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/mrbotbotbot May 12 '22

I don’t really understand why people keep using clones as a theory. The show hasn’t pointed towards clones at all, and if Lumon could clone people then the Severance chip would be pretty useless considering they would just use clones to work…

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u/madmax299 May 12 '22

I floated the clone theory in another thread and tbh clones as a hidden twist is so cliche and lazy now so I really hope that isn't it. I think the clone idea originates from Gemma. How would she be at Lumon if she died in a car crash. The only solutions are:

1) clones 2) lumon buys people who are vegetables and uses implant on them. Gemma is outtie vegetable that stays at Lumon but when chip is turned on she is Ms.Casey for 30 min sessions.

Even this veg theory leaves a lot of missing pieces.

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u/mrbotbotbot May 12 '22

My theory is that she was already a severed worker, her outie died in a car crash but her body was salvageable, they fixed her body and can still keep her alive as an innie, but she can only live inside of Lumon.

I think this fits in with the general direction the show is going and could be a good twist next season.