No. I ain’t shitposting, Dad-blasted!

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Sure, but we don’t really know much about Gemma. I imagine being better than Helly’s outie is an easy task, but hard to be on “Team Gemma” without really knowing her.

Terriers.

Terrible name for a fun show.

Correct!

Correct!

The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side.

I think the something else, the something darker, is the ethics of it all. We see it from Helena when Helly tries to quit, “I am a person, you are not.”

I also suspect that the four tempers, Woe, Frolic, Dread, Malice, are viewed as something that is holding humanity back. That a “perfect” human is a being that has control of these tempers. By severing these tempers you can create a “perfect” society.

Oh I completely agree. I think Lumon had every intention of killing Gemma. I think Drummond knew that. But I just find it so odd given their other behavior.

So I also thought the other rooms were gathering data for Mark. For example you put Gemma in the dentist room then give the data to Mark. Mark then refines the data until Gemma “perfects” the room.

But from what we see if Cold Harbor, Gemma doesn’t go in until it’s done.

Now it is possible that Cold Harbor is the final test. If Gemma can “solve” Cold Harbor without refinement, she can “solve” anything.

Of course if Mark can disrupt the test and convince Gemma to go with him, perhaps the test or overall process itself is flawed. Gemma as Ms Casey was surely one of the first tests to confirm that Gemma would not be swayed by Mark. Yet here she clearly is.

The “Fuck” from Jame Eagan may not just be the appearance of Mark and his meddling, but the realization that the entire experiment is flawed.

We know Kier/Lumon/Jame stole from Cobel. It’s possible they only now realized how unqualified they are.

But of course all this rests on the idea that Cold Harbor only had one solution and one test, which seems odd.

I completely agree that there was no padding. The only thing close is the setup in episode 9, in order to give episode 10 the flow it needed.

For example if we look at Gwendolyn Christie’s Goat caretaker character we could have used a filler episode to better show her journey. If we watch her scenes back to back it isn’t surprising she turned on Drummond. We could have used an episode where Mark is just wandering and talking to her again as a reminder. Unfortunately there isn’t time after her first appearance where that could have happened.

Similarly Cobel is absent for half the season. We could have used something to keep her story alive, but instead we get a one episode character dump. That isn’t a mistake. Slowly drip feeding her story is an option, but the one episode build up and reveal was an excellent choice.

So my theory is that Helena setup Petey reintegration in order to get Petey out of the picture.

I think Helena, in an attempt to win her father’s respect/attention/affection/etc tried to be fully involved with “Project Mark”. However Jame refused and Helena was sidelined. I think Helena then setup Petey finding a way to reintegrate, knowing it would get him kicked off the project. Once Petey was off the project Helena would volunteer for Severance to replace Petey, both putting her on the the biggest project they had and furthering the severance procedure.

As a result I think Helena is aware of reintegrate and could reintegrate, but given it’s current death track record, isn’t likely to do so, yet.

I suspect she knows where the doctor is and will attempt it in a future season, but hasn’t yet.

So I agree that Drummond trying to kill Mark aligns with that, but it doesn’t actually align with their previous actions.

For example Gemma doesn’t go into the Cold Harbor room until Mark completes the room. However Gemma goes into the other rooms multiple times. We see in the dentist room innie Gemma believes she was just their. In the Christmas room innie Gemma is tired of the repetitive activity. So even at 100% completion they test the rooms multiple times. When Gemma goes into Cold Harbor they are testing to make sure it works.

If Cold Harbor was the pinnacle of their achievements, why would they only test that room once, when they tested other rooms multiple times?

I mean that is an interesting question.

In season 1 Mark and everyone else were just cogs in a machine.

In season 2 Mark is so special that Jame Eagan is now observing him.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but what is Lumon up to?

I love pineapple and really strongly dislike it on pizza. The only time I’ve had “acceptable” pineapple on pizza is when it was chopped up really tiny and I could barely taste it.

My problem with pineapple on pizza is,

• Hot/warm pineapple is gross.
• Pineapple makes the pizza watery.
• Pineapple adds a sweetness that a pizza just doesn’t need. It detracts from other flavors.
• Again hot/warm pineapple tastes gross.

So while watching, Helly suddenly appears from the elevator and I wonder. She disappears during the vending machine moment and I have to wonder where she is.

I think it’s possible, but looking at the dialogue and how she reacts, it’s definitely Helly R.

Also, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-03-21/severance-season-2-finale-explained-mark-helly-gemma

So it’s Helly R.

Excellent guess, but no. Although this episode does feature a sport (according to Homer).

Err well… Not wasted.

I suspect many of DCs future projects depend on James Gunn/Peter Safran and the DCU. Even though Harley Quinn is outside of the DCU, as the head of DC Studios it’s technically under Gunn/Safran.

If Superman does well in July I expect we’ll see the series renewed. If not, it’s probably over.

I’m sure Gunn/Safran would renew it now if they could, but money is probably still a bit tight.