Severance
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warn ! This clause contains SPOILERS for Severance time of year 2 , episode 7!Some long - awaited answers are finally given about Lumon ’s body of work inSeveranceseason 2 , installment 7 , include thehidden uses for the computer and their data screen out in Macrodata Refinement . One of the most iconic quotes fromSeverancecomes from Mark describe the nature of theMacrodata Refinement department ’s purposeback in time of year 1 , telling the disbelieving Helly , “ The work is mysterious and important . ” That sentiment has persist across all the machine and turn ofSeverance , though “ Chikhai Bardo ” gives some lurid clarifications about the secrets Lumon has been hiding in connection to MDR and the Testing Floor .
AsMark ’s Outie recover from his reintegration sickness , Severanceseason 2 , sequence 7 simultaneously travels through the backstory of Mark and Gemma ’s kinship , the realism of what she ’s been experiencing on the Testing Floor over the retiring two yr , and what Mark ’s theatrical role has inadvertently been in Lumon ’s current plans for her . The episode ’s exploration of Lumon ’s Testing Floor surgical procedure opens up viewer ’ eye to dismal secrets that have been hiding in plain sight all along , includingthe double - function of MDR ’s computer screens , the real meaning of their files , and what they ’re actually “ refine . ”
MDR’s Computers Are Secretly Cameras & Each Innie Is Being Closely Watched
Each MDR Innie Has Their Own Designated “Watcher” On The Testing Floor
Though it should n’t have come as a surprise considering the security measures footage occasionally figure in season 1,Severanceseason 2 , episode 7 reassert thatMDR ’s computer in secret twofold as cameras . After the installment rewinds the timeline back to whenGemma ’s Innie , Ms. Casey , observe MDR for the sidereal day back in season 1,Severance ’s tv camera point - of - view track from Mark and Gemma in MDR , through Mark ’s computer , down a serial of conducting wire , and finally to another like computer screen on the Testing Floor .
It does n’t appear that MDR ’s " watchers " on the Testing Floor are also lop .
As it turns out , each of MDR ’s employees has a consecrate “ watcher ” always observing them through hidden cameras in their computing machine screen . When Mark and his colleagues are working at their desks , the watcher are capable to observe everything within the computer concealment ’s field of sight . This allows the spectator on the Testing Floor to analyse the refiner ’ emotional reactions to the numbers , report on whether the Innies are absent from their desk or are in reality work , and pick up on the conversation being had in that room .
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Helena Eagan ’s return in Severance season 2 , episode 5 comes with a lamentable new realization that connect to Macrodata Refinement ’s numbers .
to boot , on the back - ending , the watchers are also capable to see precisely how much march on each of the Innies is making on their files . When the numbers are classify into different boxes and class , these spectator track that process and give updates on the files ’ forward motion . For case , when Drummond and Dr. Mauer go to the “ witness ” orbit on the Testing Floor , they ’re able-bodied to forthwith witness and hash out the delay inMark ’s progress on his Cold Harbor file . It is n’t just Milchick or , formerly , Cobel micromanaging the Innies – an entire squad is dedicated to monitoring their every move .
MDR’s Files On Their Computers Connect To Different Rooms On Lumon’s Testing Floor
Gemma Has To Undergo Different Experiments/Procedures In Each Room
Another large reveal that add up fromSeveranceseason 2 , episode 7 is what the files that MDR is work on in reality are . Though it was already make love that they were categorize groups of numbers based on look and evenly balancing those unlike categories within a file , it was n’t clear what it was all in reality for . As it turns out , each ofMDR ’s files corresponds to a different way on the Testing Floor . Siena , Allentown , Tumwater , and Cold Water , among several others , are each the names of dissimilar room that Gemma has to visit inLumon ’s bottom - base department .
SeveranceSeason 2 ’s Remaining Episode Schedule
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March 7
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March 14
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March 21
moreover , we do n’t just recognize that the files are room , but we also know what happens in some of them . For instance , one is a tooth doctor ’s government agency in which Gemma has dental work done , one is an plane flight simulationin which Gemma is put on a crashing aircraft , and one is decorated for Christmas in a retiring epoch , with Gemma have to constantly write thank you card for the gifts . It ’s also implied that Gemma has a dissimilar Innie for each way , with MDR ’s number assort seemingly process to “ refine ” the room andGemma ’s comparable Inniefor each file .
Lumon Completely Lied About Getting Rid Of Cameras On The Severed Floor
Lumon Never Stopped Their Constant Surveillance
see MDR ’s computers twofold as security measure cameras , this is just one more way in whichMilchick lied about Lumon ’s change inSeveranceseason 2 , sequence 1 . When the Innies return afterSeveranceseason 1 ’s ending , Milchick informed them that Lumon had implement numerous reform on the severed trading floor , including the remotion of security measures camerasand unexampled perks like the hall choke , the Family Visitation Suite , and pineapple curtsy . Though it should have been expect , Severanceseason 2 confirms Lumon was never going to stop putting them under constant surveillance .
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