Severance - The Cast Breaks Down Fan Theories | Theoretically | Apple TV+

[@Matty_Meister]

Please enjoy each theory equally

[@karinamontgomery4052]

I will take the 10 points off because we talk about the locker tray contents all the time on the Discord

[@JohnSmith-bq6nf]

@@karinamontgomery4052 did they have any good theories

[@ThelemaTherion]

Whoever theorized about the villains not having iPhones might be onto something XD

[@TimCooksEar]

Mark doesn’t have an iPhone… no one does

[@raptorbuddy]

​@TimCooksEar Then they're all villains

[@XblasertX]

The thing is, this only applies if Apple provides the phones for free as product placement. If you own the phone you can make a villain use it.

[@JohnDoe-xo2yf]

@TimCooksEar thank you, Tim Apple’s nose

[@TimCooksEar]

The reason that there are no iPhones is because the Severance world is so dark, Apple doesn’t want to put their products in a bad world

[@andtipidee]

This video is basically just 2:17 minutes of the cast laughing at our theories.

[@JaneDoe-b5v]

As they should lol

[@chrisanthemum7]

I'm happy Severance is having a moment and I'm happy they decided to do an episode every week instead of dropping it all at once. Even though I'm dying.

[@gagelucas6036]

Fr the anticipation is killing me

[@eatmoremusic3650]

I would have watched the whole season already lol

[@Johnny91832]

That's how modern TV should be. Binge watching ruins shows and they are almost entirely forgotten. Look how much people are talking about Severance now.

[@phillystevesteak6982]

I disagree. I think Arcane's model is the appropriate one. Arcane released three episodes a weekallat once. This was a perfect middle ground for people who like to binge and get a satisfying amount of content each week and for people who like to have a discussion and be on the same page. Going back to the one a week formula is an upsetting dripfeed.

[@KierEagan]

The only theory should be to “Praise Kier” in my opinion

[@TheDevildogs75]

For those wondering about Mark's locker tray: my guess is that Stiller is referring to Mark's watch. The insignia directly under the Red Star on the watch is called the "Desant" and is found on the flag and other badging of the Russian Airborne Forces. The Red Star then presumably must be the Soviet/Communist Red Star. It's worth noting that "desant" (Russian: Десант), is also what troops of the Russian Airborne Forces are called and that they are typically identifiable by their signature blue berets. I'm not sure if this is important but their patron is Saint Elijah the Prophet and their motto is "Никто, кроме нас!" (Nobody, but us!).

[@cappy6103]

Wow, this is great information! Thank you for sharing!!

[@HexenECG]

Marks Locker Tray: He swaps his watch so his innie wears the cheap watch, and keeps his fancy one in the tray so "the kid" won't damage it. That's all I got

[@dubzy4485]

ion think it’s that deep tbh, i think its the fact that outie mark’s watch would set off the code detectors

[@lukecremeen8308]

I don’t think the code detectors are real because Milchick have asked Dylan in his home if he snuck that picture thing out if there really are code detectors. Also the badge outie Mark wears to work I thought was just like an entrance badge but maybe there’s more to it that hints at Gemma’s relationship to Lumon before she “died”

[@dubzy4485]

@ good point, but if they were using other methods to catch codes being smuggled up that didn’t involve flat out “detectors”, then Peggy from the Lexington Letter would have never been able to communicate with her innie

[@mrmadmax420]

he switches to a severed approved watch as his outies watch has symbols, labels, and or text on it.

[@mrmadmax420]

in the background of shots in season 1 we see clothing stores that specify that they sell severed approved clothing, which is text, label, and symbol free. I presume the watch outie mark wears was a gift from his wife which would make sense to why he switches to the severed approved one at the locker room instead of when he gets ready in the morning

[@lowkeylaw]

welp time to analyze Marks locker tray 😮

[@doneisenbarth]

His work watch is a biomonitor. He has to switch watches

[@MrMark-sr2fs]

Could be a biomonitor but also a tracking and eavesdropping device.

[@JohnSmith-bq6nf]

On second thought the watch says 5 so 24 hours passed while he was in lumen?

[@TheDevildogs75]

The insignia directly under the Red Star on the watch is called the "Desant" and is found on the flag and other badging of the Russian Airborne Forces. The Red Star then presumably must be the Soviet/Communist Red Star. It's worth noting that "desant" (Russian: Десант), is also what troops of the Russian Airborne Forces are called and that they are typically identifiable by their signature blue berets. I'm not sure if this is important but their patron is Saint Elijah the Prophet and their motto is "Никто, кроме нас!" (Nobody, but us!).

[@buxycat]

1:48 oh, I beg to differ: Mr Milkshake IS the GOAT

[@raptorbuddy]

Cant wait for the locker tray theories now

[@dorcasnargueta]

Ben stiller trolling us all. Why he is the GOAT still

[@redandpurple317]

The goats becoming Milchicks is actually hilarious

[@Saltomortal-]

Clever to put such an obvious clue so early in the show to make the viewer forget about it. It really reframes the show on the second watch.

[@ortor]

Nice one

[@HimanshuSingh-zy2cp]

1:47 what's that about. Milkshake is my GOAT

[@JeremyIceAndFire33]

Talking Severance Theories has become one of our favorite livestreams to do on the channel.

[@therogueprince5553]

Fancy seeing you here lol you do have some the best Severance discussions on YT

[@oglatnik]

Brb. Analysing Mark's locker tray.

[@offthescreen_]

It's funny how they stay away from the biggest or most damning fan theories that could be true lol

[@wolfie8012]

I was hesitant to start watching a new show but I LOVE this one!

[@TheJerbol]

It's wild that this is literally the first press appearance I've seen from the _actual_ creator Dan Erickson. Maybe he doesn't like the spotlight but Stiller gets all the attention

[@JaneDoe-b5v]

He's in a lot of promotional interviews on KZbin. Definitely look for them - he has interesting stuff to say

[@TheJerbol]

@@JaneDoe-b5v For sure, I'm sure he's been in a lot, I was just saying as a big but casual fan this is the first time I've seen his face. The person who created this stuff should be front and center :D

[@claig]

Helly and Miss Huang (the kid) are both wearing identical watches in the first episode of season 2. I'm sure that's significant, and given what Ben said I'm sure Mark changing watches to enter the severed area is relevant. My guess... Some type of recording device? Lumen is listening!

[@RobinHerzig]

Whoa nice catch 👏

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Lmao, ''the goats grow into Milchicks'' 🤣

[@edelstein4513]

All I have been trying to see in Mark's locker tray is his ID details, they are always covered 😂

[@TheDevildogs75]

@@edelstein4513 We can see: His driver's license # (D9124CL323) His DOB (04/03/1978) His weight (165 lbs) And another date (04/24/2020) Assuming that the date of (04/24/2020) is the expiration date of his driver's license, then either, the show up to that point takes place before that date, Mark's license has expired, or that's an old ID.

[@ehliogomme]

Who is Mr Milchick? I only know Mr. Milkshake

[@space_1073]

I love that apple is paying for this show which is basically calling them villains the entire time and satirizing companies like it.

[@greenytaddict]

Love Ben's laugh towards the end.😂

[@SweatEagle]

2:00 if this is a red herring, then Ben’s just having fun trolling the fanbase at this point lmao

[@rainmarie94]

I’m repeating what everyone else is saying: I love this show! lol

[@nullvoid3990]

love how this show came out of nowhere and the cast and crew seem really nice and humble.

[@TheJerbol]

I love Milchick's actor so much

[@skylarkblue1]

Ben just keeps popping up at the end of all these videos to just drop something massive and mess with everyone lmao. He should run an ARG lol

[@stevechance150]

Season 2, episode 1 Helly is her outie pretending to be the innie so she can spy on and manipulate the team.

[@dirkchurlish4074]

right? what's the reality--helena is willful and powerful. when she resumed control of their body at the gala, it's likely her resolve was stiffened. maybe we'll begin to soften it by the end of s2. if it wasn't helena down there, helly would have had to have made a very quick decision to hide her truth from the others--her only friends, close friends whom she trusted deeply. i think you're probably right. there are many other protocols in the manual besides the overtime contingency. maybe it's the 'open house' one that is allowing Lumen to open the doors to its severed floor to Helly's outie. Lumon is listening!

[@RobinHerzig]

Definitely 💯 the whole internet agrees

[@xyphious]

The theories are mysterious and important

[@RobinHerzig]

🎯

[@m.h.a2077]

This Show is fantastic

[@jimcarrey6928]

Lmao Dylan is fried out of his mind in this video🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@violethouston3917]

wrong! Milchick is THE goat 😂😂😂

[@iamamind]

My bet is on the shoes. Maybe Mark wears the wrong pair in episode two?

[@RobinHerzig]

After 3 years we need little Severance promos every single day between episodes 👏 keep ‘em coming 😄

[@NauticalStep]

Someone’s finally gonna start looking at Marks watches and how they tie into his old job at the university

[@hado33_]

The entire point of the severance program is to crack the code of human consciousness, everything the staff says and does is to illicit an emotional response in the severed workers because emotions are an important part of our consciousness.

[@bjgjh]

theory: mr.severance is big fan of stanley parable game

[@mr.balloffur]

Give Adam Scott an Emmy already!

[@maxibluft]

boy Apple is really pushing this show full on suddenly, and being pretty creative with it too

[@isaac10231]

These videos are cute but like... it's not like they're going to talk about theories that are actually onto something. It's theatre (they're actors after all)

[@iluvsakuraandsyaoran]

That Patrick Stewart clip of him going ‘acting!’

[@robbertlw9610]

For far too long. I have been sitting. On the best theory you’ll ever hear. Where do I submit it?

[@theghettoracle]

Loving the direction of season 2 so far, I see what is being set up and already find it intense although nothing has even really happened yet.

[@levihambrick]

OK NOW WE HAVE TO RE-EXAMINE MARK'S LOCKER TRAY

[@Fuar11]

Isn't it obvious that he leaves his phone in the locker tray because.. it's a phone, and it's modern. And the innie's don't know about the modern world. They're kept in the dark working with old technology, constantly shown old-timey things, etc...

[@chocolate_maned_wolf]

that’s probably inspired by control

[@jess64792]

I mean, there's a much bigger problem with taking your phone onto the severed floor in that you could call or text anyone you wanted and go through your phone to learn anything about your outie's life. also, with the lockers, they take off anything personal and replace it with something generic that doesn't say anything about their personality.

[@Fuar11]

@@jess64792 oh yeah that too idk how i didn't think of that

[@RobinHerzig]

No phones on the severed floor (except when Petey snuck one in)!

[@botaccount848]

just looked back at the locker tray and noticed that the mark’s innie’s watch’s second hand doesn’t move at all (first episode of season 1) i don’t know if that could mean anything

[@alevelmathematics1]

Just did the same thing 🤔

[@MudLuvMedia]

New Video On MARKS LOCKER TRAY coming up...

[@mr.balloffur]

Reddit has already done a deep dive into his drawer

[@MudLuvMedia]

@mr.balloffur reddit are on top of ALL the theories

[@crazybutgood5951]

I've literally thought about the locker tray since they showed it the first time 😭👀

[@CHEREKA98]

Theory: Gemma was pregnant when she “died” with her and Mark’s child-Miss Huang. Lumon rapidly grows clones humans/animals. Fun fact: The first clone was a sheep named Dolly in the late 90’s.

[@BoredDior]

Now everyone will be rewatching to look at Mark’s Locker tray

[@atrainrandom8603]

Gonna have to Disagree with Ms. Cobel. Milcheck is Definitely THE GOAT

[@groovygrape]

In Season1 , Episode 1, look at the date on Mark's outie watch when he puts it on the tray. It is the 4th. Look at the date when he checks out for the day and the date is the 5th. He is down there for longer than 8 hours. This also explains why he forgot Ricken's foodless dinner - he is confused about the date. He thinks it's a day earlier than it really is.

[@RediscoveringDavid]

Where can I get a Milchik goat?

[@DrVagax]

I dont know what happened for season 2 but Apple went absolute full send with the marketing of season 2, you barely had a trailer for season 1

[@JaneDoe-b5v]

Ben Stiller has said in interviews that they weren't sure how the show would be received or if anyone would like it. Now they know it has an audience. Also, it was Covid times during the production of season 1

[@Marciestclair]

The name Kier Egan definitely implies something if you look up the individual meanings

[@kosiSpeaks]

Milchick goat theory 😂

[@mzxb1]

Among the lockers we also never got an answer why outies have to check in every time when they arrive to Lumon. If it's their workplace, why can't they just go to the lockers? As I remember we saw this detail twice in the first season. Once in full detail in the first part and second, without the agent talking, just dialling on the phone. In normal cases I'd say it's just a regular set at a workplace but in this show, every detail counts.

[@athandog]

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH, If I was in new york when they did the pop up I would literally get palpitations from looking at them omg they all play their roles so well and play off of their dynamics so exquisitely I would honestly feel woozy looking at them interracting with each other, it's not normal - they just play the parts so well and it's never excessive. Congratulations to all of you!!! 🎆💞 I have been spreading word for this show in the Balkans since 2022 and never stopping!!!

[@RobinHerzig]

Yeah what’s in Mark’s locker tray❓👀 Outie Mark changes his watch right ⌚️

[@sedawk]

Milcheck might not be a goat, but he is the GOAT.

[@HNTR07]

My theory is that the data refinement has something to do with dna coz remember they had the baby goats,so I think they might be making actual humans which they can control. And that might be how they created the new kid manager.

[@matter509]

Immortality and/or time travel.

[@B.D.F.]

The stairwell looks like it has a natural light source instead of an artificial one. What if the elevator actually brings them up, not down?

[@treegerl]

This is actually a really interesting point. They said they’re in the basement but we don’t actually ever see which direction the elevator goes in once the doors close. And the light source in stairwell definitely seems natural

[@leonelmatos4112]

0:29

[@iluvsakuraandsyaoran]

Man I thought the soap WAS something but them bringing it up makes me think it’s not 😢

[@donnytheflow]

Milchick isn't a goat but Tillman is thee GOAT

[@many_worlds]

weird energy between Dylan and Milchick

[@SilentSageUSA]

What’s in Marks locker tray 🤔

[@bubordoni2]

Milchick is not a goat, he is THE goat.

[@SeverancePeaks]

We also break down our very own fan theories over at Severance Peaks!

[@lustrae]

Here’s my theory… Dylan is divorced. Milcheck married Dylan’s ex-wife. Milcheck doesn’t like Dylan’s son. His son clearly wants to be around his Dad (Dylan). Dylan also does not like Milcheck and that’s why he says, “Are we done here” in the closet when they were meeting in Season 1.

[@Roger-il8iw]

lol they didn’t mention any of the good theories. They def have 3 personalities and mark is on the board.

[@sorrydetka7285]

helly and mark end up together please please please 🙏🙏

[@anushka.7920]

why does he even wear the fancier watch if he is just gonna swap to his non fancy one

[@hcroussette]

I don't get the Dylan and Milchick are related theory

[@evolv.e]

No, but Milchick IS the GOAT

[@Boyinthecircle]

It’s episode one and I already feel it’s stretched

[@JacopoBasanisi]

Clearly saying the other ones are real

[@kriztronikplays159]

Well I hope New Rockstars broke down the Locker Tray..

[@karinamontgomery4052]

BEN WE KNOW THE WATCH IS RUSSIAN SO IT WAS PROBABLY A GIFT FROM GEMMA

[@TechSquidTV]

The brain jar one actually feels possible

[@Saltomortal-]

Why are all cars from the 90's?

[@MGD313]

Well I'm going to start shipping Dylchick.

[@karinamontgomery4052]

The iPhone thing is real y'all

[@notappletton]

First, love this show

[@SlenderManIsDead]

Just looked back into Mark's tray and I think Ben is trolling, unless the numbers on his drivers license are hinting at something.

[@Saltomortal-]

He switches watches, and they are set 2 minutes apart. Granted, this is normal irl life, but the seconds hands are both at 19. I agree that Ben probably is trolling, but there are clocks everywhere in the show, so I can't help theorizing about time.

[@Saltomortal-]

Oh, and they try to say that it's been 5 months in the new season, which is super duper suspicious.

[@colebonin6343]

Theories are Kiers creation in miniature. I disavow all.

[@alicantipi4235]

WHATS ON THE TRAY

[@SweatEagle]

Pay no mind to the tray. Ben is trying to distract us from the fact that we figured out the Milchick Goat connection.

[@John-nk3ej]

i did theorize about the watch on the tray i am king sev theorizizer man. bow to me

[@C4Witch]

among us

[@ignacionevarez3254]

It is obvious that it’s cloning related and that numbers have something to do with calibrating consciousness

[@simpleanswer8954]

"It is obvious" Except that the show's creator already said it's NOT cloning.

[@downshift83]

dibs on Miss Huang being Dr. Casey for my theory

[@raulgalets]

Now I'll have to watch it all over again

[@nerminsnowhuseinbasic9340]

Knowing american writers everything will be horribly unsatisfying at the end, and probably will have either anti-communist or anti-oligarchy undertones but lets see.

[@mojosulo]

I'm of the opinion that Lumon is experimenting with cloning in an attempt to resurrect Kier (his "revolving"). Macrodata Refinement's job is to sequence the DNA of dead test subjects, helping Lumon refine their process in preparation for bringing back a perfect Kier. Gemma is one of those test subjects, as are all of the goats. EDIT: I'm also suspicious that in all of these "theory review" videos they've put out, they haven't mentioned this theory, which has been gaining traction online.

[@VerbDoesStuff]

This feels off…Something about this isn’t right. Why is the show whose whole point is showing a horrifying conspiracy goading them into theorizing and then shamjng and making fun of them for doing so? …Either this is the elite taunting normal people by making a show to mock them about their anxieties, OR it’s supposed to feel like that and that’s the point and that’s part of the art. …What if, the theories they’re “debunking” are TRUE? What if all these theories turned out to be the correct answers, and they’re denying them on purpose to add to the art? That would be something

[@iluvsakuraandsyaoran]

Isn’t there an option where fans want to see the creators react to theories in case it gives away hints about the show, and Apple knows this and is using it for promo? This isn’t even the first video of the cast reacting to fan theories

[@VerbDoesStuff]

@@iluvsakuraandsyaoran I mean yeah. But I dunno. The vibes are off

[@BlackRose-rp7kv]

someone actually did bring attention to this just an actual theory wasn't able to really be made. they said mrs casey is the only one not to wear a watch everyone else does. we see mark remove his own watch in place for the watch in his cubby before going down the elevator. other than that maybe there's something else inside that cubby

[@Hamehh]

Marks watches are completely wrong in the first episode. One watch says 9:02 or 9:03 then his personal says 9:05. When he walks into the room before the elevator clock reads 9:04