Severance Finale recap from Season 2: 7 things we learned

Praise Kier, what a Severance Season 2 finale!

WARNING: SEVERANCE SPOILERS AHEAD! DON'T READ FURTHER IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE SEASON 2 FINALE.

We got so much delivered an hour and 15 minutes of non-stop action. We got Innie Mark and Outie Mark having a dialogue (as much as a severed individual can). We got Gemma getting freed. We got ... a giant marching band that turned into a meme.

And there are still so many questions about what's next despite the fact that many questions were answered i n the final episode of an incredible season of television.

Let's dive in and talk about what we learned from the Season 2 finale:

1. Mark's innie doesn't want to "die" and wants to stay with Helly

It's incredible to watch Innie Mark and Outie Mark talk to each other via camcorder, and it becomes clear that his innie doesn't trust his outie (and why would he?). That sets up the craziest moment at the end of the episode, which we'll get to.

2. Dylan denied his innie's resignation

Which means Dylan got to help lead the true MDR uprising against Mr. Milchick and the entire Lumon organization. What's next for him? Seems like his innie will continue to raise hell (literally?) in whatever's going on in Lumon headquarters. As for his outie? Maybe he's going to try to be a better husband!

3. We learned what the Microdata Refinement numbers mean

Sleuths on the interwebs sort of figured out that he was grouping the numbers into Kier's four tempers, but each file he finishes helps with the severance "barrier." And once that barrier is tested completely? Seems like Lumon will have found a way to take away pain from everyday life.

4. We kind of learned what's up with the goats

It's one of the show's biggest mysteries: what the heck is up with the goats? Seems like they're bred to be sacrificed when a test subject is done with their testing, and they lead the test subject to ... death? The implication from Lorne (played masterfully by Brienne of Tarth , er, Gwendoline Christie) is that these goat sacrifices have happened A LOT. I still think there's more to learn here.

5. RIP Mr. Drummond

I got major Stanley Kubrick vibes from the very violent sequence in which Drummond eventually gets shot with a bolt gun. But way to go Lorne and Mark!

6. We found out what Cold Harbor is

It was the ultimate test of the severance barrier, an attempt to get Gemma to relive her worst trauma of struggling to conceive with Mark. It was working, until a bloodied Mark ran in to save the day and got her out.

7. What did Mauer mean by "You'll kill them all!"?

I have some theories: could he mean you'll kill all the innies? How about killing other people (test subjects?) around Lumon that we don't know about? What about how maybe there's also theories about how the Eagans pass on their consciousnesses to each other, so ... are they all being killed?

7. Innie Mark decides not to leave with Gemma and stay with Helly

What a scene. Where can they go when they can't leave, both because Lumon will find them eventually and because if they leave, their innies "die"?

It's more of a symbolic escape, in which there is no escape. I wonder if this begins a further exploration of the rest of Lumon headquarters as the innies go on the run.

Also, hey, Lumon: your security stinks.

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