20 Questions We Have AfterSeveranceSeason 2

Everyone has now had a few Clarence Shepard Day Jr. to model with “ Cold Harbor,”the hugely consequential season two finaleof Apple TV+’sSeverance . And that time out is necessary because , wow . On a show known for blowing our minds the finale kind of did that , then reconstructed it , then blew it again . That hold up doublewhen you start to ponder some of the many , many questions go away swing as the quotation rolled .

What follows are 20 motion we still have after the end ofSeveranceseason two . Some are serious , some are not . Some have answers , and some do not . But all should help fill up that void since there are no Modern episode on the quick horizon . In fact , let ’s set out there and of course , beware of spoilers .

When, oh when, is season 3?

Here ’s the good news . On the heels of the season two finale , Apple formally announce season three is happening . Here ’s the bad news : it might take a while . No official day of the month is set but we suppose a mid to late 2026 release is as soon as it could be consider how long it takes to make the show . Which , despite being just an cultivate guess , is still better than the three eld between seasons one and two .

What’s going to happen to Gemma?

Season two was about a lot of things but at long last it was about fulfilling that cliffhanger of season one , when innie Mark realize his outie ’s wife is active and at Lumon . Well , she ’s out now , as long as she can make her means up the stairway without Lumon protection grab her . If she gets free , we ’re enquire if Devon and Cobel are wait , if they ’ll go to the press , how she will get her life back since the human beings call back she ’s dead , if that ’s even possible , if she ’ll return to Lumon as Ms. Casey or one of her other 24 innies , if Lumon will come after her because she ’s been exposed to Cold Harbor , etc . There are so many possibility .

Are Mark and Helly basically stuck on the severed floor?

If either of them gets on the other side of that unmistakable “ ding , ” their respective outies will be back in control , which will most likely mean death for both of their sever personas . Mark is go to immediately swivel back to picking up his lifetime with Gemma ; all assure to his innie aside , why would he ever go back to Lumon once he left ?

As for Helly R.—Helena Eagan execrate the estimate of her in the first office . She ’d basically already killed her off after the final stage of season one , only allowing her to live again once Irving figure out her ruse , and in the interest of inspire Mark S. to end Cold Harbor . There ’s no way she ’s going to become an MDR worker bee ever again .

That does n’t mean they both wo n’t be forced off the discerp storey , though . You have to feign Devon and Gemma will be hellbent on get Mark out , and Jame Eagen still has demand of his heir apparent girl ( even if he does n’t love her ) .

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What will their outies do when they find out?

Assuming they do get out . There is a chance the innies figure out some way to endure . But , just in case , let ’s say they do n’t and finally , Mark Scout and Helena Eagan get back in restraint . They ’d likely have the knowledge that their innies are in love and essentially blew up Lumon . Mark will want to see Gemma . Helena will plausibly want to go very , very far away from her father . And at least Mark will credibly feel very guilty about it . Or perhaps he wo n’t . He could continue with reintegration as promised , or get a better idea of what that means . Helena could belt down her innie forever . Whatever the case , for our money , this is one of the most beguiling thing to think about move ahead , exploring these relationships

Was Cobel being honest about the fate of the severed floor?

Cobel tells Mark that once Cold Harbor is done , he and his severed team are done too . It ’s part of the grounds he choose Helly at the conclusion , because he thinks their time is move out . But is it ? Drummond sure thought so when he was seek to toss off Mark but Dylan ’s outie sure still thought he had a job moving forrader . Helena Eagan clearly does n’t need to return but there are lots of other people down there . We think Cobel was being true about most of the affair in this episode , but that MDR would be done after Cold Harbor is only partly true .

Was no one else working at Lumon?

That Lumon office construction is terribly big — as its accompanying parking great deal . It feels very odd then that we never really met any other employees besides the 1 on the sever base and the testing floor , and the director and kingpin keep tabs on them .

At the very least , you ’d think there would be more of a beefed - up front for security guard , specially on Cold Harbor day . Mr. Drummond was a big dude , but as “ Cold Harbor ” clearly showed , he was n’t grownup enough to prevent all kinds of bedlam from erupting , or come through it .

What will Mark’s actions mean for Lumon and its employees?

Lumon is a massive company . It ’s more than just “ Cold Harbor ” and macrodata refining . If Gemma ’s history does become public , you have to assume it would be enough for law of nature enforcement to close down Lumon . Only , we do n’t screw what relationship Lumon has with most of the outside humankind . There are also many other employee working there in various secret and likely unsevered capacities . They ’d credibly choose to not fall back their Job because one department did something so evil . It will be interesting to see the side effect of Gemma ’s escape valve .

Are the goats safe now?

Adorable Emile survived being sacrificed . But Mammalians Nurturable had an entire room of those little guy , seemingly being bred for the intent of attach to Lumon - adjacent victim into the hereafter . What ’s going to happen to them now — peculiarly if their heroic steward , play by Gwendoline Christie , decides she ’s through being the team drawing card in the most trouncing - prone section on the cut off floor ?

Will innie Dylan quit or will he stay?

Dylan ’s outie made a pretty flattering and compelling statement for his innie to stay at Lumon so we mean he ’ll stay . It ’s his only Book of Job as far as we cognize . The problem is everything that happened with Mark , Helly , Mr. Milchick , and the rest . If Dylan ’s innie does stay , it ’ll in all likelihood be in a new purpose .

How will Irving return?

We really have no idea what tale eddy might bring back the fan - favorite case , sent into gear - bound exile with Radar at his side . ButJohn Turturro himselfthinks there ’s more of Irving ’s story left to search . We hope it might expose who Irv , whose outie was distinctly digging into Lumon ’s secrets , was blab out to on those clandestine pay - phone calls . We ’d also care to know why Irv was having such lifelike visions of the exports hallway . A reunification with Burt would also be skillful !

Is Mr. Milchick going to rebel?

io9put this very question toSeverancewriter and showrunner Dan Erickson , and he agreed that Milchick ’s big scene in “ The After Party ” tolerate up to Mr. Drummond signals there ’s dissatisfaction brewing beneath that punctilious equanimity . But the day after “ devour feculence , ” Milchick put all that aside and was back to doing Lumon ’s evil bidding . We ’d love to see him really have a change of heart and realize he ’s been fighting for the wrong side all this fourth dimension … if he take to the woods that expression - off with Dylan and the suddenly unfriendly marching set .

Will we see Miss Huang again?

Mr. Milchick let her graduate from the Wintertide Fellowship , but her next assignment accept her to far - flung Svalbard , which is practically the North Pole . Will Eustace Huang turn into an angry grownup with Lumon - rivet revenge on her head ? It took decades for Harmony Cobel to get there , and she had much bigger grounds to be angry . At the very least , we can hope Miss Huang gets to play her theremin in peace now .

Will Harmony Cobel continue to fight Lumon and to get her credit for severance?

There was a reduced portion of Cobel throughout season two until “ Sweet Vitriol ” brought her back into the story in a big way , and revealed an important secret about her yesteryear that explains a lot about her peculiar family relationship with Lumon . She described herself as an “ ally ” to Mark and Devon as they planned their Gemma jailbreak . Will that still be the case in light of everything that befall in “ Cold Harbor , ” or will she endeavor to take control of her innovation for less than benevolent purposes ?

Why were Mark and Gemma chosen for Cold Harbor?

call back about it . Lumon kidnapped Gemma , cook her expiry , somehow ensured her grieve husband would be force to take a business at their company — and not just any job , a severed job — so that he could form on macrodata refining her mind , all in service of this one intent . Their nexus is the Francis Scott Key to everything , so while there were some clues about their previous links with the creepy-crawly Dr. Bauer in the flashback installment , we reckon there is more to this story . And , when we asked Erickson about it , he refuse to answer . Always a good foretoken .

What the hell is up with Jame Eagan?

earnestly . He ’s a creepy old humankind from a strain of creepy , creepy people , so some of it might just be Eagan genetics . But the breadcrumb that were dropped about him this season were both shiver - get and nightmare - inspiring — including his involve use of the parturition cabin to hide the existence of his underground spawn , his reflexion that his girl ( who he does n’t do it ) should eat on her breakfast eggs raw ( while he watches ) , and the fact that he ’s only slightly more animated than the Kier Eagan wax pinhead . His reaction to Cold Harbor ’s striking implosion was a season - two comedic highlight , however .

What are other MDR departments doing?

The finale expose specifically what Mark was doing with the MDR numbers . He was using emotions to explore the building city block of Gemma ’s mind , create multiple unlike innie personality for her . Great . But it ’s not clear if that ’s what everyone in MDR is doing . And we mean both in the room with Mark , as well as other rooms . This time of year revealed there are severed MDR employees all over and they were n’t all working on Gemma . Are there other Gemma - type captive tryout subjects not just in this building , but others ? Is each refiner solve on a specific person ? Or are the other employee literally doing nothing just to play a trick on one important one ? It ’s unclear but very interesting to think about . We ask Erickson about it and he did n’t want to say .

What were Lumon’s plans with Cold Harbor?

Here ’s what we think we be intimate about Cold Harbor . One , everyone at Lumon imagine it was run to change the Earth . Two , it let a lop chip to interpret a human completely obedient . set up those two thing together , we can assume Lumon was going to — and may still — sell this to not just corp but Army , countries , who get it on ? Who would n’t desire the ability to , fundamentally , control human beings to behave like lemmings ? If you think about it , the very , very evil potential is dateless , hence why it was such a fully grown batch . That ’s how we see it at least . The show could always flip things .

What the hell is up with Woe’s Hollow?

The fourth instalment of season two has the severed employees take a trip to an outdoor park owned by Lumon where histories about Kier ’s house are hidden in cave and doppelgangers of each of them appear out of nowhere to help on the journey . There were also marshmallows . It ’s unclear whether any of this is at all important to the overall story ofSeverance , or if it ’s just a agency to show the all-inclusive CRO of Lumon ’s compass . Basically , we have no melodic theme .

How does the department of Choreography and Merriment work?

So , Lumon engage people , puts them through intensive musical breeding , instruct them dancing moves , outfits them in band uniforms , and just keeps them around for whenever a large big celebration is needed ? Is this a full - time Book of Job ? Do they hang out eight 60 minutes a twenty-four hours somewhere on the lop floor , mayhap in a exercise room we have n’t yet seen on the show ?

Do all the Lumon buildings have their own departments of C&M , or is there some kind of severance - fit out motor coach that take them from office to post as needed ? Does Lumon also train non - cut off marching bands to celebrate at public events ? ( This is another one of those questions that does n’t really impact the plot of the show at all , but is still right smart too fun not to think about . )

What are the limits of severance?

We know about the overtime contingence . We ’ve get word the Glasgow block . We ’ve seen , thanks to Gemma , that a somebody ’s severance chip can actuate different and only separate innie role . What else can this technology do — or rather , is there anything it ca n’t do?—and what are Lumon ’s ultimate architectural plan for deploying it ?

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