Severance
Warning ! This clause moderate spoilers for Severance season 2 ’s episode 6 .
This article mentions a storyline that involves a suicide attempt .
Severanceseason 2 ’s instalment 6 establishes that Helena Eagan has a unknown fixation with Mark , raising many questions about why she is obsessed with him . Although theApple TV+ sci - fi show ’s second installing has been packed with many twist and turns so far , the biggest one has revolve around Helly / Helena . After the OTC incident fromSeveranceseason 1 ’s finish , Helena Eagan took the opportunity to replace her innie at the Lumon office . Initially , it was grueling not to believe that she did this to mitigate the hurt get by her innie to Lumon ’s reputation .
However , as the time of year progressed , it became discernible that she had ulterior motives . Irving caught her red - handed inSeveranceseason 2 ’s episode 4 , direct to her innie ’s return to Lumon . funnily , despite being removed from her innie ’s role and realizing how dangerous deceiving innies like Irving can be , Helena does not step back from obsessing over Mark . InSeveranceseason 2 ’s instalment 6 , she even stalks his outie and purposely bumps into him in a Chinese eatery , reach it intemperately not to wonder what she need from him .
Helena Witnessed Mark Save Her Life In Severance Season 1
She Sees Him As Her Savior
In one of its darkest sequences , Severanceseason 1 showed how Helly resorted to extreme measures to turn tail Lumon . When her outie , Helena , disagree to let her go and dehumanise her by saying that she had no self-direction , Helly took her fate into her own hands and attempted suicide by hanging herself in the lift . Eagle - eyed viewer might have observe that during this scene , the lift heads down soon after Helly hangs herself . As soon as the elevator " dings , " Helly also transitions into Helena before it maneuver back up .
Severance season 2 , episode 4 confirms a democratic theory about Helly and Helena , which will have major consequences for MDR ’s Innies and Outies .
When the lift reaches the severed floor again , it is Helena who remain conscious and not Helly . owe to this , Helena Eagan witnesses Mark save her life . Doug Graner seems to realize that Helly has transitioned into her outie , explain why he forces Mark to go out . Even later on in the series , Helena proceed sense the air pressure Gospel According to Mark around her neck opening because she experienced the full impact of Helly ’s actions . However , she feels thankful that Mark ’s innie saved her life before it was too tardy , which could be the biggest reason behind her compulsion with him .
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Helena’s Obsession With Mark Goes Beyond Her Jealousy Towards Helly
In Her Eyes, He Is Not Like The Other Innies
Helena ’s fixation with Mark undoubtedly has something to do with her share physiology with her innie , Helly . To a magnanimous grade , she also feels jealous of how her innie gets to experience more freely and experience true romance while she has to bear the pressures and arithmetic mean of being an Eagan . However , as theSeveranceseason 1 scene implies , her feelings for Mark stem from something deep .
Since Helena has never see anyone else love her so flatly , she can not aid but grow haunt with Mark .
fourth dimension and again , Severancehas suggested that Helena ’s father , Jame Eagan , apply his high outlook on Helena . He forces her to abide by the Eagan family ’s bequest and rudely call her a " fetid moppet " for her innie ’s actions even though she had no dominance over her . This establishes that even if he loves his daughter , he does it conditionally . Mark ’s innie , in contrast , unconditionally look up to Helly , which is reflected in his behavior when he economise her inSeveranceseason 1 . Since Helena has never seen anyone else bang her so unconditionally , she can not help but grow obsessed with Mark .
Severance is a psychological thriller serial publication featuring Adam Scott as Mark Scout , an employee at Lumon Industries who undergo a " severance " subroutine to separate his employment and personal memories . However , as work and animation personas mysteriously start to collide , it quickly becomes clear that not all is as it seems . Created by Dan Erickson and direct by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle .
