The Severance 2x04 Reaction
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1. I think the twin story was a metaphor. Keir went into the woods and killed the part of him that was a servant to human appetites and in so doing, he “tamed his tempers”. 2. I dont know if this story was concocted just for our four innies, but one thing that leads (me) to believe it may have been is the name Deiter. Tremel Tillman (the actor who plays Milcheck) has stated the entire purpose of this outing is to scare the innies so that they dont want to go outside anymore. And i cant help but notice that the name Deiter quite similar to “deter”. As in to discourage someone from doing something.
You're wrong again. Dieter is referred to in the outie world in another episode, aka Dieter's Twin as a band name on a marquee, so he wasn't invented just to scare innies.
I generally like their reactions but they talk over important plot points in this show. Often speculating about stuff that will soon be answered and are not pertinent to whats happening on screen. In this episode for example they missed that Irving was being executed he wasnt simply being fired. The data that made him his innie was being wiped. They missed all of that because they were talking about what a badass Irving was. That kind of thing keeps happening in each episode.
One of the best episodes of TV this decade.
Syncing at the start with the goddamn echoing was hell, lol
I love how they immediately recognized helly was never cruel
Not sure if you noticed, but in Irving’s dream sequence the creepy Woe character was sitting diagonally across from Irving which is the same relative position of Irving and Helly’s cubicles in MDR. Perhaps that was meant to signify the moment in his dream when he realised who Helly really was, coz it was straight after that he woke up and started running towards the waterfall.
Also, during that dream, the text on his computer screen only contained numbers and the letters "E, A, G, N" which briefly morphed into helly's face.
I don't think Helly is trying to be someone else...she believes that Helly is her in the sense that "her Innie is not a person, but she (Helena) is". She sees Helly's experiences as an extension of herself, and therefore Helly's relationships are hers, and not Helly's. She seemed genuinely hurt and cried when Irving said she was someone else, trying to insist "it's me". And in a way, that's true. The message of this series is that "we're people, not parts of people". If Helena decides to reintegrate down the line, all of this would be a part of her as one person. That being said I totally agree with you on the conversation around consent and how manipulative this is on Helena's end.
Am i the only one that thought what irving said about marks wife was out of pocket? Everyone talks about what helena said rightfully so but i still think the irv thing wasn’t cool either
true, but Gemma didn't mean to innie mark what Burt means to Irving, so the statement doesn't hold the same weight.
But why was there no intro during the episode...its got to mean something but I can't figure out what
Its just to save time. They want to fit more story into the episode and chose to save time by not having an intro. Shows do it all the time. That’s often how u know u r getting a really good episode.
Depending on the episode, I love each character so much (I love all of them equally) but there's something really endearing about Irving.
I'm always sad that nobody seems to recognise John Turturro. Obviously not enough people watch Coen brothers' movies.
Again, I want to recommend Silo, also an Apple original with a unique storyline and ongoing mystery. Different world but somehow similar vibes and quality (although I can't say much about season 2 as I haven't watched it yet). I think you would really enjoy it!
We saw at the end of season 1 some hints that Irving might have a military & investigative background (map, list of names etc), and we also saw his memories leaking between innie & outie with the painting stuff….I wonder if Irvings brain is wired for analytical/investigative thinking and maybe that helped him figure out it wasn’t Helly.
yeah, and him methodically drowning Helena like that seemed like muscle memory. I wonder if outie Irving has done that before.
Marshmallows are for team players...
They don't just hand them out 😤
Severance is here ..... 🤗🤗🤗
Severance's Pine Barrens is weird af.
Helena's creepy face change in the tent was an phenomenal piece of acting by Britt. It was even more disturbing than Bilbo's sudden face change in Rivendell. That's a reference for Lola, maybe not for Milena ;)
let's go! Sad it got delayed but now I can rewatch 4 before watching 5 so it's all good.
yesterday i finally caught up with the sopranos so tomorrow i'll start s2 of severance and i haven't been spoiled so that's a win. can't wait. ps: loving the gilmore girls t-shirt ❤️
You made it!
Two incredible lines by Irving: - "Helly was never cruel" - "YES, DO IT SETH!!" John Turturro just better get an Emmy nomination. Amazing television!
Good Night, LM!