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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP with all the questions here.  I forgot one:

How did Helly know the final numbers were happy?  Are all the MDRers working on Gemma?  And what about all the other refiners in other offices?  If all their people died, wouldn't people on the outside have noticed?[/quote]

My understanding was that only Mark was doing real work.   The rest were there to basically create the artifice of a work culture.  Remember when they had to bring in new fake coworkers?  It was clear that it was all about keeping Mark on track.  And my understanding of why all the innies would “die” is that once Mark completes the 25th file, he is done with the experiment.  I think the plan was just to fire Mark and the other innies in MDR at least, which means their outies would continue to live but the innies would be effectively dead like Irving.  
It’s not really clear to me what the other innies do….the archivists for instance or the big marching band—were they just support for Mark as well?

I think the Helly “I’m her” statement was confusing, but I took it to me that they could never have a real life together because Helena E would never allow it—in the most literal, physical sense, they are the same person and now that the experiment is over, Helena E will not return to the severed floor.    So he should go have his life with Gemma—she knows she will be “dead” soon this is the only chance for either Mark to have happiness.  
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This is a fine theory, but I think the real answer is that it doesn't matter for the story so there is no answer. Does Dylan's story still make sense if his job is a fake job to motivate Mark? Would that change his story? I think digging too much into the weeds of Lumon strains or breaks the story. You can't have hard sci-fi and a thriller and multiple chapter studies and a corporate satire and have it all fit together and make sense. The tree has to bend and twist to fit in all those fruits. It's best to appreciate all the parts without trying to force them into a whole, or enjoy weaving them together with your own creativity [/quote]

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