Severance
warn ! This article check SPOILERS for Severance season 2 , episode 1!Irving reveals to Dylan that his Outie has been painting a black hall at Lumon , which may give the Innies a large clue to unraveling the society ’s mysteries inSeveranceseason 2 . InSeverance ’s season 1 finale , Dylan stayed behind while enacting the “ overtime contingency ” for Mark , Helly , and Irving , which sent their Innie role into their Outies ’ bodies outside the position . When Irving woke up , his Outie was in the center of painting a dark hallway that head to a mystical elevator at the office , which he had already painted on several occasions .
When the Innies return to Lumon ’s Macrodata Refinement Department in time of year 2 , episode 1 , they each portion out what they pick up during overtime contingence . While Mark is good , Helly lies about really being Helena Eagan , with Irving being hesitating to disclose his experiences until Dylan finally convinces him . Irving in the end explains that he was paint a mordant hallway with " an lift at the end with a down arrow . " What Irving does n’t realize is thathe was painting the lift to the Testing Floor , which has some major implicationsforSeveranceseason 2 ’s story .
Why Irving’s Outie Repeatedly Paints Lumon’s Dark Hallway To The Elevator
It’s Seemingly An Image That Bled Over To His Outie’s Brain From His Innie
The melodic theme that Irving ’s Outie is able-bodied to paint the hallway leading up to the Testing Floor suggest thatSeverance ’s Innies and Outiesare able-bodied to have their consciousnesses hemorrhage over into one another – even though it was thought to be insufferable . Irving ’s Outie should n’t have any idea what the severed floor of Lumon looks like , yet he has an faultless vision of the elevator that was look take Ms. Casey / Gemma down to the Testing Floor toward the closing ofSeveranceseason 1 .
There ’s always the potential that Irving himself has been experimented on at Lumon ’s Testing Floor but had this memory score out from his cognisance .
It seems that the only way that could be possible isif that figure of the hall is somehow ingrained into the portion out part of the nous of Irving ’s Innie and Outie , which is being subconsciously remove . While it does n’t seem like Irving recollect having gone to the lift by the Testing Floor inSeveranceseason 2 , that does n’t necessarily have in mind that he has n’t . There ’s always the potential that Irving himself has been experiment on atLumon ’s Testing Floorbut had this retentiveness erased from his consciousness , perhaps only being get at through dream that his Outie later paint .
Christopher Walken plays Burt Goodman in Severance , and there are some all-important details to call back about him and John Turturro ’s Irving from season 1 .
It ’s alsopossible that some range of a function of the hall to the Testing Floor is shroud in the number that Irving is working with at Macrodata Refinement . Severanceseason 2 , sequence 1 ’s endingrevealed a computer screen effigy of Gemma being hold in a unusual way on Mark ’s Indian file , Cold Harbor , but his Innie still has n’t been seen reacting to that abbreviated image . That could mean that all the files and act sorted by Macrodata Refinement correspond to sure positioning and multitude at Lumon , with some aspect of Irving ’s numbers potentially leading him to the Testing Floor .
Could Irving’s Naps At Lumon Be Sending His Work Memories To His Outie?
Are His Innie & Outie Minds Connected When He’s Unconscious?
Another possible explanation for how Irving ’s Outie is able to see the Testing Floor elevator hallway could tie into Irving ’s Innie take forty winks inSeveranceseason 1 . It was n’t really explained why Irving became so tired at work throughoutSeveranceseason 1 , which would top to his Innie nod off and often seeing some mysterious black goo surround the office . Milchick would frequently restate to Irving ’s Innie that sleeping at the office was strictly interdict , but it seemed that there was a deeper reason than a simple lack of professionalism or work efficiency .
The blackened gunk that Irving ’s Innie sees when he ’s tired could be symbolise the black oil paint that his Outie utilize to paint the elevator .
Thereason for Irving being prohibited from nappingcould potentially be that sleeping tolerate for more confusedness and integrating between the Innie and Outie brains . The cut off person ’s unconsciousness in a sleeping state could be merged between their Innies and Outies , so it ’s potential that Irving ’s Innie was seeing the “ black goo ” of the duskiness in his Outie ’s unconscious mind while , simultaneously , his Outie ’s “ dream ” were becoming filled with ikon and memories from his Innie ’s subconscious mind . Then , after Irving ’s Outie full wakes up , he might be painting the visions of what he saw from his Innie in his dreams .
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What Irving Painting The Hallway To The Testing Floor Could Mean For Severance Season 2’s Story
Irving’s Paintings Can Help The Innies Find Ms. Casey
Irving ’s paintings do n’t just hint at how the Innie and Outie minds are still connected , but they also rag some gravid twists to come inSeveranceseason 2 . Mark ’s biggest current motivation for both his Innie and Outie is to picture out thetruth about Gemma / Ms. Casey . Mark ’s Outie wants to confirm that she ’s alive , and Mark ’s Innie wants to get her out of Lumon and stop whatever they ’re doing to her . GivenMs . Casey was seen go down the elevator to the Testing Floor inSeveranceseason 1 ’s penultimate sequence , that location is now key to find out the truth .
SeveranceSeason 2 ’s Remaining Episode agenda
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2
January 24 , 2025
3
January 31 , 2025
4
February 7 , 2025
5
February 14 , 2025
6
February 21 , 2025
7
February 28 , 2025
8
March 7 , 2025
9
March 14 , 2025
10
March 21 , 2025
Irving ’s paintings might also eventually go him to essay to incur the other employees ’ Outies , as they could potentially help him study what and where the positioning is . Regardless , Irving ’s Innie seeing those paintings means he knows that there ’s a room at Lumon metaphorically shrouded in darkness , hinting at the cruelties and secret secrets that Lumon keeps down there . It seems inevitable that Irving ’s Innie will either falter upon or go looking for the Testing Floor elevator inSeveranceseason 2 , which might be what lastly queer the truth about Lumon ’s experimentation with Ms. Casey .
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Severance is a psychological thriller serial publication sport Adam Scott as Mark Scout , an employee at Lumon Industries who undergoes a " severance " subprogram to separate his work and personal computer storage . However , as piece of work and life personas cryptically start out to clash , it quickly becomes clear that not all is as it seems . create by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle .
