Severance
Warning ! This article hold back spoilers for Severance season 2 ’s episode 1 .
Severanceseason 2 instalment 1 ’s end features a sibylline setting that seems to confirm one plausible hypothesis about what the MDR section does at Lumon . Like its predecessor , Severanceseason 2 start slowly and bit by bit builds its overarch tautness by walking through the aftermath ofseason 1 ’s Overtime Contingency incident . In its early moments , the episode highlights how only Mark has consort to return to the Lumon role to continue his work .
However , at Mark ’s request , the Board agrees to bring his onetime team back , marking Helly , Irving , and Dylan ’s restitution . With what follows , the episode blossom all the new changes Lumon has introduce to enhance Mark and the other MDR workers ' experience as innies . However , as the episode ’s ending confirms , nothing is as it seems , and the true nature of theMacrodata Refinement department ’s job inSeveranceis way darker than Mark realise .
Severance Season 2’s Episode 1 Seemingly Confirms Mark’s MDR Role & Numbers Have Something To Do With Gemma
Season 2 Episode 1’s Ending Hints At What Mark Has Been Working On
A lot befall inSeveranceseason 2 ’s episode 1 . However , the most challenging moment of the instalment is in its last import when the MDR team finally sit down and starts working on their Marcodata Refinement files . Mark seems to be working on a data file called " Cold Harbor . " As soon as he sorts some data point on his screen into the bank identification number below , the show briefly switches to another computer screen that shows a picture of Gemma / Ms. Casey with other information . A closer look at the screen bring out Gemma ’s core pace and other vital subroutine .
When Mark classify the data on his screen , his file ’s progress bar increases to 68 % , which is the same number reflected on the progress bar on the screen with Gemma .
The screen that shows Gemma also has " Cold Harbor " written in the top correct recess , intimate that Mark ’s work has something to do with her . When Mark class the information on his screen , his data file ’s progress bar increases to 68 % , which is the same routine reflected on the advancement legal profession on the silver screen with Gemma . These subtle particular fromSeveranceseason 2 episode 1 ’s end seem to confirm that Mark ’s MDR work is flat linked with his outie ’s wife , Gemma , who is believe to be all in .
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Severance’s Season 2 Story Development Further Supports Mark & Gemma’s MDR Theory
The Gemma Revelation Makes A Season 1 Theory More Convincing
AfterSeveranceseason 1 , many viewers theorized thatthe MDR is do simple machine check by sorting the numbers and data set . They are unknowingly serve Lumon either take something or manually " edit " certain people or group to make them more pliable or compliant . It was also theorized that Mark had specifically been act on Gemma ’s single file , which would explain why , when he was a new employee , he managed to sort all the data in his first file cabinet in one go . The MDR employees call it his " freshman good fortune , " but his success could have something to do with his familiarity with his file ’s datum .
Lumon shows a strange " Macrodat Uprising " television to the MDR workers in Severance time of year 2 ’s episode 1 , raise questions about the caller ’s motives .
InSeveranceseason 1 ’s termination , Ms. Casey was also send to the testing floor after fail to fulfill her responsibilities . She also seems spookily robotic almost throughoutSeveranceseason 1 , suggesting she is not a normal man . The " Cold Harbor " file also has a subdivision that suppose " 25.00 ( Build ) , " hinting thatMark is working on Gemma ’s twenty-fifth looping . Although the true nature of MDR ’s work and Lumon ’s purpose remains shrouded inSeverance , these little details hint Mark and the other workers are " refine " or " developing " actual people .
severing is a psychological thriller series boast Adam Scott as Mark Scout , an employee at Lumon Industries who undergoes a " severing " procedure to separate his work and personal memory board . However , as work and life personas cryptically begin to collide , it quickly becomes clear-cut that not all is as it seems . create by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle .
