Severance 2x4 Reaction | Woe's Hollow

[@amandahill4289]

John Turturro really acted his ass off in this episode. That “yessssss do it SETH” gave me chills.

[@420Sportz]

so unbelievably good! I felt that!

[@perlamartinez4906]

I need to go watch more of his projects now!

[@AL-fl4jk]

@@perlamartinez4906he’s a legendary character actor. His directing is…. Ok. But his acting is top tier

[@Stefanialak]

John Turturro was unbelievably good. That look he gives Seth 🔥🔥

[@MikeS-ur2ql]

​@@AL-fl4jkTurturro has never directed anything tho (according to his imdb)

[@Lorack41200]

"HELLY WAS NEVER CRUEL"🗣

[@georgekleinfelter7041]

Helly to Mark: "Well, boss, I guess this is the part where I should tell you to go to hell except you're already here." She certainly got close to cruel in Season One. Still, "Helly was never cruel" was an effective line in this episode.

[@Lorack41200]

@ I wouldn’t say she was even close to cruel, that was a general insult directed at a person of authority she barely knew. What Helena said to Irv by the fire was personal, she was twisting a knife. Helly would never come close😭

[@mightypigeon836]

@@georgekleinfelter7041 "I could not with a razor to my throat, be less interested in being your friend" Also threatening to cut her outie’s fingers and hanging herself in the elevator certainly showed a certain edge

[@regularartist699]

@@georgekleinfelter7041eh thats barely an insult. Shes more insulting the work than him

[@FlyGuyKai23]

@@georgekleinfelter7041 yeaaa that’s not even close. Thats more about where they are. Not him.

[@atulrcks]

He knows she's an eagan because no ordinary person would have the power to send their outies to the severed floor. Only someone so powerful to whom rules don't apply.

[@Jehty_]

It's still a stretch. There is no reason to think that Hellena has to be the person in charge of that decision. She could have just been planted as a spy by the higher ups at Lumon.

[@DaveSmith-is6dc]

or seth. or harmony.

[@keithredacted8154]

@@DaveSmith-is6dc Nah, they fired Harmony. They are all expendable except Eagens (and the board but he probably sees the board as entire other things since Eagens are so ingrained to his mind through the Perpetuity Wing.) EDIT: Wait! It's also possible because in his dream the computer had the words EAGAN on it and showed a face resembling of her. His subconsious must have merged then and there. It's something his outie has been trying to do with him making sure Irv falls asleep during work by listening ot loud music.

[@DaveSmith-is6dc]

@ Powerful or not, Harmony was an "outie" on the severed floor. Therefore it's not true that "only someone so powerful to whom the rules don't apply" could go to the severed floor.

[@keithredacted8154]

@@DaveSmith-is6dc Already said it in a previous edit but it's probably because his subconsious merged in his dream and the computer kept showing EAGAN to him and showed a face so it probably sent a signal. His outie has been trying to get Irv to sleep during work by listening to music.

[@LivsWings_]

When Irv said "Hey Kid" and she didn't reply with "what's for dinner" I knew for sure it was a wrap for her

[@thedarkangelthe2]

Oh snap good eye!

[@DanielCollins419]

The acting in Irv's tent with Helly facial expressions was incredible. I didn't really know if it was actually helena until that scene. Incredible acting, she was radiating cold indifferent cruelty toward him when she said "irving".

[@TheBrandonMinich]

I have never seen a show that the facial acting is just so peak every episode it’s incredible

[@melodyhargrave5417]

Helena saying"Irving" in that moment in the tent was so reminiscent of when she said "Father" after the fetid moppet moment.

[@DanielCollins419]

@@TheBrandonMinich Helly's actress is really unbelievable in this episode. She's acting as a character who's trying to act as someone else and it's perfect. All the nuance is spot on and makes the reveal so obvious in hindsight.

[@eringoblah]

That moment was amazing, she really forgot herself and tried to pull rank on him.

[@isaacho8230]

Yeah, I was 100% sure by that point that it was Helena

[@twogirlsoneblahaj]

Poor Dylan having to endure the sounds of baby goats all night from the other tent

[@GreenFamily-f8h]

@@twogirlsoneblahaj I wouldn’t worry too much about him…I’m sure Dylan G has plenty of his own “baby goats” with 4 tempers at prior waffle parties.

[@TheJerbol]

BAAAAAAA

[@toriboy25]

🤣🤣

[@lockekappa500]

Actually the most underrated comment ever.

[@Hollycb12]

Shout out to IRV for sacrificing himself to get Helly back!!!! Mark needs to go find Irving and get him reintegrated now!!!

[@funnylilgalreacts]

I think it's possible Irving may have already done it

[@Hollycb12]

​@@funnylilgalreactsI'd love that!!

[@TheLibrarianOG1]

@@funnylilgalreacts I'm sure this is it. I feel like he knew the consequences of this action and the outie will be prepared. Either way, I don't think this is the last time we see innie Irv.

[@FlyGuyKai23]

He probably won’t be back until the last episode of this season.

[@itsrosco]

@ Do you think so? It doesn't appear so based on the scene in episode 2 where he talks about getting the message to his innie, if he were reintegrated he wouldn't have to try the whole subconscious message with the paintings because innie/outie would be merged and he'd already know the message. I think it's clear that he had been using the paintings to try and get the message to his innie and playing the loud music on the outside while painting in the hope that his innie would be tired enough to fall asleep and subconsciously dream about the painting with the message (which we saw work partially with the black goo). He is definitely working against Lumon but I don't think he's been reintegrated yet, maybe Irv will team up with Mark on the outside to try and get reintegrated himself and bring his 'dead' innie back to life.

[@4lawsofattraction-ov9zr]

This was a masterpiece, already broke my vow to Ms Casey that I'd enjoy each episode equally....this episode trumps anything I've seen in the past year OMGG

[@redesignedlife777]

We would like to see you in the BREAK ROOM...... Nowwwwwwwww

[@FlyGuyKai23]

@@redesignedlife777lmaoooo

[@ShaddaQueen]

The numbers on the screen are how Irv knew. Before he woke back up the numbers all rearranged to spell out the word Eagan over and over. He probably suspected it but the dream confirmed it for him.

[@u2b891]

Also the numbers made Helena’s face with the word Eagan in it. So that narrowed it down.

[@nugget3687]

If his dreams contain outie info, and his dream knows helly is an eegan, then irv's outie not know knows helly is an eegan, but knows she's one of his coworkers. Maybe that's his next message from his outie

[@stevenaguirre9326]

@@u2b891I didn’t see Helly’s face until I rewatched it

[@BrianBull]

No 8 or 9's when Irving goes up to the computer. Curious....

[@regularartist699]

@@BrianBull it was all single digit prime numbers too. 1 5 7. Not 3 which is interesting considering 3 is one of the more esoteric numbers

[@F9Scaler4]

Notice the double meaning when Irving ask's Helena: "what are you doing down here" in the river scene? On first glance, it just looks like he's just questioning her whereabouts, but really he's interrogating the outie's intrusion of MDR (who are located below the surface). Bravo Vince!

[@SorchaSublime]

Bravo Ben!

[@tiiadica]

"This is the tallest waterfall on the planet"

[@ChrisCebelenski]

Yeah - what planet is that? Caught that immediately, and now I’m thinking we’re someplace other than earth. But they do have Theremins, so…

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

@@ChrisCebelenski Bruh, they have these things called "lies".

[@FlyGuyKai23]

To them it is.

[@ChrisCebelenski]

@ sure, could be. But I was assuming it was part of the lore, since he just rattled it off.

[@ChrisCebelenski]

@ “sure, as far as you know!”

[@mikewazowxki]

It's painful to see Irv drowing Helena then him apologizing to Helly after the switch. This episode is insane

[@Zibi21]

Helena has it rough, first her innie self wanted to hang her in the elvator now she almost drowned XD The world really does hate her.

[@mranima748]

@@Zibi21 maybe she should be a better person then lol

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

IT'S LIKE DAVID LYNCH DIED AND 20% OF HIS WEIRDNESS ADDED ITSELF TO THIS SHOW.

[@myong2206]

SO TRUE OMG this ep had such a lynchian feel to it it was fantastic

[@thehouseofdowney]

@@myong2206 i think the only other media that feels similar to this episode is twin peaks the return, its like almost cliche to call things lynchian but this definitely fits the bill.

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

@@myong2206 lynch mixed with Westworld

[@ethanlivemere1162]

@@myong2206 Doppelgangers, dreams and fake-feeling worlds

[@rastarapha]

This switch shot underwater...

[@DeltaGaiya]

NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS

[@dannyspanks]

“We’re being tortured!” Then wakes up being drowned in freezing water. 😮

[@karlvuleta]

I actually didn't even realize at first just how difficult that shot would be to do under water and vertically

[@bowi1332]

​@@dannyspanksGood catch!

[@xKagryx]

Pineapple bobbing! 🍍

[@LordofFullmetal]

The moment "Helly" dropped that line about Burt was the INSTANT I knew what was up. Because Helly would never. She would NEVER - and furthermore, she wouldn't do what Dylan and Mark did, and just sit there in silence while someone else said it. She would be the first person to shut that down. It breaks my heart, because Helly was the friend Irving needed most, the one who would've had his back, and she was the only one who wasn't there. And the others, who were supposedly his friends, left him out in the cold. Tbh I'm a little mad at Mark and Dylan. I hope they feel bad. I hope they realise what happened to him was their fault as much as Milchick's.

[@MrTiptopten]

I'm so sorry Ben Stiller, I had no idea of the level of your cinematic game. This is probably some of the best television I've ever seen.

[@takemetoyonk]

There were many people leading this show. I know he did a good amount direction. I know you're not, but a lot of people assume he's the writer sometimes and it's really weird.

[@MrTiptopten]

@ That’s definitely true. I’ve just been consistently amazed by the level of talent in this show across the board. From the actors (a lot of whom are new)… down. I have no idea how Ben was able to pull this together.

[@lockekappa500]

@@takemetoyonk I dunno, I still give the most credit to the overall creative genius. Sure theres a different director and writer every other episode, but they still have guidelines. The directing of the actors and the main overall story to me is what is most impressive in this. Writers have guidelines, they dont just bring the storywherever they want.

[@Sawyer1982OAC]

When last episode ended I was sure the intern made a mistake and just pressed play on the season finale instead of episode 3. But after today I was like “nope, my bad intern! They’re just giving us season-finale-type of episodes on weekly basis…”

[@danielrodrigues4903]

Damn, that's true. 😂 Banger after banger!

[@joeiechristiansantana9641]

@@danielrodrigues4903 Like "The Good Place" type of status quo changes on Season 2, tbh. (It slowed down on Seasons 3 and 4, but yeah, that was wild.)

[@davidwitkowski4463]

I swear, if I die before finding out what Lumon is doing I'm not going towards the light. I'll find someone who watches this show to haunt.

[@aidanobrien6028]

@@davidwitkowski4463 haha 😆

[@melodyhargrave5417]

If Dylan was the season 1 GOAT, Irving is definitely the season 2 GOAT.

[@29subhra]

Meanwhile Mark S just casually sleeping around with the outies of his colleagues. While his outie is perpetually depressed looking for his wife, who is presumed dead. Mark never made sense this episode. Why tf was he so indifferent, and cocky in this episode. It doesn’t make sense. He is in a revolution here ffs, why is he pursuing love interests and hurting his closest friend Irving 😭

[@samesoul]

@@29subhra Finding out he has a wife is kinda a wrench in his life right now, as much as he cares for his outie, he's rebelling a bit, he wants to validate his own humanity, seperate of his outie. I get it, but someone talking about night gardeners isnt the one to persue, things are too dire right now. Irving had to remind them how serious everything is, they were really starting to enjoy the trip and the perks, family visits and CEHos, they were accually upset about the marshmallows, they are not focused.

[@maxderp6588]

​@@29subhra2 things... 1: Mark is reintegrated. 2: Milchik told Mark Scout that his innie has found love and those feelings will bubble up to the surface...

[@Miniko]

@@maxderp6588 it would seem the reintergration wasnt fully succesful though, right? other than the one moment where he seemed to have a side effect from it, nothing really seemed different from regular Mark S

[@maxderp6588]

@Miniko or he's on the path of Petey

[@shanegriffith5948]

I don’t think the show runners were trying to hide the fact it was Helena the whole time, it was very obvious. Kudos to the actress for understanding the assignment. She really nailed playing a character who was acting like her innie.

[@CampingforCool41]

Yeah I definitely dont think they were trying to make the Helena thing this big secret plot twist, unlike the reveal that she’s an Eagan. It was more about making you wonder how long it would take for the other team members to notice. I’m glad they didn’t drag it out.

[@kc1john]

The thing that still bothers me is why Helena didn't have a better story prepared than seeing a "night gardener". You'd think someone that smart would know that question would come up.

[@musa9999]

@@kc1john the leading theory is that helena doesnt or did not consider innies as actual human beings and considers them inferior so she thought she wouldn’t have to plan much or do much for the innies to believe its helly so

[@kc1john]

@@musa9999 I could come up with a better story than night gardener in like two minutes. Hard to believe Helena wouldn't even spend that amount of time being prepared. Almost feels like she did it intentionally.

[@lockekappa500]

@@kc1john She didnt come up with NIGHT gardener, she came up with gardener. And when someone said "during the night" well how does she fix that except say "night gardener" Remember she thinks so lowly of innies, and this kind of happened on a whim. The night before she goes in they decide to do it. I think its incredibly believable that she could say something that wouldn't sit right with someone. Its such a weird point of contention. When a shows this good you dont have to go out of your way to nitpick things that would still be exceptional in other shows just because it sets the bar so high.

[@u2b891]

In Irv’s dream when the numbers start to move and scramble you can see Helena’s face with the word Eagan. That helped him piece it all together, remember his outie has been trying to send him messages from the outside through intense mental excercise and exhaustion, the message finally went through.

[@Christuff_]

@@u2b891 when did his outie try to do that?

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

@@Christuff_ As we learned in S1, his outie spends his time painting the same motif all the time, burning it into the brain, and apparently playing Motörhead loudly to stay awake.

[@SpottedSharks]

​@@TorIverWilhelmsen Helena is the Ace of Spades.

[@rodlawyerr7540]

irvig assume she's an aegan because it's the only person that could get that "privilege", especially when he was suspicious from the begining.

[@u2b891]

Also in the dream when the numbers start to move and scramble they make the shape of Helena’s face with the word Eagan in it.

[@MultiPuppypuncher]

The computer screen also said eagan and then the letters and numbers formed into helly’s face. I feel like with the research outie irving has been doing maybe he knew and then passed it on to innie irving to confirm his suspicions

[@jaives]

and the numbers turned to their letter equivalent. 1 5 7 14 - A E G N.

[@SteveLaw-UK]

Eagans would be the last ones to suspect to send _themselves_ . Especially after the contempt Helena showed for Helly. It was the dream screen.

[@izzyisnormal]

i didn't think about it until after the episode but helena having sex with mark is reeeeeeally messed up.

[@CastironRibeye]

Her whole family is reeeeeeally messed up.

[@redesignedlife777]

Mark S is a teenager in a grown mans body.....he wants what he wants.

[@BunnLilah]

​​@@redesignedlife777What he wanted was to have sex with Helly. He had sex under false pretenses which is messed up and really wrong. It would be like thinking you're having sex with your partner in the dark and it's actually someone else.

[@BunnLilah]

What he wanted was to make love with Helly. He instead did it with Helena under false pretenses. It's comparable to being in the dark while the person you think is your partner gives non-verbal signals that they want to make love, and then you do it thinking it's your partner except it's someone else who snuck into your bed.

[@BunnLilah]

​​@@redesignedlife777What he wanted was to make love with Helly. He instead did it with Helena under false pretenses. It's comparable to being in the dark while the person you think is your partner signals non-verbally that they want to make love, and then you do it thinking it's your partner except it's someone else who snuck into your bed.

[@b2rad]

This episode had me FLOORED. Holy SHIT. I don't even know what is going to happen next. WOWOWOW

[@bowi1332]

I screamed in front of my screen!

[@b2rad]

Even knowing it was Helena seeing how they navigated that with Irv... absolutely epic. Irv realized he had nothing to lose after Helena's comment to him about Burt, so he let his final move be exposing her to the crew. Easily my favorite episode yet. Gonna miss Irv if this is the last we see of him

[@funnylilgalreacts]

SO UNEXPECTED. I loved it.

[@MultiPuppypuncher]

@@b2radi assume his story will continue in outie form. There are still questions that need to be answered about his outie and with outie burt as well

[@b2rad]

@@MultiPuppypuncher You're definitely right. I meant innie Irv, I imagine they will try to campaign to get him back to finish Cold Harbor, but outie Irv is on a mission against Lumon which I'm actually more excited to see how it plays out. Helena never got to know what Irv was up to on the outside since he didn't spill. Her name wasn't on Irv's outtie's list either so I wonder how that may end up changing his path. Great episode, though!

[@13a98amarie]

JUSTICE FOR IRV! 😤😤

[@ElderStatesman]

In fairness, firing Irving might spare his outie from being *outed* as a mole within Lumon. So his outie will have to find another way to investigate Lumon. And perhaps Mark's innie is keeping notes for his outie to tell Reghabi what's happening. Perhaps Mark & Reghabi team up to find Irv to get some insight to the company. Could Irv's outie be working with Reghabi all this time?

[@SteveInMaine207]

​@ElderStatesman imagine if they just ended him permanently, both innie and outie. Maybe it just looks like a brain aneurism or heart attack. They just turn his lights out for good using the chip. 😮

[@AL-fl4jk]

Even if we don’t get him back it wasn’t a waste, he went out a hero

[@DAVIDELLIOTT]

When Irving looks at the monitor in the forest and it said "Montauk" I immediately thought of Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind (2004) - a classic science fiction movie about playing with memories, set partially in Montauk.

[@funnylilgalreacts]

I want a “meet me in Montauk” tattoo It’s my favorite movie

[@DAVIDELLIOTT]

@@funnylilgalreacts Then get one. Be the you you are.

[@bowi1332]

Whoa! Nice easter egg!

[@JamieReed-n3p]

Look up the Montauk Project or watch the Severance reaction video from JBuck Studios like I did to see the cold war era project of the same name with creepy ties to mind control and experimentation!

[@yester30]

Absolutely

[@gregdesouza17]

36:40 The Soft Music is Tom Jobim's wave, that in portuguese goes something like "You need love to be happy, you can't be happy alone", so very thematic for Irving

[@John_Locke_108]

I think of the craziest things in the episode was Helena laughing at the story to gain trust. Laughing at a sacred text violates everything she believes in. I don't think Seth expected that.

[@bowi1332]

What if this was an honest laugh though? 😅 Maybe she really thought that this story was too much.

[@klaudiso]

That's really good catch!

[@John_Locke_108]

@@bowi1332 If that's the case, than that would mean that this whole book is bullcrap. If this text was part of the Keegan lore than she would have already read it multiple times in her life. If her laugh was genuine than I would take that to mean that she had never heard this story before because someone just wrote it a couple of days prior.

[@matthewcooke3327]

I genuinely think Helena has been force fed this stuff and she is enjoying being able to rebel a little

[@leeci33]

Anyone notice the pages in the beginning of the book looked newer than the rest?

[@Christina_Paz]

I also want to say that I'm so proud of you for growing so much on your channel that Apple let you have these eps early! I was here when you first watched season 1. Just so proud!

[@funnylilgalreacts]

Aww thank you!

[@pohordebbarma4505]

Irving said "who has the power to send their outie to the severed floor"= Must be an Eagan

[@reynaldolorenzo8409]

That's not only it, lol, the scrambled numbers made Helena's face, and also said, "Eagan” before he woke up, that bride or momster, whatever, it's also a redhead. I am sure that is deliberate, and also his outie has been trying to send him messages from the outside through mental exercises and exhaustion, the same painting over and over, the loud music to stay awake, and he also had documents trying to know all the employees.

[@stonefaceBRC]

I have no words for this episode.... What an absolute masterpiece of television.

[@paulchristensen7]

Also, what Irv told the group - "hang in there", a reference to the animation in episode one depicting the OTC from the season one finale.

[@juanrincon4110]

I love how the episode started with Irv coming into his innie and ended with him turning back into his outie

[@KatBee00]

Irving is my sweet baby 😢 I've loved him more than anyone since the start. I hope outtie Irving puts all his energy into working this from the outside. I hope he connects with Mark out there because I simply can't imagine my favorite show without my favorite character. Then Mark can discuss his re-integration and they can make a plan.

[@joegreene7619]

I honestly didn't think the show could get any weirder, but I legitimately had a coughing fit a couple of times this episode because I kept forgetting to breathe.

[@SteveInMaine207]

No I didn't think her admitting her shame was Helly R because I thought it was Helena from the first big lie. I knew she was trying to gather information because none of the outies were talking about the OTC incident. When she admitted being ashamed, I saw it as a reveal of Helena's true feelings of herself.

[@ThePlayTyperGuy]

Or just rationalizing why Helly would lie. It did throw Mark off the trail and got him to say “I don’t care who you are up there,” etc.

[@lillustpotion]

@@SteveInMaine207 I took it as Helena being honest. She’s ashamed of Helly R.

[@exscape]

@@lillustpotion Her words were "I didn't like who I was on the outside", so that doesn't work.

[@SteveInMaine207]

@@lillustpotion No, thats the oposite of what I think. Helena is jealous of the life Helly is leading, having friends, loving another person etc while she leads a dark cold friendless life where her father doesn't even respect her.

[@MatthewStephensAU]

Irv was always the Tranquil Fury of the group. "Let's burn this place to the ground."

[@joyboy6472]

i love how nobody even questioned further the "twins" like what are they? clones robots, lookalikes? wth 😭

[@myong2206]

i mean ortbo is an anagram of robot so maybe that 😭

[@hayleyy_.j]

Looked like people with masks

[@damian_madmansnest]

Could even be animatronic figures like those of Eagans mentioned in Ep. 1

[@Jehty_]

I'm so annoyed at the innies that they didn't walk to the figures 😂 Dylans one was so close to them. Surely you can take a few minute detour to find out what tf those things are

[@damian_madmansnest]

@ They have ‘Shadow’ prefix in the credits and apparently were played by different actors

[@s07561277]

The words on the screen in Irving's nightmare spell Eagan. That's how Irving knew finally figured it out.

[@orbislame]

Honestly think this might have been one of the best episodes of television I’ve ever watched.

[@beefjezos2713]

First 15 minutes: “oh no this is going to be Fly” Last 15 minutes: “oh this is Ozymandias”

[@kusut]

chicanery

[@coreyshafarman8918]

This is the best commentary on this episode

[@maxderp6588]

Y'all were right about the bell....we heard it when Helena switched.... Way out in the woods! (Poor Judd!) Lol 😂😅

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

Also in the very beginning when Irving switches.

[@JackOiswatching]

Helly's gonna need some serious therapy once the past 12 hours gets explained to her. Almost getting killed, seeing the sky, seeing nature in general, having sex, a lot of firsts for an Innie happening to her!

[@samkaranja5709]

Also that look Irving gave Milcheck - "you scared little man, you have no power over me." Irv MVP

[@samkaranja5709]

Helena: I'm definitely Helly Irving: girl, you ain't slick, i see you Seriously, Helena is so out of touch that she thought the poors / her family's cult's members wouldn't question a night gardener in the winter. There's snow on the ground.

[@MikeWillisUK]

Remember the pineapple bobbing during the "Lumon is Listening" animated video? The moment I saw Helly's head underwater like that, I just had a feeling it was foreshadowing... and here we are. lol

[@lockekappa500]

It definitely looks WAY more nefarious than it should have. I thought the same thing. Not necessarily foreshadowing, but it just felt..."off"

[@joegreene7619]

ORTBO = ROBOT

[@Severancetheories]

The computer screen in his dream said Eagan and it even looked like Helena at one point

[@ewan0707]

Crazy and amazing episode! But I just can't get over the fact that Kier Eagan supposedly listened to his twin brother "spil[ling] his lineage on the soil" lmao 💦

[@IceMetalPunk]

I heard that line and was like, "That can only mean two possible things... blood is the better of the two... I hope it's a euphemism for blood." It was not 😅

[@Jehty_]

⁠@@IceMetalPunk I thought it might mean piss. Not that it necessarily makes biological sense, but it makes a lot more sense in what one would normally do on a hiking trip.

[@MANIAKRA]

I immediately come here after Severance now because you upload so FAST! I can't believe how good this show is!

[@eldritchbaobun9976]

Irv was done since Burt, but he crashed out in the best way possible.

[@420Sportz]

"If I am going down, I am taking an Eagan with me."

[@MotorCityPhoenix313]

It's wonderful to see John Turturro finally getting all the roses he deserves. Just a remarkable performer in everything he does. The first season also gave me the feeling that Irving's outie had a military background that he's maybe been trying to forget his experiences by working on the severed floor. His attention to detail, questioning, and interrogation of Helena keeps standing out to me.

[@lockekappa500]

Well the first season literally shows us he has a military background. But yes, I'm getting past or current military/cia vibes. Especially considering him being prone to waterboarding someone as a first resort.

[@BrandoCalrission]

Since Mark has been reintegrated he’ll know to look for Irving on the outside. I’m willing to bet that outie Irving will also reintegrate by the end of the season so we’ll see innie Irving again.

[@JojoTheVulture]

Most likely, he'll probably look for all of MDR like Petey did

[@regularartist699]

mark has already been reintegrated yet he is still fully his innie. We might not entirely understand reintegration yet

[@MasterB8ta]

I thought this episode took place before Mark integrated until he saw his wife on Helena’s face which was foreshadowed in the opening sequence towards the end with Helly and Ms. Casey in the mysterious elevator. But maybe reintegration slows down when your chip is activated serving as a shield and when it’s off it happens a lot faster. I say this cause when Petey reintegrated he never went back to work

[@LordofFullmetal]

Yep. We haven't seen the last of Irving. He was ready for this, and Mark's freshly reintegrated. He'll know to seek him out, just like Petey did for him.

[@LordofFullmetal]

​@@regularartist699 Or here's a thought: he's probably faking it, so he doesn't get fired and prevented from finding his wife.

[@LordofFullmetal]

Also I don't know how so many people missed this, because he literally states his rationale out loud to the camera. Irving figured out she must be an Eagan because, as he says, "Who would have the power to send an outie to the inside?" No one except an Eagan. That is the obvious answer. Only an Eagan could do that. I'm kind of shocked that that flew over so many people's heads. He had a whole supervillain monologue about it.

[@fufuberry23]

SHE SLEPT WITH MARK!!! THAT'S SO INSANE WHAT IS HER DEAL?!?!?!?!

[@kels5592]

I can’t stop thinking about this

[@Sebster85]

Correction: She raped Mark.

[@CampingforCool41]

She’s a spoiled brat who gets what she wants and doesn’t care who she hurts but at the same time she’s also completely starved for affection and love and she was jealous of Helly for getting to experience that instead of her. She’s a really messed up person.

[@exscape]

Could be a way to distract him from going after "Ms Casey". Could be because she really lacks human connection and genuinely wants it. Or both. (Or something completely different, it's not as if anyone could have predicted this episode to begin with, so who the hell knows what happens next episode?)

[@sparkcrushervcm]

I think that wasn't strategy. I think that was for her. She may have been pretending, but she was enjoying herself.

[@devonbonstein6156]

The reason you keep calling Irving Burt, is because when you think about it, Irving does look more like Burt than Burt, whereas Burt looks more like Ernie. You heard me

[@funnylilgalreacts]

This checks out

[@mdl9224]

Mustaches do give strong Burt energy

[@RJC-29]

35:34 Dylan, out of biting range.😬

[@frankeee77]

'Marshmellows are for team players'

[@atulrcks]

He said glassgow block , it was one of the commands on the otc page

[@alexmichelldahlback]

Good catch! I wonder how it’s different from a regular OTC 🤔

[@Jehty_]

@@alexmichelldahlback it's the inverse of OTC, isn't it?

[@alexmichelldahlback]

@@Jehty_ ah yeah that actually makes sense haha

[@ianferguson5410]

Now we need to know what Beehive, Lullaby, and the others do.

[@RobertNorthrop]

Always trust Irving. How damaged of a human being is Helena Eagan? I would have more sympathy for her except for the deception towards Mark S. She is dangerous and unreliable for everyone - Mark S, Milchick and Lumon. Drummond will likely take over as head of the Severance floor. Helena has only one thing left and that's her desire to pursue Mark. I think this will carry over outside of the severance wing. I actually feel sorry for Milchick. That's two episodes in a row where his faith and devotion to the Eagan's is shaken. Poor Dylan too.

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

So, I fully believed it was still "Helly R." up until the very moment the Glasgow Block was lifted. No notes. This show is a masterpiece.

[@IceMetalPunk]

I was pretty confident it was Helena, but damn, she acted her ass off during her outburst at the ridiculousness of the Kier & Dieter myth. It makes me wonder if Helena, despite being born into the family and basically destined to keep it up, actually doesn't buy into the BS.

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

@@IceMetalPunk A lot of Lumon in this show reminds me of Scientology. And the Woe's Hollow myth made me think of the Xenu myth that everyone laughs at. I've never heard of an ex-Scientologist who comes forward and says "yes, I 100% believed it."

[@IceMetalPunk]

@ Yeah, I mean, it's a religious cult, so of course it gives Scientology vibes. I thought the same during season 1. It's similar to any religion, honestly, but the aggression evokes Scientology specifically. Of course you wouldn't hear of an ex-Scientologist who believed it all -- that's why they are *ex* Scientologists 😝It's Survivorship Bias. The ones who believe it completely... stay in the cult.

[@RyanWarnick-i6e]

This episode was fascinating. And Irv was epic. He figured it out and forced Helena’s hand. Sadly, his innie paid the ultimate price. I knew from the moment Helena said that she saw the inside of a boring apartment - and I never doubted it. Now where does it go from here? Helly R better start talking fast before they turn her off again! I loved that none of the innies ever knew Milchick’s first name, but Gretchen let it slip to Dylan. And then when Helena yelled to him in distress using his first name - that sealed the deal for Dylan!

[@ElderStatesman]

There goes the "outie family visitation" perk. Really hope Dylan connects the dots that he's being manipulated at every point and turn.

[@jpippice]

The one thing I don’t understand from this episode: why did Lumon let the innies sleep? Wasn’t Lumon strictly against that in Season 1. Doesn’t it cause possible subconscious bleed-over? Do they have a new strategy now? Thanks for the reactions @funnylilgalreacts

[@funnylilgalreacts]

I think the tents were blocking them from dreaming possibly? Irv wasn't in a tent and its possible that's why he could dream.

[@jpippice]

Ooh, good theory!

[@SuperDoNotWant]

They are against sleeping at a place of work, not sleeping in general. For innies that effectively means no sleeping as they are always at work. One has to wonder if this was the first ever ORTBO and if so, what were they trying to achieve.

[@tonycamas9747]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but do we have any canonical reason to believe that dreaming messes up severance in some way? I know it's a very common narrative among fans of the show that Outie Irving deliberately drinks coffee so that Innie Irv might fall asleep and allow outside information to "bleed" into his Innie self, but have Stiller, Ericson, & co. ever actually confirmed that? It's certainly possible that the tents were equipped with some sort of "dream inhibitor" technology, but it seems to me that, based on what we actually know, it's equally possible that Lumon was just not that worried about this alleged bleed over effect. At least, not for one night of sleep. Also, there was nothing in Irv's dream that betrayed any knowledge that we know Outie Irv had. Most of what he dreamed about was stuff from his Innie life, or things he had already strongly suspected.

[@jpippice]

@@tonycamas9747 I think Lumon frowned on it, no? All the innies knew it was bad and Milchick was on Irv in an instant when he dozed. In this episode I think there’s a possibility that outie Irv knew of Helena Egan and that’s why innie Irv could connect the dots with her face appearing on the computer screen and the word Egan appearing. All theories though, agreed!

[@capn_toad]

rip irving b, you were a real one 🫡

[@kcha237]

Another absolutely insane episode. We are feasting, what did we do to deserve this?!?!

[@NinaNinaM24]

I've had a theory since episode 1 of this season that Irving is reintegrated, and this episode imo made it more likely to be true. He felt a bit off in his mannerisms, suspicious nature and general vernacular (a lot more f-bombs). And like you said during the episode, how did he figure out that she was an Eagan? I think the dream has the answers here, it was the innie and outtie thoughts converging and figuring it out. Woe is sitting in Helly's chair, and the letters on Irving's screen spell out Eagan and show Helly's face (you'll have to rewatch to see this, I only saw the letters at first viewing but not the face, it's subtle), it suddenly became crystal clear for him.

[@colinbanning9416]

I’ve been on your team for a hot while. I think you can, at bare minimum, say that Irving is Reghabi’s mole on the inside and that her ‘how are you going to get information back out’ is foreshadowing. Irving has always been more than he seems and I feel like that’ll be the season 2 twist reveal

[@ToboOrnotobe95]

Helena has almost died twice by an innie

[@IceMetalPunk]

When multiple of your employees want to kill you, and one of them *is* you, you know you're a fuck-up.

[@BeArfi12]

I’m sorry but Dylan just standing there awkwardly and says “I’m sorry, I should have listened” that made me burst out laughing lol

[@EvanGaoTV]

Dang you got this out early! Keep up the good work!

[@snoopy_peanuts_77]

As someone who had no idea what this show was and heard people talking about inny's and outy's I was like "why are they talking about belly buttons so much?"

[@JaiWithani]

"The Glasgow Block". One of the other protocols we briefly saw in the security room. Presumably means "prevent the Innie from waking up when they normally would". Maybe a reference to the Glasgow scale for comas?

[@exscape]

The question is where they are, though. Are they really outside? Sounds like a damn big risk to take. If they ARE outside though, the innies wouldn't normally be awake; they'd have to use OTC for them to be awake outdoors, and end it for them to return to their outies, so it's interesting Milcheck didn't tell them to end OTC for Helena but used other terminology.

[@thedukeofnuts]

@@exscape Helena wasn't under the OTC protocol, so it wouldn't be ended....

[@ThomasValenzuela-i1r]

32:00 i just realised that the bride in that scene could mean helena "killing" her innie or getting rid of her by taking over her life, the same thing the bride did to the twin, and it could also mean that Kier actually killed his twin

[@mariahdaley4773]

Maybe Kier’s “twin” was actually just the part of himself that wasn’t so in control of himself. Maybe he didn’t kill an actual person, but just that part of himself. Milchik said that they were going to the place where Kier tamed the tempers.

[@ThomasValenzuela-i1r]

@mariahdaley4773 That's very possible too

[@Jaco4565]

This episode took such a turn! I love that Irving was on it too with Helly/Helena!

[@gregdesouza17]

34:20 He figured it out. Who would have the power to let their outtie in the severed floor ? Someone who already knows the secrets.

[@thehenchman.]

I love that Irving goes from drowning her to comforting her

[@bowi1332]

That was so tender. And Britt Lower acted as the mindblown and vulnerable innie perfectly!

[@DaGreatKikos]

This is just a theory, but I feel like Helly's outie was honest when spending the night with Mark in the tent. I think her outie is somewhat pressured into doing this because of her family's name, deep down she feels ashamed for who she really is. Doesn't excuse the things she is doing, but interesting.

[@devonmarr9872]

The dream MDR console shows Helly's face and the only letters on the screen are E, A, G, E, N

[@wavehellhole]

The craziest thing about this episode is the lack of CGI. They’re really out there in the wilderness, taking snow cats up onto the top of a mountain, the whole production camping in heated tents. Even Irv’s dream sequence was real, with REAL FOG in a real burnt forest with a real deal they lugged out there.

[@SteveLaw-UK]

My mouth was literally open for 40 minutes.

[@dubbleplusgood]

Helly R. was never cruel. Helly R. tried to kill herself and Helena would never have allowed Helly R. to return following the OTC stage outburst. Helly R. would never go back to the waterfall to ponder but a true believer like an Eagan would. The question isn't how does Irving know for sure it's Helena. The question is how had no one else figured it out by now?

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

Helena probably studied the tapes of Helly R. enough to fake it.

[@JohnSmith-bq6nf]

YES DO IT SETH!! I'll miss innie Irving was so based ;_;

[@Doodiestinky]

The attention to detail in the show will live in perpetuity. The cubicle that Woe was sitting in during Irving‘s dream is the same cubicle that Helly sits in in MDR so very clearly they were alluding to the fact that there was something going on with Helly through the dream sequence.

[@bowi1332]

For real?!

[@Severancetheories]

I think Gretchen was the one milchick was talking to on the walkie talkie to activate Helena’s chip also probably the one that did it in season 1 when we first saw the otc it would explain the first name basis

[@Nobobase5068]

My jaw was on the floor from the moment this episode started. Just when I think this show is putting me onto a certain story or defining certain rules, boom, total shift, world expanded, mind blown

[@mikewilliams4623]

This is tv on another level! Wow!

[@CampingforCool41]

The only thing I’m kinda surprised about with the Helena situation is that I honestly thought Milchick and them didn’t know it was Helena either. I thought for sure she was infiltrating without any of them knowing.

[@funnylilgalreacts]

I think him and Helena planned her laughing at the Deiter story and him getting pissed and leaving so her and the rest of the Innies could chat. I’m betting she thought she’d learn more about what they saw when they were out, she didn’t expect for Irving to be so perceptive.

[@brianschoner3350]

My partner (who does a lot of horse events and deals with goats at some of them) said the exact same thing when she saw that scene: "That's not what goat poop looks like." Let the conspiracizing commence!

[@bowi1332]

I just listened to an interview with one of the DOP, Jessica Lee Gagné (it was in French because she's a Quebecer). She said that the production design team (people designing props) is the most dedicated of all teams when in comes to listening to the fans and planting easter eggs for fans... ... I wonder whether they are sufficiently dedicated to have made their researches about goat poop... 😅 I honestly think that I don't care AND that it was an oversight. 😅 By the way... She said the aforementioned when she was asked to clarified what she meant when she said, about fan theories, "We make the series for the fans"... I really hope that it's true and that the script is not influenced by the fans. She made it seems like peripheral stuffs were tweaked for us, as opposed to rewriting the plot. I'm reading too much into this interview. 😆

[@albusdumbledorr]

One Interesting thing about Irv is that we don't know yet what was his intentions of doing the severance procedure I mean about Mark we know he chose this way because the suffering he was experiencing because loss of his wife about Helly is obvious too and fo Dylan we saw he is a man the can't find job very easy and has a big family and luman pays good money to Its employees But about Irv we don't know and it doesn't seem to be an emotional decision like Mark or out of need for money and job like Dylan and I think show has kept us in the dark about that intentionally

[@brianparsons1439]

We aren't talking enough about the dopplegangers!

[@yeetkunedo]

More fuel to the “they’re making clones of people” theory.

[@funnylilgalreacts]

Right?! WHO WERE THEY??

[@yeetkunedo]

@@funnylilgalreacts tbh...I’m thinking these people are a giant cult trying to find a way to preserve memory and clone people so that they can achieve a form of immortality, or at least the ability to resurrect their lord and savior Kier

[@scarlettmi]

They seemed kind of ~blurry~ so I assumed they were like holograms or something.

[@420Sportz]

They seem to be unrefined versions of themselves, but I cannot be certain.

[@christhomasson1148]

Regarding the goat poop. There is absolutely no way in hell that the set designers, actors, directors, editors AND writers didn't know that goat poop is pellets rather than a pile. Someone would've noticed this and they'd have fixed this error. This show doesn't make continuity errors, especially something so obvious like this. Everything in this show is purposeful. So using non-goat poop in that tunnel will be for a reason. But what reason? Who knows 😅 Maybe the poop was in fact laid by one of these goats, hinting that they aren't real goats at all. Maybe they are attempts at "manufactured" goats which have flaws such as "human looking" poop? Maybe these particular goats are manufactured "vessels" currently used to house the consciousness' of the previous Eagan's who've gone through "the revolving process"? These "goats" could be a temporary gousing for their consciousness until the vompany can replicate human manufacturing....maybe... It's anyone's guess what purpose the goats serve, and why that wasn't goat poop in the hallway. Regardless, it's safe to say there was a reason for the poop to not be pellets.

[@bowi1332]

I feel like the poopgate has the potential to become as epic as Torben Wöller's eye patch from the TV series Dark. Maybe we'll never know.

[@karlwest437]

Just when you think Severance can't get more crazy 😂

[@TheXHead1]

In the scene where Outie Irv says "My Innie got the message" I think he's talking about his dreams. Innie Irv would fall asleep in MDR and dream about black paint, and then he found the paintings. Now his dreams tell him that Helly is an Eagan, not only the numbers say Eagan, but it forms some shapes

[@paulderose7014]

When Irving is in his dream and staring at the screen, you can see a woman’s face appear with the scrambled letters of ‘EAGAN’

[@cissikatt]

It is very David Lynch

[@paulchristensen7]

This season just keeps getting better and better.

[@flayshon]

The song in the ending credits might be an easter egg: "Vou te contar" by Tom Jobim is a famous brazilian song used as opening theme for a tv soup opera called "Páginas da Vida" (Pages of life) whose female protagonist is called...Helena 😅

[@bowi1332]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! I just finished watching the episode. I'll watch the behind the scenes and watch your reaction. The season so far is the GOAT!

[@Christina_Paz]

same!

[@Jeff121456]

Sheep poop pellets. Goats mostly poop pellets but they also do "dog logs". Milchick said Glasgow protocol (one of the choices on the menu with the over time protocol). When Helena was staring at the waterfall she relaxed and her smile returned just before Irving confronts her.

[@JamieReed-n3p]

Especially depending on diet, right? Baby milk-fed goat poop pellet piles? I think it was done for practical reasons for the scene, and it didn't take me out of it much until I watched reactions.

[@TwiPrime]

Haven't seen your reacts in my feed for a bit! Glad to see you!

[@dmztt]

“Hang in there!” Irv says to Dylan… yes it’s in reference to the poster of the Overtime Contingency pose but why say that? My theory is he’s written a map of how to get to the Exports Hall on the BACK of that poster… hence the pointed remark… surely!