Season 2 Episode 4: Woe’s Hollow

Aired: February 7, 2025

Synopsis: The team participates in a group activity.

Directed by: Ben Stiller

Written by: Anna Ouyang Moench

  • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    5 days ago

    Glad that we got conformation on the Helly is Hellen theory rather than have them drag it out 'till the season finale. This episode was great!

    I can’t help but wonder why they bothered with this crazy expedition in the first place since it seems dangerous and not productive, but we’ll maybe see next episode how they got here. We saw some really big rooms in the Severed floor, so this might still all be underground?

    Also did we just get conformation that they’re cloning people?

    • MimicJar@lemmy.world
      5·
      4 days ago

      I can’t help but wonder why they bothered with this crazy expedition in the first place

      I think Helena Eagan wanted to really connect with Mark. When she is reviewing the footage of Helly & Mark kissing there is a sadness and desire. Helena has never had such opportunities. Helena wanted what Helly had.

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      4 days ago

      Also did we just get conformation that they’re cloning people?

      Pretty sure those were cardboard cutouts, some had little motors to move the arm a bit.

      • PmMeFrogMemes@lemmy.world
        3·
        4 days ago

        If you look closely you can just make out that the figures don’t have faces. They look like animatronic mannequins

    • woelkchen@lemmy.world
      4·
      4 days ago

      I can’t help but wonder why they bothered with this crazy expedition in the first place

      Lumon is a cult and the “real life” Lumon people probably believe that it’s a spiritual path.

      Also did we just get conformation that they’re cloning people?

      I think the current implications are that Lumon is cloning people but they’re not there, yet. I think Mark’s wife’s burned body was probably the clone and Miss Casey is the severed original.

      The severance chip probably has the ability to do other stuff as well, like projecting the CGI “clones” into the employees’ brains and trigger that dream.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.world
        3·
        4 days ago

        Maybe severance chips can influence senses and induce illusions.

        That’s what I’m betting on. For clones, the producers could have just filmed short scenes with the real actors but they chose to recreate the likenesses in PlayStation3-era CGI. That must be a decision to make them look similar but not real.

        • Juvyn00b@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          4 days ago

          Actually the same for the TV cart - did you notice how there was a shot of the same spot about 30 seconds before that had no TV cart there? My guess is the same - somehow the ability to project and even interact with things is more of a transmission. In fact, perhaps the entirety of the severed floor could be that sort of recreation. The only clue I can think of to the alternative is that we did see workers actually installing walls for mdr if my memory serves…