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Warning ! This article contains spoilers for Severance season 2 , episode 8 .

Severanceseason 2 , episode 8 at last answer the mystery story about the Cobel family that were first lift three year ago . Theending ofSeveranceseason 1did not do much to respond the many combust questions audience had after its nine - episode story . While the events ofSeverance ’s Overtime Contingency protocol revealed that Helly was an Eagan and Innie Mark found out about Ms. Casey , these aspects were either already confirmed or heavily card in previous episodes .

As such , many of the overarchingquestions were left forSeveranceseason 2 . Some of these questions have already been answer , especially withSeveranceseason 2 , sequence 7 ’s endingrevealing what is unfeignedly materialise to Gemma / Ms. Casey . That say , the true history of the Cobel family has been bequeath in the dark . That is , untilSeveranceseason 2 , installment 8 . Now , various mysterious elements of this phratry have been brought to luminance , be it Harmony ’s remain family fellow member or those who have communicate on .

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Severance Season 2 Explains The Significance Of Charlotte Cobel’s Breathing Tube

Harmony’s Mother Needed End-Of-Life Care

One of these mysteries surrounded Harmony Cobel ’s female parent , Charlotte . The history of Charlotte ’s life was first teased inSeveranceseason 1 when Harmony clutched a external respiration tube-shaped structure wear a ticket translate Charlotte ’s name as she smash up her shrine to Kier Eagan . InSeveranceseason 2 , episode 8 , this tube returned , with Harmony substantiate it as her mothers .

It was reveal that Charlotte was Harmony ’s mother and that she was sick , postulate ending - of - lifetime maintenance . The breathing tube was reportedly the only thing keeping her alive . Eventually , Charlotte died before Harmony was able-bodied to say auf wiedersehen , explain why the latter keeps such a darkly intimate souvenir of the formerwith her at all time .

Did Charlotte Cobel Really Take Out Her Own Breathing Tube To End Her Own Life?

Or Was It Really Sissy?

One of the more dead - lived mysteries ofSeveranceseason 2 , episode 8 was who actually killed Charlotte . As she makes clear several time throughout the narration , Harmony thinks that it was her aunt , Charlotte ’s sister , who remove the respiration tube . However , Sissy subsequently lay claim that Charlotte slay her own underground and terminate her own life .

Severance time of year 2 , episode 8 enclose a character named Sissy , calling into doubt how she is connected to Ms. Cobel and the overall populace .

Severanceseason 2 , episode 8 does not give a definitive response either way , essentially leaving this up to the audience to determine . Charlotte ’s life could not have been a pleasant one , so it is not entirely incomprehensible to trust she removed her own breathing tubing . On the other hand , Sissy makes it clear that she hate Charlotte for being a non - believer in the ways of Lumon and the Eagans , meaning it could be possible she killed her own sis . Either way , big motion were answered about the Cobel family line inSeveranceseason 2 , capitalizing on a three - year - erstwhile tease from season 1 .

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