Severance
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Its not hyperbole to say thatSeveranceis the most visually arresting show on TV today.
Extraweg) is a glorious work of clay-like animation designed to compliment the series artistic sensibilities.
I cant stop watching it.
And this imagery nudges us to think a bit more critically about the mind.
In fact, its quite the opposite.
But the severance process and the entirety of the severed floor operates quite differently.
Everything is a mystery; theres no connection or teamwork.
Obfuscation is the goal.
Lumon is actively working to stifle the workers potential and make them into unwitting puppets for mysterious ends.
And no one is allowed to leave.
Maybe a Pips VIP card convinced her to stay?
Heres a gift card!
What would compel someone to stay at a job after experiencing such horror?
She awakens, gasping for air on the floor of the elevator.
Marks there, trying and spectacularly failing to make his eyes kind.
While Helly was out, innie Mark had a revelation, courtesy of Rickens book.
Innie Mark has it, and hes smitten.
May Kier bless Michael Chernus and his impeccable comedic timing.
With his insubordination impulse rekindled by Rickens words, Mark decides to save Helly from Ms. Caseys wellness surveillance.
He takes her on a mental health walk through the Lumon labyrinth.
They somehow end up in a corridor where all the lights are on motion sensors.
Helly forges ahead, the fluorescent bulbs illuminating only a few feet ahead of wherever she tries to go.
It also evokes great anxiety.
How is someone supposed to navigate this perverse maze at all, much less in the dark?
It sounds like a screaming robot baby or a shrieking eel.
(Dylan can sense these, you know.)
And these baby goats are being inexplicably raised on the basement floor of a windowless office building.
This, obviously, leads Helly to wonder if the goats are somehow related to the numbers.
Personally, Im wondering if theyre putting chips in the goats or maybe even cloning them for some reason.
The real answer is probably something even wilder.
After all, shes the one who tells Irv that Burt is in the conference room.
It depicts the O&D department brutally slaughtering the refiners.
She has her own plan, and she doesnt want Milchick mucking it up.
Undeterred by the photo, Irv heads out to see Burt.
But Dylan is hot on his heels.
So we can assume that Dylans outie knows his way around a knot.
Maybe hes a sailor?
Seriously, Im just dying to know more about Dylans outie.
Throw us a bone,Severance!
Dylan succeeds in physically separating Irv and Burt, but they still have an entire conversation through the glass.
Even though a partition, the sparks continue to fly between these two crazy kids.
They might just be soulmates.
Eventually, the larva eats and totally replaces the refiner.
It might even be worth wondering whether or not all of the severed employees are actually humans.
(Looking at you, Ms. Dylan and Irv escort Burt back to O&D.
Burt calls this painting the Macrodata Refinement Calamity and says its never been displayed.
It looks like its time for my staggered exit, so Im going to go grab the elevator.
Could the scary numbers be correlated to negative memories in a persons life?
Someone had to delete that memory,Eternal Sunshine-style, right?
This is a nice guy reflex that Lumon has not erased.
What else havent they erased?
Speaking of Mark and his sister, its clear that he loves her, dearly and truly.
Cobel and Grainer are totally banging.
