Severance
admonition : Spoilers ahead for Severance time of year 2 , sequence 4 , " Woe ’s Hollow"Severanceseason 2 ’s " Woe ’s empty " episode mark middling of a literary genre shift for the Apple TV+ show , transforming the psychological thriller into a full - mishandle horror serial . The fourth sequence of the season , which Ben Stiller take , features several significant moment forSeverance ’s principal quality . Not only does the MDR squad get a change of scenery with an outdoor retreat , but the group ’s dynamic also changes after a few shocking revelation . For one , Irving gets give the axe after nearly submerge Helly in an attempt to show that his coworker is really Helena .
Irving has been fishy of Helly sinceSeveranceseason 2 ’s premiere sequence , when he questions what Helly experienced in her Outie ’s body . The scourge during Lumon ’s out-of-door hideaway team - construction occurrence , or ORTBO , leads to the reveal thatHelena Eagan has been pretending to be Helly , corroborate a massiveSeverancefan hypothesis . The tense moment , however , comes after an instalment full of elements that lean more into horror than any other genre .
Season 2’s “Woe’s Hollow” Episode Turns Severance Into A Full-Blown Horror Show
Even The Episode’s Score Is Haunting
Severanceseason 2 , installment 4 ’s endingsuggests that the MDR squad will be down a member moving ahead . In what is supposed to be a team - building sashay in the Dieter Eagan National Forest , Lumon ends up doing more hurt than good . Aside from Irving ’s firing , there ’s proof that Helly did n’t return to the Severed Floor , at least not the Helly the squad believe they knew . All the chaos also occurs in a dreary , snow-covered forest context , givingSeverance ’s " Woe ’s Hollow " episode a horror - like setting , especially with the episode ’s score relying on creepy piano keystone to build suspense .
Irving ’s dream sequence really take " Woe ’s Hollow " to a different level of horror .
As the member of the MDR team are carry to this out-of-door setting , they come together and keep abreast " duplicate " version of themselves eerily pointing to the direction Milchick wants them to go . They pad through the C. P. Snow and mountainous terrain before partaking in a perturbing campfire discussion with their manager . In addition to the overall terrible vibes of the ORTBO setting , there ’s also thevery unknown narration of Dieter Eaganand the disconcert details like the random dead sealskin or the " cadaverous bride . " Of course , Irving ’s dream sequence truly takes " Woe ’s Hollow " to a unlike level of repugnance .
The MDR “Twins” Are Unsettling, But The Creepiest Part Of “Woe’s Hollow” Is Irving’s Nightmare
Irv’s ORTBO Didn’t Go So Well
Severanceis certainly no alien to unsettling aspect . The canonical premiss of severing human minds makes for a crazy psychological conception , especially when the show embraces sci - fi . Throw in some oddball characters and mysterious detail like Lumon ’s Capricorn way , andthere ’s no question whySeveranceelicits so many " what the f*ck " reactions . Sure , some previous elements run into horror , but " Woe ’s Hollow " dives into the musical genre more than ever before . While the front of the MDR " twins " is creepy , especially how they just stand and point , the most notable revulsion prospect comes from Irving ’s nightmare .
Severance season 2 acquaint a Lumon communications protocol named the Glasgow Block , which ties to another major possibility from the first four episodes .
Toward the end of " Woe ’s Hollow , " Irving wakes up alone in the darken woods before seeing a replica of the MDR squad ’s cubicles in the middle of the forest . The brilliant computer silver screen pull in moth , but the sequence get drastically more unsettling when Burt appears with a baleful look on his face as he moves the splitter between the kiosk down and back up . Severanceseason 2 then goes all - in with an appearance of the " gaunt St. Brigid , " before giving Irving a jump panic as he inflame up from the nightmare while giving TV audience another disturb image that will haunt them well after the sequence end .
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