Severance
monition ! This article contains spoilers for Severance time of year 2 , episode 2 .
Severanceseason 2 , episode 2 see Mark retort Lumon while Dylan and Irving were fire , begging the question of why this was the case . AfterSeveranceseason 1 ’s climactic ending , time of year 2 ’s first two installments focused on the aftermath of events . Severance ’s Overtime Contingencywas activated by Mark , Dylan , Helly , and Irving at the last of time of year 1 , allowing their Innies to waken in the outdoor world .
InSeveranceseason 2 , episode 1 , the fork of this event from the perspective of the Innies were explored . Severance ’s common cast of charactersreturned to work at Lumon after the company installed several reforms to make severed workers more comfortable . However , Severanceseason 2 , episode 2 revealed some big lies from Lumon , detailing what happened outside of the berth after the Overtime Contingency was activated . This resulted in Irving and Dylan being - temporarily - fire from the troupe while Mark continued to be employ , raising the question of why the latter did not face penalisation when his workfellow did .
Irving & Dylan’s Innies Didn’t Interact With Anyone Else (As Far As Lumon Knows), So They Could Lie About Their Termination Reason
Covering Up The Overtime Contingency Activation Was Priority Number One For Lumon
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After the Overtime Contingency was shut down by Milchick inSeveranceseason 1 ’s ending , the now - manager of Lumon was sent to visit the Outies of Irving , Mark , and Dylan to figure out the ship’s company ’s next move . Milchick decides to go off Irving and Dylan from Lumon , primarily because - as far as Milchick knows - neither fibre interacted with anyone on the exterior . For one , Dylan was never activated out of doors of work , meaning a story for his termination could be cook up with Outie Dylan none the wiser .
Upon bring down Irving ’s Outie , Milchick burn down him also . While it is yet to be unveil what just happened to Irving betweenSeveranceseason 1 ’s ending and the conniption with Milchick in time of year 2 , episode 2 , Irving ’s Outie likely does not know about the Overtime Contingency and , presumptively , did not talk to anyone else during the time it was activate . Milchick fires Irving as his Outie is also unsure of the specific item of what his Innie did during the Overtime Contingency , thus tying up the loose ends Lumon has .
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Mark’s Innie Going To A Party Meant They Couldn’t Lie About What Happened
Mark’s Time During The Overtime Contingency Was Very Different
Where Mark is concerned , Lumon could not make up a scenario that leave in Mark being fired due to his interaction with other people duringSeveranceseason 1 ’s ending . Mark ’s Innie awakened at a political party host by his baby Devon , eventually precede to him explain a lot about life on Lumon ’s severed story to her . When Milchick call in Mark inSeveranceseason 2 , instalment 2 , he can not knowingly lie about what happened , as Mark ’s Innie had told Devon and her husband , Ricken , the truth .
course , this led Milchick to handle the situation with Mark much differently . Rather than spin a web of lies , Milchick told Mark instantaneously that the Overtime Contingency had been activated and asked Devon what Innie Mark severalise her . Milchick does not observe his answers and leafage after telling Mark and his family that Ms. Cobel will not harm them inside or exterior of Lumon any longer . Later , Milchick appears at Mark ’s house to convince him to come back to Lumon , using Mark ’s grief over Gemma and Innie Mark ’s human relationship with Helly as leveraging .
Lumon Still Needed Mark At Work To Finish The Cold Harbor File
Mark’s Work Is Irreplaceable To Lumon
Milchick ’s endeavor to win over Mark to follow back to work inSeveranceseason 2 , instalment 2 - including the return of Helly , Dylan , and Irving after " firing " them from season 2 , episode 1 - in reality discover a deep , darker reason why Lumon did not fire him . As stated byHelly ’s outie identity , Helena Eagan , Lumon needs Mark to complete his work on " Project Cold Harbor . " It is not revealed incisively what Cold Harbor is , but some suggest fromSeveranceseason 2 , episode 1 render clues as to what it could be .
The Eagans play a huge persona in Severance , and their kinfolk tree diagram is briefly explained during the gang ’s visit to the Perpetuity Wing in time of year one .
The final photoflash that endedSeveranceseason 2 , episode 1 revealed that Mark ’s Macrodata Refinement work centered around Cold Harbor . As Mark ’s phone number entered the ABA transit number as is the norm for MDR oeuvre , the screen flashed to Gemma / Ms. Casey for a present moment . Again , it is not let out what Mark ’s work is nor how it connects to Gemma , but it is vindicated that it can not be completed without him . The snug family relationship Mark and Gemma once had is probable a cause for this , explaining why Lumon was unwilling to let Mark give up or be terminate inSeveranceseason 2 .
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break is a psychological thriller series featuring Adam Scott as Mark Scout , an employee at Lumon Industries who undergoes a " severance " procedure to separate his work and personal retentiveness . However , as work and life persona mysteriously begin to collide , it apace becomes clear that not all is as it seems . Created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle .
