Mystery/Thriller Severance (Apple TV+)

[Kane52630]

wild season finale.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[TheGDBatman]

Fantastic season finale.

 

[Pennywise]

‘Severance’ Renewed for Season 3 at Apple TV+

Apple TV+ has renewed 'Severance' for a third season.

variety.com

 

[Deck Rickard]

Question for ya’ll. I was looking at the talking Kier RealDoll and he reminded me of someone. I feel like he was modeled on some actor but I can’t place it. The face looked really familiar. Anyone have any idea?

I might be totally wrong but I’m wondering if someone has been secretly cast in that role.

 

[Still Wynning]

Question for ya’ll. I was looking at the talking Kier RealDoll and he reminded me of someone. I feel like he was modeled on some actor but I can’t place it. The face looked really familiar. Anyone have any idea?

I might be totally wrong but I’m wondering if someone has been secretly cast in that role.

This guy. His name’s Marc Gellar:



Apparently he’s credited as a character in this latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again, though I don’t remember seeing him.

 

[blueharvest]

This guy. His name’s Marc Gellar:

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Apparently he’s credited as a character in this latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again, though I don’t remember seeing him.

He played someone named Karlis Irbe. But I can't remember which scene he was in.

 

[Deck Rickard]

This guy. His name’s Marc Gellar:

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Apparently he’s credited as a character in this latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again, though I don’t remember seeing him.

Yeah, after I posted that, I saw that Screencrush interviewed him and you can tell they modeled the doll on his appearance. Oh, well.

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

Poor Helly R. It must suck to learn that your dad is basically the Tall Man from Phantasm.

 

[scarlet-witch]

I clearly had a favorite scene.

 

[elgaz]

Thought the finale was excellent.

Spoiler

Adam Scott was tremendous. Especially that scene with the camcorder where he is essentially speaking to himself.

Tramell Tillman - again, give this man all the jobs. He's so good.

Love the questions this show raises ethically and how it addresses these things. Mark is stuck at the end choosing between the wife his outie loves, or the co-worker his innie loves. Is either one of them wrong or right? Is there a correct choice here? Not really. It makes you ponder things. The tension at this end scene was great, and the strong use of red throughout the last quarter (not just the alarm lights, but the blood also) against a mostly white aesthetic really worked also.

The only bit I'm still confused about is the purpose of all the different personalities Lumon were crafting for Gemma. They kept reiterating it was a momentous day and how big a thing for humanity this is, but (if I'm correct in my thinking) she has 24 different personalities at the moment and Mark finishing the numbers essentially created the 25th? What's the significance of 25? As the severance procedure is already well publicised, what's the significance of having access to all these extra personalities at all in terms of how it will benefit the rest of the planet? I get what they're doing, but it just seems like a continuation of a path they're already on so I'm trying to understand the importance of it.

 

[Teelie]

Just binged the two seasons. I saw episode one a few years back but hadn't watched any since. The second season finale... "Outie" Mark accidently killing Drummond was a shock, even though it proved useful in rescuing Gemma. As was what MDR was actually doing. I sort of suspected it might be something like that but not rewriting his wife's mind to be another "Innie." 25 personalities is a lot. And I thought it might be related to some kind of reproduction or replication. I feel for Mark too. No easy choices for him at all.

 

[elgaz]

Just binged the two seasons. I saw episode one a few years back but hadn't watched any since. The second season finale... "Outie" Mark accidently killing Drummond was a shock, even though it proved useful in rescuing Gemma. As was what MDR was actually doing. I sort of suspected it might be something like that but not rewriting his wife's mind to be another "Innie." 25 personalities is a lot. And I thought it might be related to some kind of reproduction or replication. I feel for Mark too. No easy choices for him at all.

I did consider at one point whether it's some way to bring people back to life. Let's assume Mark's wife Gemma did die, but Lumon have created a method to clone bodies. Once the body is cloned, they need to restore personality and I speculated that this refinement process they're engaged in (which we now know is formulating the 'tempers' for the subjects) is effectively rebuilding the exact personality of the person in stages. It would explain how important Lumon keep saying this all is - however it's all a bit of a stretch and doesn't explain why Gemma would have memories of Mark also, or why the severance procedure is needed to separate those tempers.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I just have to say

Spoiler

THANK GOD Drummond is dead. I hated that guy so much. And his stupid haircut.

 

[Teelie]

I did consider at one point whether it's some way to bring people back to life. Let's assume Mark's wife Gemma did die, but Lumon have created a method to clone bodies. Once the body is cloned, they need to restore personality and I speculated that this refinement process they're engaged in (which we now know is formulating the 'tempers' for the subjects) is effectively rebuilding the exact personality of the person in stages. It would explain how important Lumon keep saying this all is - however it's all a bit of a stretch and doesn't explain why Gemma would have memories of Mark also, or why the severance procedure is needed to separate those tempers.

The way Keir is so revered and sainted, it makes sense they would try to somehow resurrect him although he's been dead so many decades it seems impossible. But this series is itself impossible (splitting a person's mind like this) so maybe it isn't as much a stretch as it would seem.

Whatever the real reason behind the finale is, I hope season 3 gives us more answers and we make it to their intended series finale. Not too many shows have this kind of writing and originality anymore.

 

[elgaz]

I just have to say

Spoiler

THANK GOD Drummond is dead. I hated that guy so much. And his stupid haircut.

Yeah, actor was great though, made him a very intimidating and unlikeable character. Thankfully his hair is a bit more relaxed in real life

 

[scarlet-witch]

I just have to say

Spoiler

THANK GOD Drummond is dead. I hated that guy so much. And his stupid haircut.

And in such morbidly hilarious way at that. I loved that scene.

 

[blueharvest]