Severance | Season 2 OFFICIAL TRAILER BREAKDOWN

[@keithnphx63]

Me, laid out on the floor throwing a tantrum: "But I don't wanna wait until January!!" 😭😭😭

[@quitti]

Screw having to wait 3 goddamn years for 8 episodes

[@keithnphx63]

@@quitti You are not wrong.

[@parthasarathibiswas1616]

True

[@puertogreekn8675]

It's okay because we get From season 3 in the fall and that's even better!! If you haven't watched FROM you're missing out.

[@sleepysartorialist]

MOOD

[@thefacethatstares]

I think that the tunnel Helly is crawling through is a tunnel for baby goats to move between different rooms in the severed layer.

[@thefacethatstares]

Slightly wackier theory: I think that the "Clean Slate" function can also be used to "rewind" memories. This is because I think how the chips work is that normally, you have: --- And the severance chip does this: --- --- Usually it's off and the brain works as normal. But when on, it "intercepts" requests for memories and instead, *simulates memory via software*. Essentially, the chip acts like a hard drive for the brain. So it's like they are partially android - biological thinking but electronic memory. Then, these memories would be directly editable via software. While full memory manipulation might be impossible, it's certainly conceivable that they could just "load a backup". This backup might well be immediately before the Innies launched their escape attempt. Therefore, when we see Dylan open the door in this trailer, he *thinks he's doing the escape attempt for the first time* (if we assume this backup theory). But he isn't! Milchick knows what's up and is waiting in there. I think the reason what we see in this trailer cuts when it does is because it's a split second before we see Dylan's reaction. Hope you find this theory interesting!

[@sleepysartorialist]

@@thefacethatstares I would agree but as a compsci autodidact I wanna gently push back on the tech part. I think they work more like isolated CPUs in the system cache that are activated in the elevator. Chips are kinda...dumb tbh in general (it's why LLMs are so poorly implemented, the compute is weak) so I think that's also why the Innies have more of a "vibe check" emotion driven response to the data cleansing they're doing than a hard and fast rule about how to find it. They're being held back logically by the chips. I like the rest of your idea I just had to say something about that lol

[@captain07234]

Mark definitely gets reintegrate this season, the suspense will come when he has to pretend to be severed at work.

[@sleepysartorialist]

@@captain07234 I really hope you're right cause that would be so thrilling!

[@ariesmry]

The excitement I feel from Nautilus dropping a video makes me feel like I'm a part of some sorta cult... 😅

[@DaveSmith-is6dc]

He does have that reassuring speech pattern. Like, if I did something truly horrible and it was weighing on my conscience, I might admit it to someone with that chill personality.

[@nautilusfiles]

Don't give me any ideas... 😂

[@susanneellison8374]

It's the best cult, mysterious and important

[@Salsa_Shark]

@@ariesmry Best to skip the melon bar, just in case…

[@Sender1257]

Makes you feel like you’re associated with Lumon 😂

[@Rosedaisyviolet]

The style that goes with the motorcycle, the red light in the middle of the parking lot and going down the tunnel all remind me of Irving’s outtie and his paintings. Maybe he’s up all night not just painting but also snooping. How else would his outtie know what that door looks like?

[@AfePooq]

His outie intentionally stayed awake and consumed tons of caffeine to alter his mind and bleed the innie thoughts into outie thoughts.

[@tybrown7112]

The woman that says they should have left looks exactly like the girl from the Myrtle Eagan School for Girls brochure that Cobel has in her basement. 👀 Uniform and all…

[@mrrandiom]

Could be peggy from the lexington letter

[@sopyleecrypt6899]

I knew you'd be all over the trailer - thanks for this! Helly crawling through the corridor made me think of Being John Malkovich, with the half floors. Probably total red herring on my part, but that's what flashed through my mind.

[@chrissennii609]

The actress who says “You should have left” is Gwendoline Christie from GOT and Star Wars, she’s a fantastic actress and also like 6’3. Super excited to see what she brings to the show!

[@smooveayy]

she was also amazing in Sandman

[@cubedtothex]

Omg I didn’t even realize that was her! Great eye and ear!

[@thisisjeannie4723]

you're too forgiving, i'm so mad that it's coming out next year lmao. thanks for being on the trailer though i missed so much of that

[@nautilusfiles]

I'm stuck in that stage of grief called "denial" lol

[@somejackball]

i think that's Gwendoline Christie at the end, sure looks different though!

[@Christina_Paz]

Yep, it is! I'm used to her look from Wednesday so I was stunned to learn this was her!

[@somejackball]

@@Christina_Paz 👍

[@ablock24]

Bro. I was anticipating your breakdown of the trailer more than the trailer. Love your sh#@ bro. Keep it up.

[@nautilusfiles]

Appreciate it!

[@madworldproductions855]

I just found this show and am obsessed! I finished it so quick and have now been on a mission watching all your videos about it! I’m so glad I found this show now so I didn’t have to wait the full 3 years for season 2 😂

[@batboy12394]

I know I'm not alone in thinking this, but this show reminds me so much of the game Control. Control obviously has some more paranormal/supernatural elements, but I love the parallels of the setting. An almost supernatural office setting is a really intriguing and under utilized location.

[@smooveayy]

another great analysis! I'm glad to see your channel growing. you will be an icon in the severance fandom soon!! 🤴🏾

[@PaulAdamsYVR]

Thanks for doing the hard work of freeze framing things! My guess is "You should have left" is related to the last shot of Mark & HElly - like they walked in on something shady happening in Optics and Design, and the new character tells them later "You should have left." Also, makes me wonder if Gwendoline Christie’s new character is Burt's replacement, post retirement?

[@vandelayindustries2971]

She also has a green keycard so it could very well be O&D

[@nautilusfiles]

Yeah, I'm getting O&D from her. Her getup is very similar to what some of the other members wear and I think Burt's exit might explain her arrival.

[@TessAvelland_1]

​@nautilusfiles I wonder if it could be a flashback and she's Burt's predecessor, Alice K. The name fits with the 'rabbit hole' vibe of the show (and the literal rabbit on Burt's retirement poster).

[@andrewbutler3107]

Love your video! Thanks for putting this together!

[@nautilusfiles]

Thanks, Andrew!

[@pamelahofman1785]

I keep trying to get people to watch this show and no one listens to me! So frustrating when it’s one of the best and most original shows out there.

[@emil87th]

I finally got my sister to watch it and her response was luke warm. I guess it's not everyone's cup of tea, which boggles my mind.

[@GerardHale-zt1yv]

😂😂 same

[@kenyattayarbrough6599]

As I’m rewatching did anyone else notice that despite them living around 2020 that their vehicles are all older. Turn key no fobs square body style vehicles. Kind of 70s Similar to how their computers are older style and look like the old iMac

[@nautilusfiles]

Yeah, the set designers talked about that in an interview. They intentionally did stuff like that to weird us out. It all adds up to the audience feeling uneasy and confused about the world they exist in

[@kenyattayarbrough6599]

@@nautilusfiles very liminal I think that’s why I like it so much

[@travtotheworld]

Just want to say, I absolutely love this channel. Thanks for putting so much work into these videos and cultivating great Severance discussions.

[@gtypic6253]

I just love your videos. Both your thoughts and your voice are wonderful, thank you for putting these together for us!

[@knotbin]

You missed one detail I think is notable: Helly putting on her badge as she gets in the episode references her *SPOILER*ing herself at the end of episode 4

[@Salsa_Shark]

Irv finally found out what was for dinner and it was hilarious?

[@theoneandonlybosable]

We are so back

[@AlmostCH]

Thank you for the extensive breakdown! Getting our fix in! ❤️ I’m so excited!!

[@AlmostCH]

I guess I’ve never seen the full trailer before 😅. Thank you for the breakdown!

[@ralphjean8102]

I started watching Lost cause of you. That show is just as fire 💯

[@Latriise]

The woman at the end looks like one of those wax figures in that hall of past CEOs.

[@crabster9]

I just finished the first season last night and this show was a wild ride. I’m seriously contemplating watching it again. My jaw hit the floor when all was revealed in the finale. Can’t wait for the new season.

[@brianstanziale3595]

legit, best show ive ever seen.

[@kyle7233]

I'm late to the party and recently watched Severance. Absolutely fell in love with this show! One thing though, the subreddit seems to be plagued with bad-takes. I appreciate your perspective and like that you go through a range of theories and discuss their Merit. Something I haven't seen you comment on yet, but maybe because I missed a video, was that the editor the journalist corresponds with I'm the Lexington Letters is a Milchick. Shortly after that Milchick learns about Peggy, she is eliminated. Maybe they were already after Peggy, but maybe her attempt to share her story got her killed... *tin foil* the accident means she was dragged back to Lumen to become permanently severed. *more tinfoil* as you mentioned before, Gemma may have gone down the same way. So potentially Milchicks are a powerful family linked with Lumen/Eagens.

[@Coolusernamekitty]

I have been watching your channel for a hot minute and I just realized I’m not subscribed. Whoops! Love your posts!

[@zerstorerB]

the new woman has a green card while MRD have a blue one

[@sisyphushappyxvx]

I was scanning the comments to say the same thing! O&D use the green cards.

[@unattitude]

I was thinking the same thing except it's a slightly different green. The lanyard cord looks like the O&D green but the card itself looks like a more muted. Could just be the light but it doesn't look like the same color to me. Also, what's with the scarf?

[@TessAvelland_1]

​@@unattitudeI agree. Her card is more of an olive green instead of the O&D seafoam green. Her lanyard is the normal O&D color though.

[@jaclynortiz3863]

Great video thank you as always! You’re awesome

[@AnalogOcean]

oh my goodness,Innies!!! we got something!!!!! i also wanted to get it in the fall but at least we got a date and its not far off...cheers,Everyone! We're close!

[@richiehoyt8487]

They goofed - they have the show in the bag, why make us wait? Now I'm just gonna drop my sub. until the new year.

[@AnalogOcean]

@@richiehoyt8487 yeah I agree. I think I watched every show that I was interested in on Apple and just dropped it.

[@felixrcandelaria]

I cannot wait! I will definitely watch Season 1 again very soon

[@candypan1]

Hey, bit late to the party but I wanted to mention that the room Dylan opens the door to in the breakdown section, each side is covered in panels, almost like what you'd see on a door to a closet, similar to the closet his innie first met his son in. Maybe this is a room like the break room to torture him or maybe it's a "prize room" (as we know how big innie Dylan was on rewards) allowing him to relive the memory of meeting and holding his son which was the cause of his rebellion in the first place. Just a thought.

[@PaganSkye]

Ohhh yay I have been waiting for this ❤

[@Goonz]

You guys notice that Milcheck is wearing a suit? Maybe he got a promotion at lumon so they can piss Cobel off

[@sabaducia]

Gwendoline Christie! I knew she was cast but this is EXCITING!! She looks wild.

[@AnaRaulickis]

Since 2022??? Its must be perfect!!!!

[@shyla5861]

i’m so freaking excited

[@CulturedBubbleCB]

A theory I have after watching severance for the nth time: In episode 1 Mark says to Helly: "I just bet it'll make you feel right as rain." I know that's an idiom, but something about the way Mark emphasized it, made me dwell on it. Later that episode, during the "no food dinner", the blonde lady says about Lumon: "They began in the 18 hundreds. Topical salves." Soooo... maybe the topical salves have some kind of mind-altering quality to them. This salve could also be in the "soap" dispensers, which is why they aren't labelled and employees are required to wash their hands with it up to 10 times a day. So Mark saying "you feel right as rain" could mean, that after it rains, the salve is washed away properly for the first time (since Lumon also might control the water systems and might put that salve in there too) and people actually feel "right"/ like their true selves for the first time since applying the salve. But I'm not sure how Innie Mark could know this, but maybe this is subconscious information? Would love to hear your thoughts on this :) I binged all your Severance videos in 1 day, so thank you for making them extremely enjoyable :D

[@Liefregenboogmeisje]

Lumon's logo is a waterdrop, so you could be onto something.

[@m_christine1070]

You r brilliant!!! Great theory!

[@patrickferguson5962]

The montage of Mark waking up on the table in various clothes might indicate multiple mind wipes.

[@patrickferguson5962]

And now that I’ve been thinking about it more, there could be two reasons for this: 1) Innie Mark keeps getting rebellious. 2) Maybe there is a correlation between mind-wipes and re-integration. The latter idea would be particularly interesting, as it would give both Lumon and outie Mark reasons to stay at Lumon: outie Mark wants to find his wife, and Lumon wants to perfect the severance procedure, and Mark might be the perfect lab rat.

[@rockslam]

@@patrickferguson5962good theory! Why else would they allow him back every time? I can’t wait

[@sulphurblue]

I think you'd be right!!!

[@nancyjonesfrancis]

Ah! You saw it, too!!!

[@nautilusfiles]

I got a bunch of messages about it the night before. I woke up rearin to go lol

[@RaccoonRose]

I’M SO EXCITED

[@yahnfon6557]

Hey I have a theory about the elevator.. before I speak on it I wanted to say your breakdowns and theories are incredible. Okay, when workers are sent in the elevator it is a transition from obviously a different floor but also a transition from outtie to inny. This is the trigger that activates the brain chip. I think that the elevator in the dark hallway (the one Irv’s outtie keeps obsessively painting) that Jemma is sent to is another transition to another floor and a different inny. Inner inny if you will 🥲. I think Lumon is defying the limits of the brain and continuously splicing peoples innys. I think that evidence of multiple splicing is when there seem to be memories slips or sub conscious recollection. Not sure if you will see this but I wanted to give my obsession for great tv and thinking a try 😊. Thanks for reading.

[@anewagora]

I wouldn't be surprised if the testing floor is where the innies go who live in Lumon. The place where they are never let out like Peteys map showed. It also may have to do with Ms. Casey's car accident and if it damaged her or did kill Gemma in some way. Maybe those innies just get shut down outside of work.

[@julienj8430]

I think the new character at the end of the trailer is Ms Cobel who changed body. Half joking because of previous theories about her having her child personality in her severed or non severed ‘state’. If I remember correctly… which now I’m not sure I am The line “you should have left” could make sense in that context too - a character knowing Marc and Helly’s background telling them they made a mistake coming back. How great it is to speculate on very little☺️

[@zukonjs9421]

immediately thought of your channel when i saw the trailer :)

[@GrannyGamer1]

I'm glad they're back. But I'm sorry they're back.

[@nautilusfiles]

I completely agree lol

[@DaveSmith-is6dc]

I believe something happens at the Lumon meeting beyond just chaos. Perhaps outty Helly forms a tenuous alliance with inny Helly? I mean, this would explain her stealthy walk across the bridge in the outty evening gown. Plans in the making. Or maybe it was an infiltration all along, and outty Helly was so deep undercover that she could not even disclose everything to her inny.

[@AnaRaulickis]

Perfect. Everyone us choice specific for they job. For sure. Perhaps Haley is the perfect boss for this new world.

[@ShesThe1yup]

Yup loved this show when it started heating up, if your finding it hard to get thru the first episode or two give it a chance it soon heats up to a very intriguing "whats going to happen next" keeping you guesding show!! Especially near the end.

[@foley15136]

(Repost from another vid) For any ladies that read this; notice how they’re always showing Helly’s fingers? How many of you paint your nails day after day after day with the same color? Notice how it’s the same day after day and it’s not chipped at all. Also, the polish is always up to the cuticle, with no space (nail growth). So, that must mean she’s painting (or having them painted) the same color every day. Then, she wears the same color at the gala. I know that my wife wouldn’t. I’m wondering how many of you might do that.

[@shaymikes9141]

I feel like this season is going to be a reverse. Lumon might wipe there memories of the last few weeks so the innies will be clueless but now the outies will be aware of something not being right. But then the innies might run into someone from optics and designs and there like “bruh we just met you 2 weeks ago”

[@iRenz0]

Finally….FINALLY!!!!!!!

[@Thevikingninja117]

BEEN WAITING 2 years!!! AHHHH!!!!

[@Leanie_Bean]

On a different note - where in the building is Ms. Cobel’s office? Is it on an upper level? It seems like it because of all the sunlight. I’m asking because if Ms. Cobel works upstairs, and Helly took the elevator upstairs, wouldn’t Helly (innie) have turned into Helena (outie)...and wondered why she had a paper cutter in her hands? Perhaps Ms. Cobel’s office is downstairs - but where? Odd question, I know, but it’s one I’ve been thinking on for about a week. Thank you, Nautilus, for awesome analysis and commentary. We appreciate you! 🙂

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

Theyre literally showing us how scary Neuralink will be when it comes into popular use

[@sew3521]

I see what you're saying but Read Only communication with the brain is difficult enough and that is all Neuralink is looking to do right now. If you want Read Write communication to the brain you are talking about a much harder issue. In theory we might see that tech some day but I bet Read Only reliable communication is at least 20 years away and I do not know if there will ever be a read/write option.

[@neotek303]

I'm willing to bet this show has two levels, the exoteric for the masses and the esoteric for the red pilled. Seems to me the esoteric meaning relates to the concept of incarnating into a lower dimension which to the soul is a borderline hell-hole. Ergo why you have the characters descending to become an "innie" and why HELLy wakes up in S1E1 on a table shaped like a coffin with no memory of who she actually is. Plus it's a trap. The illusion that tricks her into returning is priceless. Reminds me of how Kubick said The Shining was essentially about an evil process of reincarnation. Severance on the exoteric level is really juicy, probably something along the lines of AI becoming human but requires testing. Everything there is weird, like AI (or aliens) trying to mimic humanity. I'm getting an 1899 vibe for sure. This show is one of the best mystery box shows out there. Would've been 1899 but of course Netflix is run by idiots.

[@calvindomin441]

My birthday is the 12th, so I’ll take it as a present 😂😂😂. Although it would have been so cool to have an October release in time for the Halloween type vibe.

[@fibonacho]

Weird. Season 2 is starting exactly one week (7 days) before the 41st anniversary of the original Macintosh being available in retail stores.

[@juliemarie612]

Almost three damn years between 1 and 2 😩😖 let's hope the wait for season 3 isn't as long

[@moopleaf]

Wanted to share a theory I only saw one person post on a site for tv articles that i had NEVER seen before, if you discussed it on this channel I may have just missed it? they theorized that that the severed procedure makes the innies unable to process visual information correctly, which makes the "numbers" elicit emotions, has the baby goats making no real sense, makes O&D just assume they're producing seemingly random items, and makes that "very important card" that Dylan hid appear as random martial arts instructions. Maybe In not in the scene enough, but this is the most realistic/likely theory that I've seen that I somehow have missed people talking about !

[@m_christine1070]

Interesting!

[@pdxdogg6891]

Great show. Will there ever be any more though, and how many years?

[@whiteknight4400]

I think the scenes of MDR personnel entering the elevator is their first day at work . Helly was wearing the same outfit on her first day

[@suzebeerens4422]

I believe that Irv know Burt because he use to work in the same department together, but something may have happened that made them have to get reset. There is a reason that Irv knows about that hallway that Ms Casey went down., and why his outie keeps painting it.

[@damdamfino]

I mean, as much as I don’t want them to reset and forget everything, Lumen is definitely going to “sever” them again to forget all about it. But Irving might have been wiped several times before due to his office romance, and his split mind is starting to converge, so he’s a clue to what might happen to them. There’s a chance they’ll remember glimpses of what happened throughout the season, so flashbacks are possible. The Alice in Wonderland hallway could be a hallucination about the “maze” of hallways ie navigating the maze of their minds as they’re either wiped or when they’re getting their memories back. Either way, I know Im going to be frustrated the first few episodes back when they get wiped but hopefully it will be satisfying in the end.

[@joshwright2286]

Yesss let's goo

[@Goonz]

I just had a theory maybe Helly is crawling in that tight space because it’s an area only accessible to those goats 😮

[@FruitCompanyMedia]

In the opening shot, by the way, there's some random people in the front of the building. Looks like they may be rolling up the carpet after the gala

[@FruitCompanyMedia]

Also, kinda seems like that Cobel shot is at Ricken and Devon's house

[@Christina_Paz]

@@FruitCompanyMedia Was thinking this too!

[@DaveTexas]

So cool yet so very, very frustrating! I sure hope they can meet our heightened expectations after making us wait so f**king long… To me, the most interesting clip in the trailer is the overhead shot of multiple people walking through snow. Could it be the MDR team escaping the building together and running off into the surrounding woods? The rest of the shots could be anything and are quite possibly just some mundane but intriguing-looking clips. Even the "you should have left" line might not be anything of importance. The people who put these trailers together are very good at misdirection. I want to see Devon on the severed floor this season. Like they sneak her in somehow (or she sneaks herself in) to prove to her that Ms. Casey is Mark’s not-so-dead wife. Something along those lines. I think Devon will be more central to the narrative this season - she knows too much! But the trailer was missing one very important thing. WHERE ARE THE BABY GOATS?!?

[@TwixiMixiPixi]

Finally, we have a date! it is annoying that it is next year, but it'll be worth it.

[@juliettedemaso7588]

NGL it would also be awesome if the person on the bike is Petey's daughter.

[@riverisgood123]

Super good video

[@GreatJobTy]

ive become a flurpy for all my felpers

[@bridgetboyle687]

But I already have my new hat! Now I have to wait til January? The foil will get crushed by then. Lol

[@nautilusfiles]

😂😂

[@thekittulegend]

seems like 'you should have left' is for mark - its likely that marks sister asks him to quit in season 2 after finding out cobel is the boss, and mark decides not to quit to get gemma back

[@hannah-lk3oc]

My thought was the the person saying “you should have left” or whatever it was that was exactly said was that she’s the new security person having an interaction with one of our people after an incident

[@veroniquebellamy4741]

Except her light green security badge is giving off O&D vibes.

[@hannah-lk3oc]

@@veroniquebellamy4741 oops good point

[@travtotheworld]

I know you said the board might have some questions for Helena, but if Helly is any indication of what Helena's personality is like, it seems more likely to me that she would have questions for the board. Helly prefers fight over flight. I could see Helena confronting the board, management, whoever and asking how they could let this happen.

[@Leanie_Bean]

When the woman says “you should have left”, Helly is breathing really really hard, and Mark looks like he’s in shock. I think they Mark & Helly found something they should not have, and the woman that makes that statement caught them in there. I agree with @tybrown7112 - she looks like the woman from the Perpetuity wing.

[@rockslam]

The way I ran to your channel after the release of the trailer 😅 I think we’re going back to the past. Irving and Mark have surely been there before (the way Cobel & Milchick treat them). It would be so fun to see how they get to the same point in different ways! Maybe Ricken’s four other books helped them realise 😂 (also: no Devon or Ricken in the teaser? I feel like Ricken’s story is nowhere near fleshed out & Devon has to play a part given the revelation in the season finale!!) Here I go obsess again…

[@AstroBlack24]

I agree, I keep thinking about how Regabhi was so certain innie Mark would know what to do with Graner's key card.

[@rockslam]

@@AstroBlack24 good catch!

[@sarak5148]

We. Are. So. Back!!!!! ❤🎉

[@johnmcrobbie3994]

I would go through severance just to make the wait until January easier

[@Basildad658]

LFS let’s fuckin sever

[@susanneellison8374]

Thank you for the breakdown of the trailer! January 17th can't get here soon enough!

[@juliettedemaso7588]

Too long ahhhh I'm tantruming lol And when I watched Severance the first (of too many to admit) times I got to straight line binge it. This time we have to WAIT in between episodes. I'm so bad at this ... Plus when I think about what's going on in the world January 2025 feels like a fever dream..

[@Looshington]

I KNEW IT😂

[@Greg_Abandoned]

Milchick is Natilus! Hear me out..

[@nautilusfiles]

You're not supposed to find that out until season 3 😂

[@Greg_Abandoned]

@@nautilusfiles love all you do man, started watching FROM because I saw it on your channel, got soooo hooked and got all my fam to watch it too hah!

[@Sdragnasty]

​@@nautilusfiles some of us have had our suspicions! 🤨

[@TravisMBarr]

Milchick(s) a series of clones...

[@FandomHype]

January is sooo far away man!

[@exzisd]

Prediction: All of season 1 was a simulation. The shot of Helly walking in the hallway in the evening dress reminds me of when Milcheck walked her into Lumen to get the brain implant. Maybe they are doing experiments on all of them but they never actually leave the building. It's all a big experiment on neuralink in a confined space where people genuinely did choose to leave to be subjects to test the implant technology but unknowingly became the subjects of the failures of the brain implants and the company's intent melding with their own imaginations based on their own perceptions formed from before working at Lumen. That would explain the bizarre sense of space and time and bizarre unexplained Twin Peaks like nightmare scenes. I can already feel my gears start to work but I'll stop so I don't watch season 1 for the 5th time and get my brain going wild either theories. Gotta save that energy. I hope season 3 doesn't take so damn long after season 2. Even a year wait for season 3 seems too long after a 3 year delay. The first season was filmed during lockdowns. We should be getting out of that production pipeline bottleneck by now. EVERYONE I have recommended the show to loves it.

[@evanward4303]

Anyone know if they dropped all of season 1 at the same time or weekly?

[@LittleTempest76]

I don't know if the lady's comment at the end saying they should have left was a threat or a helpful hint

[@TanukiDigital]

I completely forgot about this show.

[@surajr9139]

Oh, I thought the lady at the end is myrtle eagan🙆🏻‍♂️

[@foley15136]

What I don’t understand is why everyone down there is almost child-like, but Helly. She comes in, and remains, very skeptical. She’s discontented. She’s way more curious than the others. She’s driven to get out more. She’s very extreme in everything. I’m not saying that it’s a bad trait. I’m just saying that she’s nothing like the others. Why is that? Does her chip work differently? Is it that there’s just some people that don’t adapt or accept their situation, and aren’t as curious?

[@danilevi8008]

I thought about it more in a psychological aspect. All her life with her father, he indoctrinated her and manipulated her to love and obey his agenda. So maybe shes disagree on the inside but never show it as the outie. And as an innie shes letting it all out. The "rebel" inside of her shines out.

[@foley15136]

@@danilevi8008 Good hypothesis!!

[@candypan1]

We've also never seen another severed employee's transition period. It's outright stated that Mark didn't conform easily either but something happened in his start that allowed him to get a special reward, the glass (not sure what it's called) frame of himself that swivels back and forth, that allowed him to "accept" his circumstances. Something that Helly hasn't experienced.

[@foley15136]

@@candypan1 True. It’s a laser etched photo. There’s just too many unknowns in season one. I’m very curious about the romantic relationships. Burt and Irv develop something and it seems that Helly is with Mark. The obviously are well aware of what sexual relations are, they’re not very child-like with that part. “Baby goats”😂. In a newscast there was mention of a woman becoming pregnant. Mark and Ms. (Gemma) Casey don’t remember each other, but she seems to fixate on Mark to a degree. The Gemma-Mark situation is obviously big in the storyline, but now we have Helly and Mark getting close. I’d like to know more about where they’ll go with that, as well as what’s going to happen with Irv at Burt’s door. We know that Irv knows something about Burt because he was one of the names on his list. He may only know his name and where he lives, like he does with other employees, and never actually met him.

[@foley15136]

@@candypan1 Here’s something that I caught, though unrelated to what we were talking about; in regard to Ricken’s weird friends, people have speculated about how some or all of them may be severed as well. There was Patton at Ricken’s “dinner” party and his odd conversation as well as the last episode when he was hoping to get credit for finding the baby. “I’m the one who found your child!”. Odd thing to say, especially for a grown man, and actually not being the first to find her. And, Rebeck has some kind of small injury on her head that she said came from a bird. Might she have been told that and it’s actually a surgical cut. I’m probably not the only one to be suspicious about those things. Somebody had to think that up before me, for sure. But, what’s your take on that?

[@blackcorp0001]

I didn't think I would ever watch anything trippier than A Scanner Darkly ... I was wrong

[@Mr.C_101]

AARG! Finally!!!... wait... JANUARY??? ... ugh

[@katdroidd]

Regarding the shot of Helly crawling- that is an effect called forced perspective which is not difficult to do and it makes objects in the foreground appear much larger. Now, why is she crawling and why use this effect?

[@albX00]

Hello, everyone; I hope you all are well. I have one possible idea for the MDR work. What if the refiners were refining goats' fluids to find molecules corresponding to the four temperaments? To explain further, according to Hippocrates' theory of bodily fluids, temperaments originate from changes in bodily fluids-blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. What if Lumon Industries wanted to identify and separate specific molecules (and they could use the goats for this purpose) to use these molecules to induce specific behaviors in people? For example, by injecting these molecules into water or their products, they can manipulate people. The refiner’s job would be to separate the molecules from the total mass and store them in bins. These molecules could be used to induce certain behaviors in whoever Lumon wants (e.g., making someone more violent or more depressed). In this way, MDR would be refining not the leftover data but the raw material that goes into the bins. Their chips and personal capabilities could be unique to perform this specific task. Each file can be a particular goat. The job might be time-sensitive because, after killing the goats to extract the fluids, there is a limited window of time before it decays completely... imagine they use goats instead of actual human beings, what would be even more creepy...… so, what do you think?

[@mrchirp1]

January? AAAAAAAAA

[@tyizzle80]

I don't think Helly is on the floor on that clip. It looks more like she's stooped over, with her knees bent and back straight. Like how you would stand if you were peeping through the opening on your door. Or saying high to your cat on the floor. I 5hink that's why the ceiling appears to be low.

[@somejackball]

is it possible in the last scene, Helly and Mark have found themselves on the Testing Floor? they seem really freaked out, and acting like they've never seen anything like this place. and the new female character seems like she's ready to get down to business, whatever that is! 😳 and of course, could just be another weird department they've found 🤔 i just don't know..