in time of year 1 . Although a greater vehemence has been placed on the differences betweenSeverance ’s Innies and Outies , the only recurring new cast member has been Sarah Bock ’s Miss Huang , given her grandness to the severed floor .
However , Severanceseason 2 , sequence 5teased a fresh character who was revealed to have a dark use in instalment 7 . The former episode introduced this mystical grapheme without ever showing his face , whistling a song before obtaining dental putz from the O&D employee and disappearing down the elevator toSeverance ’s forbidding Exports Hall , also known as the Testing Floor . InSeveranceseason 2 , episode 7 , this Isle of Man was revealed as Doctor Mauer , as was his role as a Lumon employee and its ties to Mark ’s history .
Doctor Mauer Runs The Testing Floor Experiments At Lumon
Specifically Tied To Gemma’s Fate As A Lumon Subject
Severanceseason 2 , episode 7 provides a wealth of details about Gemma and her life , both before being take by Lumon to serve as Ms. Casey and after . During the portion of Gemma ’s story that take property on Lumon ’s Testing Floor , Doctor Mauer is reintroduce as a dentist , whistling the same strain he was in episode 5 . However , Doctor Mauer is shown in several different scenario , be it as Gemma ’s husband during a Christmas setting , a flight accompaniment on a gate-crash plane , or a even Lumon doctor .
A Lumon employee whistles a meaningful tribe song while wheeling a mysterious tray to the testing flooring elevator in Severance season 2 , episode 5 .
These unlike scenarios are all confined to dissimilar rooms on Lumon ’s Testing Floor , each with a discrete name attached to it . This all reveal more about Lumon ’s design with Gemma and likely people after her , which includes produce several severed personality for numerous places and situations . Each fourth dimension Gemma enters one of the room , she becomes a different Innie and is convinced that she only ever spend time in that room , despiteSeveranceseason 2 , episode 7 showing her in countless other scenarios .
Doctor Mauer is at the head word of all of this . At one point , Mauer is shown babble out with Drummond , Helena ’s bodyguard , who has played a part inSeveranceseason 2 , take a firm stand that the severance barriers are holding and that the applied science is work . It is exculpated Mauer is the man responsible for for alter the break up chips so that Lumon can make multiple Innies in a singular person , with Gemma being the ill-fated test study for this raw procedure .
Severance Subtly Reveals How Doctor Mauer Recruited Gemma Before Her “Death”
A Small Easter Egg Proves Gemma Has Always Been On Lumon’s Radar
To makeSeveranceseason 2 , episode 7 ’s Gemma tale even more tragic , the show highlights what happened between her and Mark before her supposed decease . The instalment bring out their first meeting , their interactions after they take off dating , and their living after marriage , during which they essay to have small fry . Heartbreakingly , these scenes transition into Gemma and Mark ’s sojourn to a fertility clinic after imply problem uncover that they could not conceive for one reason or another .
Doctor Mauer can be seen exiting a hallway and walking towards the clinic ’s front desk , casting a pointed spirit in Gemma ’s direction …
Upon their entering to the fertility clinic , Gemma and Mark visit the front desk before lease a bottom in the lobby . During this scene , Doctor Mauer can be seen get out a hallway and walking towards the clinic ’s front desk , casting a pointed look in Gemma ’s management . The photographic camera keeps the stress on Mark the entire sentence , signify Mauer ’s subtle appearance could easily be missed . no matter , this implies that Lumon has kept tab on Gemma since before the company faked her death , potentially even manipulating her by promising her that Lumon ’s experiments will allow her to have shaver in the hereafter .
Why Does Doctor Mauer Have To “Say Goodbye” To Gemma After Cold Harbor?
The End For Gemma & Mauer Remains Clouded In Mystery
Perhaps the most interesting scene regarding Mauer and his family relationship with Gemma came during one of the former ’s conversations with Drummond . Drummond insists that Mark has almost completedSeverance ’s Cold Harbor filing cabinet , which was also the name given to the only room Gemma has not visited on the Testing Floor . Drummond prompt Mauer that he will have to say good-by to Gemma once Mark completes Cold Harbor , to which Mauer replies,“I am aware,“and the two plowshare a"For Kier"mantra .
The combust doubtfulness here is why Mauer has to say goodby to Gemma after Cold Harbor is completed . Admittedly , the answer to this remains out of scope . It is still unclear what Cold Harbor is and what it will do to Gemma , just as it is still unrequited why Mark alone is so important to its pass completion . Whatever these answers prove to be , Severanceseason 2 , episode 7 makes it clear that they will not be tolerant to Gemma ’s future , imply that either every personality she has - include her own - will be removed or that she will be get rid of from Lumon entirely .
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