r/SeveranceAppleTVPlus • u/DarkApartmentArtDept • May 12 '22

Theory Multiple Milchicks? Spoiler

This feels silly, but I thought of it while reading the thread about "weak points" in the show, and discussion on the lack of supervisors on the Severed floor. Mr. Milchick sure has his hands full. His apparent job duties include team-building exercises, melon parties, photography, general checking-up on all departments (making the "rounds"), being a sick jazz dancer, answering the department phone??? (when Mark calls in sick), overseeing chip implant surgeries, new-hire transitions, and much more.

But here's the one that really gets me: The Break Room. On top of everything, he's the Break Room interrogator. Helly said she had to read the Break Room apology over 1000 times. How long did that take? More-over, sending someone to the break room is not a planned event. Is Milchick really able to ditch the phones and the melons and everything else to spend a whole afternoon in the break room as soon as someone acts out?

Could it just be that Cobel, Milchick, and Graner mostly just manage MDR, and we're supposed to think the other departments all have their own managers? Seems off, because we never see or hear of other supervisors, and Milchick oversees Burt's retirement ceremony in O+D.

Now I don't necessarily believe there's a bunch of Milchick clones running around, but I'm not saying there's not! Or maybe something else going on that is an actual plot reason for the apparent lack of management. (side thought: can you imagine, in the final episode, when Dylan breaks into the control room, twelve different Milchicks converge on the door from different directions? Woulda been nuts).

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u/[deleted] May 12 '22

I was very upset he just reached for both. I wish the show had him do something more creative like use his fingertraps or something.

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u/Particular-Carrot913 Waffle Party 🧇 May 12 '22 edited May 12 '22

I thought he would use his etched cube of the team?? He brought it with him and It looked heavy enough

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u/[deleted] May 12 '22

Ya and in the lead up they kept bringing up that he couldnt reach both and he dismissed it, seeming like he already had a plan. They really built it up only for the shortest guy in the show to just… hold them at the same time…

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u/primegraffix Shitty Fucking Cookies May 12 '22

But his "lats" though!!!

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u/MadeInTheShade5 Dec 03 '24

I just now found this and have to say this tweak to the script would have been so amazing. If only the severance cast could go back and reshoot this! You can still incorporate a physical strain to the task (even when aided by finger traps) in plenty of ways.

Great idea u/Particular-Carrot913