Severance 2x08 Reaction

So excited that y’all are considering Andor (if S2 delivers). I know you both will love S1!!

"The Nine" I think are the 9 core Lumon principles. The weird shit they pray to. Also interesting that at Irv's funeral they got 9 seconds of silence, and that Dylan was allowed 18 minutes with his outie's wife. This is a fucking cult for sure

Pretty funny to go from "This woman is terrifying!" to "Poor baby girl."

Here are the release dates for the upcoming shows you mentioned at the end of your discussion: The Last of Us S2 - April 13 Andor S2 - April 22 Considering you have to watch Andor S1 first anyway, it can wait until you finish other shows and a slot frees up. However, I recommend watching Last of Us as close to it's release as possible. Spoilers are everywhere for that show. Looking forward to both!

Town is addicted to Ether since they all worked in the ether mill and got addicted to the fumes. Children worked there and "manned the vat" of ether

By the way, Milena asked in the previous reaction about some other awesome Apple Tv Shows that werent so well known, so here are some of my recommendations that I have watched: 1. Dopesick (Personally, i think EVERYONE should watch this, is that good) 2. Dark Matter (Its like a mix of Netflix Dark + Severance) 3. Presumed Innocent (Awesome adaptation of the book) I think each of these are good enough to be a reaction series itself but I know that all the slots are filled. Maybe Lola could check them out on her own if she needs to distract her mind, i know that 2 weeks abstinence of Severance it´s too much.

Love that the reaction was posted just when I needed to have dinner haha. It was perfect your reaction and the reveal of how much influence Harmony truly had.

You were asking about the ether they were huffing... Ether was a real life old timey medicine that was widely used and was basically weaker chloroform (And not even that weaker). While it was used as a pain killer, it was mainly used to calm the humors. At the time people believed that certain body fluids (the humors) directly caused certain emotions, and they had to be kept in balance. Ether specifically was used to maintain black bile, which doctors of the time believed caused sadness and melancholy. This was the same reason doctors would bleed people, they thought having too much blood caused anger, so to calm people down they would drain the blood.

I believe the reason Harmony came up with Severance was shown in the huffing scene. As children, they needed to abuse ether in order to cope with backbreaking child labor. With all of her talent, she invented a much better way to deal with distress like that

I liked this episode a lot for its world and lore building but am a little ambivalent on the reveal at the end, particularly in what seems to be trying to make harmony, at least somewhat, a sympathetic character. I know this is probably an unpopular opinion, and I know arquette is a famous actor and people love her, but I find her character a little ridiculous and cartoonish, especially the way her tone is when she delivers her lines and her random volatile snaps or outbursts. like a spoiled, pompous member of royalty or something idk

Ugh I was in Scotland a year ago and so want to go back. I made it out to Islay and there were more distilleries than people. Heaven.

Good News, Milena! Ep 10 will be 74 minutes. Happy?

I haven't watched the reaction here yet. But I just wanna say there are some valid complaints about episode 8... But anyone saying it's a stretch that Harmony could invent Severance isn't thinking clearly/isn't well educated in the numerous woman in the 1900s that pioneered so much of our complex technology and the men that took credit for their work. And those saying it was an "out of left field" reveal just need to go watch season 1 again. It makes perfect sense.

Welcome to Scotland Milena! I hope you enjoy your time here 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿