Severance
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Summary
WithSeveranceseason 2 on the way , the elevator at Lumon Industries could be polar in a immense developmentas the floor continues . TheSeveranceseason 2 castwill stay with the challenge of take on what are essentially two distinct personalities sharing the same mind . After the long delays that have slowed the output of the coming follow - up , the tense and tantalizingending ofSeveranceseason 1will ultimately be address once the show resumes in January 2025 . The coming run of episode could go in a kind of directions , but one exciting possibility comes down to Lumon ’s elevator .
The Innies feel themselves outside their usual surroundings toward the conclusion ofSeveranceseason 1 , which result in a sure level of subterfuge and staying beneath the radio detection and ranging to keep their programme under wrap . The mechanism that allowed this plot developing is make out as the Overtime Contingencyand let a impermanent consciousness of an Innie outside the Lumon offices . Like mostSeverancelore , it ’s a fascinating concept , and one that could go both ways inSeveranceseason 2 .
The numbers in Severance are one of the show ’s capital secret . Here is every hypothesis on what the routine Lumon employees sort actually intend .
Lumon’s Overtime Contingency Could Allow An Innie/Outer Switch If It’s Activated During An Elevator Ride
Severance has made it clear the Innie/Outie switch takes place on the ride up to the Lumon office
The characters who undergo the Severance procedure in the Apple TV+ sci - fi show have a flake installed in their genius . The machine means the character ’s " main " persona , referred to as an Outie in the show , keep no memories of what happens while they ’re hard at study sorting the mysterious Lumon Industries numeral . Inversely , a second personality is created - known as an Innie - that has no cognition of anything outside the wall of their place of work .
For most ofSeveranceseason 1 , it seemed impossible for the Innies and Outies to trade place , but the Overtime Contingency confute that theory .
For most ofSeveranceseason 1 , it seemed inconceivable for the Innies and Outies to switch piazza , but the Overtime Contingency disproved that theory . When an Outie rides the elevator to the office , this seems to be when the chip is activated , bringing the Innie persona to the surface just as the doors subject at the top . Similarly , the passage is reversed when the elevator is used to exit the office . So , if the Overtime Contingency is dynamic while a Severed employee is in the elevator , then the personas would be reversed during the journeying .
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Severanceseason 1 also bring out that sure doorways can also activate a character reference ’s buffalo chip , such as the room access to the stairwell . This theory could also be applied to perish through those doors .
The Overtime Contingency Gambit May Still Only Work While The Switches Are Being Held
Dylan allowed the other Innies to experience a short time on the outside in Severance season 1
The Overtime Contingency is not a perfect resolution to the Innies gain their freedom . Then again , it was never meant to be . Lumon designed the mechanism with a brilliantly brutal fail - safe , in that the Contingency can only continue active while two switch are being held in place - and it ’s very unmanageable for one person to do alone . However , Dylan does manage to accomplish this for an telling amount of time inSeveranceseason 1 ’s close . Regardless , the switches being free once an Outie has infiltrated Lumon could undo everything .
After the elevator drive , deactivating the Contingency would , in possibility , cause another shift .
To illustrate , Adam Scott ’s Mark S could be outside the Lumon office - maybe at home plate . Traditionally , this would intend his Outie is in control . If the Overtime Contingency is activate while Mark is at household , then his Innie would surface . If Mark ’s Innie then traveled to Lumon and ride the lift up to the office , thenthe Severance Chip in his mind would likely aerate when he passed a certain point in the lift shaft , which could make Mark ’s Outie to regain control .
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If so , this would allow Mark ’s Outie to research his Innie ’s workplace . However , if the Overtime Contingency switch were then released , Mark ’s Innie could be forced back into the driving seat . It ’s a complex sequence of events that relies on an assumed understanding of how the chip work , along with the efficacy of the Overtime Contingency and if it would function in this way .
Another possibility could be thatthe lift ’s Saratoga chip energizing overrides the Overtime switchesand that release them after the drive to the office would have no effect - leaving the Outies in charge while in the office . Interestingly , a trip back down the elevator jibe could mean another switch , meaning the Innies are now the personas walk around outside the Lumon offices .
The Outies Being At Lumon Would Be More Useful Than The Innies Being Free
The Outies have more life experience than the Innies
The Innies have no life-time experience , with every here and now of their lives being spent doing vague tasks at Lumon . As a final result , their being outside is n’t potential to reap any huge advantages . Their memories only date back to the first fourth dimension they come on after the Outies choose to undergothe Severance function , and they consist completely of workplace outcome . Therefore , what would be more in effect would be for the Outies to come up a way to be in the officesof Lumon Industries .
The Innies ' innocence and rawness make them very childlike , and only really suited for the specific role that their Outies have condemn them to .
The Innies ' pureness and rawness make them very simple , and only really become for the specific role that their Outies have doomed them to . The Outies ' presence at Lumonwould certainly be less thrilling than the Innies get their freedom- as briefly experienced near the end ofSeveranceseason 1 , but from a practical standpoint , it would allow far greater benefit to both parties . Not only would the Outies be better equipped to give away whatever it is Lumon Industries does , but the Innies can tell their story to those on the exterior in the interim .
It Would Be Interesting To See How Helly R’s Outie Would React To Being Trapped At Lumon
Britt Lower’s 2 Severance characters are at odds with each other
Helly R ’s Outie seems particularly unfeeling when it comes to the predicament of her Innie inSeveranceseason 1 , despite the fact the two personalities share the same body - and even the same brainiac . Even after her Innie makes a felo-de-se attempt to free herself from her beingness of endless work , Helly ’s Outie has no sympathy and fundamentally just tells her counterpart that she ’ll need to get used to her new surroundings . It ’s seemingly very promiscuous for Helly ’s Outie to push aside the fact her Innie is a personand fails to see her as such .
Severance season 2 has a mass of mystery story to direct , with one clever theory adding another to the mixing about Lumon ’s sinister motivations .
However , if the Innies and Outies do swap places inSeveranceseason 2 , thenHelly ’s Outie will have no choice but to reappraise how she feel about her other character . The life lived by the Innies is n’t peculiarly fulfilling , but they ’re made to think that it is . Helly ’s Innie is never slaked with her life , although she eventually prove to win over her superiors otherwise as part of her escape plan . If her Outie have to spend a while live in her other self ’s place , then her coldness may part to dissipate inSeveranceseason 2 .
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Cast
Severance is a psychological thriller series feature Adam Scott as Mark Scout , an employee at Lumon Industries who undergoes a " severing " procedure to classify his work and personal memory . However , as study and living personas mysteriously begin to clash , it rapidly becomes clear-cut that not all is as it seems . Created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle .
