Severance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't like this season as much and I feel it is getting convoluted like Lost was. I loved the simplicity of the first season. Also, and this is really mean, I think the actor who plays Mark is so hard to look at and women would not find him attractive. His hair this season is so distracting.

I like the actor who plays Mark but I think that his hair looks greasy and terrible in every episode and if they would just wash it and then style it attractively, it would make it more believable that Gemma would fall for him.

She died 2 years before season 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:. The outdoor shots are all like Hopper paintings

Indoor, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Season two reviews were so over the top good…but I’m finding these episodes continue to be kind of boring and meandering. I’m hoping the last few make up for it!

Common season 2 problem.
The world isn't new and interesting, but the plot has to continue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't like this season as much and I feel it is getting convoluted like Lost was. I loved the simplicity of the first season. Also, and this is really mean, I think the actor who plays Mark is so hard to look at and women would not find him attractive. His hair this season is so distracting.

I like the actor who plays Mark but I think that his hair looks greasy and terrible in every episode and if they would just wash it and then style it attractively, it would make it more believable that Gemma would fall for him.

I guess you haven't seen the latest episode yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't like this season as much and I feel it is getting convoluted like Lost was. I loved the simplicity of the first season. Also, and this is really mean, I think the actor who plays Mark is so hard to look at and women would not find him attractive. His hair this season is so distracting.

I like the actor who plays Mark but I think that his hair looks greasy and terrible in every episode and if they would just wash it and then style it attractively, it would make it more believable that Gemma would fall for him.

I guess you haven't seen the latest episode yet.

Came here to make the same comment.

[Anonymous]

The latest episode is a masterpiece.

What I think made this hit so hard is how much time was spent building Mark’s character after Gemma. By the time we finally see them together, everything clicks into place. We were led to believe we knew Mark through his “outie,” and even his “innie” persona gave us some clues about who he was, but it turned out to be an illusion. Honestly, this could have worked as the season’s opening episode, but holding it back for so long was brilliant. The emotional payoff was some of the best TV I’ve seen in ages.

[Anonymous]

I just finished it, and wow, that was stunning. Narratively and visually, it really felt like it was tapping into David Lynch territory. For anyone who doesn’t know, David Lynch is famous for blending the normal with the bizarre, creating this surreal, dreamlike atmosphere that leaves you with a sense of unease. A lot of people compare anything strange to his style, but this episode truly captured that essence—an absolute masterclass in “Don’t tell, show.”

[Anonymous]

An Emmy-worthy performance from Dichen Lachman.

[Anonymous]

The drowning question reminds me of Helena and Irving and the pineapple bobbing. The levels of entrapment highlighted in this episode with the different floors and maze like hallways seems so ominous to me and less humorous. The satire is sharpening.

The scene with Cobel looking at the sign listing mileage to another town earlier this season makes me think she cannot physically leave. The never-ending hallway is a highway. The tension comes from being physically and emotionally trapped and tethered by, to, and for Lumon. I wonder if the writers might be playing with the concept of revolving and revolutions. Driving, running, thinking in circles. The tiny disruptions create a ripple effect and the more Lumon seeks to control these effects, the greater in frequency (both in number and in type) the disruptions will occur. Interesting choice to have a Russian literature professor and a professor of history at the center of the series.

Is the goal compliance and ego breaking? Is it suppression and oppression? Is it an artificial sense of purpose for those who’ve experienced so much excess at the top that in order to experience human emotion they resort to extreme abuse not realizing they will fail to achieve desired results?

The Eagons fail because they fail to understand Mark and Gemma. They study and test a couple of humanities professors rather than learning from them. The Eagons cannot see the forest for the trees. The failure is to interpret finding the x Mark and buried Gemma as a transaction rather than a story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The drowning question reminds me of Helena and Irving and the pineapple bobbing. The levels of entrapment highlighted in this episode with the different floors and maze like hallways seems so ominous to me and less humorous. The satire is sharpening.

The scene with Cobel looking at the sign listing mileage to another town earlier this season makes me think she cannot physically leave. The never-ending hallway is a highway. The tension comes from being physically and emotionally trapped and tethered by, to, and for Lumon. I wonder if the writers might be playing with the concept of revolving and revolutions. Driving, running, thinking in circles. The tiny disruptions create a ripple effect and the more Lumon seeks to control these effects, the greater in frequency (both in number and in type) the disruptions will occur. Interesting choice to have a Russian literature professor and a professor of history at the center of the series.

Is the goal compliance and ego breaking? Is it suppression and oppression? Is it an artificial sense of purpose for those who’ve experienced so much excess at the top that in order to experience human emotion they resort to extreme abuse not realizing they will fail to achieve desired results?

The Eagons fail because they fail to understand Mark and Gemma. They study and test a couple of humanities professors rather than learning from them. The Eagons cannot see the forest for the trees. The failure is to interpret finding the x Mark and buried Gemma as a transaction rather than a story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The drowning question reminds me of Helena and Irving and the pineapple bobbing. The levels of entrapment highlighted in this episode with the different floors and maze like hallways seems so ominous to me and less humorous. The satire is sharpening.

The scene with Cobel looking at the sign listing mileage to another town earlier this season makes me think she cannot physically leave. The never-ending hallway is a highway. The tension comes from being physically and emotionally trapped and tethered by, to, and for Lumon. I wonder if the writers might be playing with the concept of revolving and revolutions. Driving, running, thinking in circles. The tiny disruptions create a ripple effect and the more Lumon seeks to control these effects, the greater in frequency (both in number and in type) the disruptions will occur. Interesting choice to have a Russian literature professor and a professor of history at the center of the series.

Is the goal compliance and ego breaking? Is it suppression and oppression? Is it an artificial sense of purpose for those who’ve experienced so much excess at the top that in order to experience human emotion they resort to extreme abuse not realizing they will fail to achieve desired results?

The Eagons fail because they fail to understand Mark and Gemma. They study and test a couple of humanities professors rather than learning from them. The Eagons cannot see the forest for the trees. The failure is to interpret finding the x Mark and buried Gemma as a transaction rather than a story.

Meant to add but they think they do.

Gemma/Mark’s connection begins while donating blood and sharing the titles of student papers they are reading. Two people donating blood to save humans spending that time reading and supporting their students while connecting with one another is in sharp contrast to the Lumon world. A little bit of suffering for the benefit of all is far more enjoyable than Lumon’s grotesque approach of suffering to scale. One doesn’t need to create cold harbor to understand why she answers the question with drowning.

[Anonymous]

That shot of Mark's face when he sees the police at the door and you can very subtly watch him realize what's happening. Just give Adam Scott the Emmy already.

[Anonymous]

Am I the only one who was totally creeped out by this episode? It made me so uncomfortable that I had to fast forward through some parts.

Until now, all of the outties have had a choice whether to show up for work, but Gemma has no choice. She's been trapped because no one knows she is alive (ok, now Regabi and Mark and his sister do, I guess that's the point).

They are essentially torturing her. And who knows what else is happening behind those doors that she can't remember.

For me, Lumon /Severance just took a much darker turn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't like this season as much and I feel it is getting convoluted like Lost was. I loved the simplicity of the first season. Also, and this is really mean, I think the actor who plays Mark is so hard to look at and women would not find him attractive. His hair this season is so distracting.

I like the actor who plays Mark but I think that his hair looks greasy and terrible in every episode and if they would just wash it and then style it attractively, it would make it more believable that Gemma would fall for him.

It's like you didn't watch the latest episode's flashbacks at all. He was thinner and much better looking when he and Gemma were together. He has fallen apart in his grief.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who was totally creeped out by this episode? It made me so uncomfortable that I had to fast forward through some parts.

Until now, all of the outties have had a choice whether to show up for work, but Gemma has no choice. She's been trapped because no one knows she is alive (ok, now Regabi and Mark and his sister do, I guess that's the point).

They are essentially torturing her. And who knows what else is happening behind those doors that she can't remember.

For me, Lumon /Severance just took a much darker turn.

Same. I had to fast forward through parts.