re: Severance Season 2 Discussion (Spoilers)

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The whole rhegabi to cobal arc could have happened in one or two episodes. Which has been my complaint for weeks now, it’s seems like had 6 or so episodes of story and had to make it 10.


Speaking of cold habor, the 12 hours they had in the woods together would have been a lovely time to discuss that but I guess they just made s’mores in silence

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I agree. Just watched the latest episode and it cemented for me that while so much activity happens in each episode, the pacing feels like it's at the speed of an arthritic snail for most episodes. We get small increments in story progression sandwiched between layers and layers of questions about Lumen and odd conversations. It's okay as a novelty for the first season or two, but eventually you have to pick up the pace by answering questions and moving towards something more substantive than just questions and weirdness leading to more questions and weirdness or else viewers will give up on the series and move on.

My issue isn’t with them needing to add dialogue or answer obvious questions, it’s when characters act in insensible ways in order to move the plot. It isn’t sensible that Mark or his sister would just go along with Cobel and not ask any questions, or even attack her and try and force more information. As soon as they heard that Gemma was definitely in Lumon and about to be dead there would have been a whole line of questioning or different reactions and not doing so doesn’t really make sense.

And say what you will about assuming the cops are in Lumon’s pocket. They are committing human trafficking, kidnapping, and murder. You would be contacting everyone possible, including your family, friends, anyone you know to get help and alert authorities above what Lumon can control.

Why doesn’t Mark or his sister just immediately go to the press or call Ricken to do so?

Again I love this show and like the intrigue and how things are left mysterious. But that was one of a few interactions in the show this season that took me out of it for a little bit.

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Trust her enough to go right along with her plan without any convincing or questioning.

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Devon basically had to drag him there, and he complained the whole time about how it was a bad idea. Again, he’s out of options. Devon ran off his only other lead.

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The reghabi bailing was another good example of the characters acting in ways to move the plot and not rational what so ever. That whole scene was frustrating.

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She bailed as soon as Devon said she was going to call Cobel. Reghabi isn’t rolling the dice on her own safety, and Devon spooked her (after basically telling her “you aren’t in charge anymore” also). Bailing was perfectly rational. It was an act of self-preservation.

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What was the point of the reghabi storyline this season if she is going to bail?

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Reghabi is the reason Mark actually believes Gemma is alive. He was humoring Devon up to that point, but once Reghabi confirmed she was alive, Mark was all-in. We also don’t know what role (if any) Reghabi still has left to play.

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Feels like a waste of time, should have just had cobal doing that and put the cobal episode earlier in the season

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Cobel was just disgruntled enough to help Mark when he had nowhere left to turn. That’s if she actually helps him, which remains to be seen. Regardless, we aren’t at a point in Cobel’s arc where it would make sense for her to solicit Mark/Devon.

Mark was just desperate enough to go to Cobel, and only because Devon forced the issue. Without Reghabi confirming Gemma is alive, and without Devon dragging him there, it doesn’t make sense for Mark to go to Cobel.

Mark’s failing health (following reintegration) was what led Devon to call Cobel in the first place. Prior to that, they were still trying to burn messages into his retinas. If she’s not worried about Mark’s health, it doesn’t make sense for her to call Cobel.

If you short-circuit those developments it doesn’t work. Could you change a bunch of other stuff to make it work? Probably. But at that point you’re just rewriting the plot, and the additional events needed to get to this point would probably take just as long.

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Wonder how his outie is going to take his innie making the decision for them.

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I don’t believe his outie will get the resignation request. They made him wait to take the elevator so he would leave at his normal time. I think he shows up to work the next day as a variant Dylan G innie.

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it isn’t sensible that Mark or his sister would just go along with Cobel and not ask any questions, or even attack her and try and force more information.

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Yes it is. Mark is in bad shape and they have no other option at this point. They are not going to bite the only hand that is capable of helping them.

I think a different Dylan G like the various Gemmas on the Testing floor. From Lumon’s perspective I’m not sure you would want to introduce that much chaos on Mark’s final push to finish Cold Harbor, so I’m probably 100% wrong. I’m just not ready to lose Dylan right after Irv.

While we are on the subject of Dylan G, this may be one of my favorite shots of the show.

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I’ll be racing home from a dinner party on Thursday to watch this

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I'll be putting my husband to bed early so the puppies and I can watch. I ain't waiting for him to decide to go to bed.

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I’ll be racing home from a dinner party on Thursday to watch this

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