Severance
monition : There are spoiler ahead for Severance season 2 , episode 8 , " Sweet Vitriol . "
The massive reveal about Harmony Cobel ( Patricia Arquette ) inSeveranceseason 2 , instalment 8 expose a harsh reality about the Eagans . The instalment sees Cobel repay to her hometown , Salt ’s Neck , to receive something of keen value to her . She and the audience are introduced to newSeverancecharacters , include her sister Sissy Cobel ( Jane Alexander ) and an former love interest , Hampton ( James Le Gros ) . They help put up valuable brainwave into Cobel ’s past , her previous dedication to Lumon , and the grief she still carries with her .
When Cobel last incur what she has been looking for inSeveranceseason 2 , installment 8 ’s ending , it is one of the show ’s biggest plot eddy yet . Cobel is give away to have designed the severance subroutine , with the notebook including her intent for it . This admit the circumference blueprints , the floor code , theOvertime Contingency Protocol , and the Glasgow Block . Such a major revelation is ball over in its own right , but it also recontextualizes what was already establish about the Eagans .
Cobel Creating The Severance Procedure Throws All The Eagans' Past Achievements & Claims Into Question
Their Present And Future Are Built On A Lie
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Jame Eagan ( Michael Siberry ) is credited with creating the severance procedure , which has become the foundation of Lumon ’s present and future . Between this accomplishment and Lumon ’s strong influence in the outside world , there was a perception of theEagan familybeing genius masterminds . That sensing has been shatter now that the truth about the rift routine has come out , exposing the Eagans as impostor who slip their crowning achievement from one of their own followers .
Cobel was convey her own private test on Mark and Gemma ’s Innies back in Severance time of year 1 , and the actual reason for them is finally revealed .
Since the Eagans did not make severance , all of their other preceding achievement and call are now also add into interrogation . Everything known about Kier Eagan , along with the macrocosm and development of Lumon itself , may be a lie as well . As seen by the necessitous state that Lumon leftSalt ’s Neckin , the company destruct the place that it have-to doe with and lets others suffer for their failures . Without stealing and taking credit for Cobel ’s idea , Lumon and the Eagans may have been put down by their own bankruptcy too .
Many Severance Theories About The Eagans Now Give Them Far Too Much Credit
Their Eagans' Real Power Is Not Their Scientific And Technological Innovations
Theories about Lumon ’s boardand what they are doing with Gemma / Ms. Casey ( Dichen Lachman ) included the Eagans resurrecting the drained and create a collective consciousness of all their ascendent . However , if the Eagans were unable to project out breach on their own , it is extremely improbable that they are capable of such death - defying feats . The resurrecting the dead possibility was also quashed with season 2 , sequence 7 showing that Gemma did not die in a car clangor .
When it comes to actual science and technological innovation , though , the Eagans are not as unnerving as mostSeverancetheories believed them to be .
The Eagans ' greatest achievement is not severance , but convincing the world to believe that they are the pinnacle of human intelligence agency and power . The Lumon sword is find out practically everywhere and represent as a invariant , subconscious reminder of the Eagans ' influence . Manipulating Sissy and others to idolize their family and their corporation defecate the Eagans good fad leaders . When it comes to existent science and technical innovation , though , the Eagans are not as formidable as mostSeverancetheories believed them to be .
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