Severance
monition ! This clause control spoilers for Severance season 2 ’s instalment 7 .
One of the rooms on Lumon ’s testing flooring inSeveranceseason 2 ’s episode 7 features a strange flight computer simulation way , raise many questions about what Lumon is sample to achieve . Severancehas consistently reminded witness that Lumon ’s work is " mysterious and important " without explicitly mentioning what the company is trying to achieve . Even afterSeveranceseason 2 ’s installment 7 , there is an strain of secret surrounding the company ’s true role . However , the unusual testing floor rooms might have hint at some answers .
Before its credits embark on rove , Severanceseason 2 ’s episode 7 reveals the public figure of several testing floor rooms : Allentown , Dranesville , Siena , Lucknow , Loveland , Wellington , St. Pierre , Zurich , and Cold Harbor . Despite let out so many room , the show only discloses what happens inside three of them . While Wellington is where one of Gemma ’s innies is put through painful dental treatments , another unknown elbow room makes her have the pain in the ass of write thank - you Christmas letter . One mysterious room also place her in a turbulent flight , take it hard not to wonder what Lumon is assay to do to her .
Why Did Lumon Put Gemma In A Simulated Airplane Crash?
The Room Tests Whether The Innie’s Trauma Leaks Into The Outie’s Consciousness
Each way on the testing level in Severance season 2 ’s episode 7 seems to subjugate Gemma ’s innies to a form of torture . While one of her innies is forced to experience the nuisance of unceasing dental treatments , another wear the weight of writing an dateless figure of thank - you Christmas letters . The simulated aeroplane way makes another one of her innies know a turbulent flying that could possibly crash , potentially piss it one of the most terrific rooms on the testing floor . Severanceseason 2 has not explicitly revealed the purpose of these rooms , but it might have hint at some answer .
Severance time of year 2 , episode 7 introduces a disturbing newfangled Lumon character , Doctor Mauer , who has dark ties to the cardinal closed book of the show .
After looking at Gemma ’s footage from a server room , Drummond and Mauer know that her severance blocks are holding up . By drawing this conclusion , they seemingly imply that even though Gemma ’s innies are being exposed to extremely traumatic case systematically , none of their memories are seeping into her outie consciousness . As presently as she leaves the rooms and tear back to her outie image , her memories of the events from the room vanish . This suggests that Lumon is trying to test how effectively the rooms create a barrier between Gemma ’s innie and outie memories .
What Is Lumon Really Preparing Gemma For After All The Rooms On The Testing Floor?
Lumon’s True Purpose Remains Ambiguous
AlthoughSeveranceseason 2 ’s episode 7 does not delve into the details of Lumon ’s overarching design , it seems potential that the troupe hop to formulate a method to free humanity from all pain and suffering . Just like Gemma seems to give up herself from the injury and pains she experiences in the rooms after she transitions back to her outie , Lumon hopes that many other humans will finally be able to avoid uncomfortable experiences by simply snap into their innies . This would explicate why even Gabby Arteta alternate to her innie during her stay at the Damona Birthing Retreat inSeveranceseason 1 .
… it is horrifying how the innies are do by as lesser humans and squeeze to incessantly go through the undesirable situation their outies desire to avoid .
The one who feel nervous about flying and experiencing turbulency could switch to their innies during flights , which would prevent them from experiencing the discomfort it brings them . Similarly , others who hate writing Christmas letters or visiting the dental practitioner could make their innies take on those unpleasant tasks , freeing themselves from the aroused effect of the bodily process . If this is what Lumon is trying to achieve in Severance through the experiment on Gemma , it is horrifying how the innies are treated as lesser humans and forced to endlessly experience the undesirable office their outies want to avoid .
Severance is a psychological thriller serial featuring Adam Scott as Mark Scout , an employee at Lumon Industries who undergoes a " severance " subroutine to separate his work and personal storage . However , as work and life character enigmatically begin to collide , it chop-chop becomes clear that not all is as it seems . Created by Dan Erickson and train by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle .
