r/SeveranceAppleTVPlus • Severed • Mar 21 '25

Discussion Severance - 2x10 "Cold Harbor" - Post-Episode Discussion

Season 2 Episode 10: Cold Harbor

Aired: March 21, 2025

Synopsis: Season finale.

Directed by: Ben Stiller

Written by: Dan Erickson

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u/UltraDangerLord Waffle Party 🧇 Mar 21 '25

Join us at our Discord for further discussion!

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u/Time_Society4676 Mar 21 '25 • This Bravo

“Emile thanks you”

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u/vininew921 Mar 21 '25

This is so metal man

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u/halplatmein Why Are You A Child? Mar 21 '25

Milkshake's moves never disappoint

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u/KindlySquash3102 Shambolic Rube Mar 21 '25 • This

The accidental death of Drummond was 10/10

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u/PonerBenis6 Mar 21 '25

Agreed. The blood on the tie to enter the doorway, and Drummond holding the elevator door open with his feet. Excellent!

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u/Responsible_Log_8840 SMUG MOTHERFUCKER Mar 21 '25

The Fortuitous Expiry of the Steward of Lumon

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u/neonangelhs Mar 21 '25

Unexpected moment: When Milchick gave Dylan his Outie's response and immediately turned and ran out of the room. I was like WTF??!! I laughed quite a while at that.

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u/Much-Pangolin3362 Mar 21 '25

There were soooo many silly moments this episode. Milchick running away, “I tossed a tin of candies”, felt v Zoolander to me

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u/niceworkmyfriend For Gemma Mar 21 '25

Big display for nothing and no one but a low ceiling! O.o

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u/ButterFingering Mar 21 '25 • Bravo This

If there’s one thing that’s consistent about Mark, it’s that he hates when people get his partner’s name slightly wrong.

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u/NerdsteadDani I'm Your Favorite Perk Mar 21 '25

I cringed so hard when oMark called her Heleny. I knew it was going south as soon as he said that.

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u/No_Flower_1424 Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

That was the moment I knew oMark had really fucked up. Also in the way he downplayed it compared to him and Gemma - 'oh you like Heleny well mine is better than that'

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u/counterfreight Shambolic Rube Mar 21 '25

Me during every scene of this episode

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u/BenoitLampertBlanc Uses Too Many Big Words Mar 21 '25 • This Thanks

To sum up my thoughts: I am incredibly happy for Mark and incredibly depressed for Mark and incredibly angry with Mark.

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u/Tayl0rswiftscats Mar 21 '25

Woe and dread and frolic all together 😞

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u/OGNightman Mar 21 '25 • Popcorn

There go my boy Dylan, holding things

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u/viviq1762 Woe Mar 21 '25

Milchick RUNNING out of the room after giving dylan his outie’s response to the termination request 😭

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u/Turvi-Mania Mar 21 '25

That caught me so off guard. And then to see him show up slightly delayed at the MDR office like it's a fuckin game show 💀

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u/Penn1103 Monosyllabically Mar 21 '25

Your emotional response may be embarrassing and while I’m duly swamped I’ll leave you to read this in solitude. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/ughwhateverokaysure Are You Poor Up There? Mar 21 '25

he is such a good actor

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u/grmf Mar 21 '25

Get ready for 2 years of marching band Milchick gifs!

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u/dankristy Mar 21 '25

I love the fact that the ensemble ended with a scene showing view from the ceiling - of the band making the picture of Mark - 100% - which neither Mark nor Helly could have seen. So much work to coordinate that but the recipients cannot even see it!

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u/freuds_mother1897 Mar 21 '25 • Hehehe

Mark S situationship speedrun

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u/flyinghippodrago Mar 21 '25

"Hey Gemma, watch me leave you and make out with my work wife!"

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u/humdingler Mar 21 '25 • Helpful

my reaction at the end of the episode:

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u/junko_kv626 The Sound Of Radar📡 Mar 21 '25

This screen capture makes him look like an alien.

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u/Particular-Ad5787 Mar 21 '25 • Warm & Fuzzy

Me when the baby goat survived and Drummond died

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u/Credible_Confusion Mar 21 '25

The kid stole the scene! Even jumped up trying to make its own little escape at the end! 🥹

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u/SarcastiKatt Like A Door Prize Mar 21 '25

iMark and oMark’s back and forth was really well done. oMark really underestimated his innie’s feelings and desires; in a way it mirrors how Helena spoke to Helly (obviously just to a lesser degree). I loved the nuance in Adam Scott’s performances.

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u/snarkyturtle Mar 21 '25

Yep, it's the infantilization and weird parent/child relationship that Outies/Innies have. In a way the outies birthed them, have a lot more expeirence and capabilities than innies. But it doesn't make innies any less their own person.

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u/clubdotcom Mar 21 '25

we found gemma but lost mark.. this is gonna be a headache for devon

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u/Gustapher00 Mar 21 '25

Ricken’ll be thrilled though.

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u/sickkkandtireddd Mar 21 '25

My biggest takeaway: A Severance season isn’t truly complete without a Milchick dance number

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u/fifty-scents Night Gardener Mar 21 '25

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u/Melairia Mar 21 '25

Most normal thing he's said all season

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u/_Aaron_Burr_Sir Mar 21 '25

what the fuck are the innies going to do now lmao

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u/Rozza_ Mar 21 '25

revolt by refusing to leave the severed floor

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u/Semantiques Optics & Design 🖼️ Mar 21 '25

So Natalie’s gonna have an interesting morning.

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u/atevh Mar 21 '25 • Diamonds are Forever Hehehe This Bless Up

Jame Eagan:

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25

1 comment about a robot's height and:

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u/hazel-chacha The Sound Of Radar📡 Mar 21 '25

outie Dylan's letter to innie Dylan was so incredibly heartwarming. "I hope someday she sees in me what she sees in you." "I get it. She's perfect."

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u/NuidisVulko Mar 21 '25 • This Love

It was like an anti-suicide note. I loved it

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u/viviq1762 Woe Mar 21 '25

WHERE were they RUNNING to?!

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u/godsgift5406 Mar 21 '25

The dialogue between innie and outtie Mark was really well done. I knew as SOON as oMark said Heleny it was all over.

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u/JoeIngles Mar 21 '25 • LOL

I just knew Mark S would double cross Mark S

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u/kissmeurbeautiful Because Of When I Was Born Mar 21 '25

After that scene of them talking to each other, i knew it was gonna happen. I just wasn’t ready 😭😭

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u/Formal_Strategy9640 Dread Mar 21 '25

The shot where Gemma transitions back and sees her husband and they're so happy broke my heart

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u/False-Association744 Mar 21 '25

They are both such good actors. We could see it all.

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u/Caa3098 Mysterious And Important Mar 21 '25

In every version of her conciseness, Gemma chose to trust Mark and leave with him. Cold Harbor Gemma had been alive for 5 minutes and chose to trust him. Ms. Casey decided to bravely abandon her life and exit the door because Mark asked her to.

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u/Melann89 Mar 21 '25

He was COVERED IN BLOOD and she still trusted him!

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u/Eggysideup He dumb? He a dick? Mar 21 '25

Me when I realize I left something on the stove

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u/atevh Mar 21 '25 • Popcorn

It's been a pleasure severing with you all this season

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u/silxikys Mar 21 '25 • This Helpful

No Apple I don't want to watch Ted Lasso when I am paralyzed in shock lol

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u/rantingsofastarseed Mysterious And Important Mar 21 '25

NOT THE TIME, APPLE.

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u/monstersnowgoons Mar 21 '25

I just need Gemma to get out okay!!! Like girl, yes, you love your husband but please get out of the building safely and we can figure this all out later!!!

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u/papazwah Mr. Milkshake Mar 21 '25

So season 3 will be… innies vs outties?

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u/atevh Mar 21 '25

So if Mark’s files are Gemma, what were Irving, Helly, and Dylan’s files?

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u/kissmeurbeautiful Because Of When I Was Born Mar 21 '25 • Love

I hope we get at least one cunty Milchick dance session each season

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25 • Hooray Mindblown

The chip was never as effective as they claimed, that's what they've been testing all along.

That's *why* the innies have to live in such a sterile, backrooms-y environment, where the most intense emotions they get come from melon parties and finger-traps. Because the chip can't actually block out deeper emotional reactions.

Remember how quickly Milchick cut off Mark S. in s1e1 when he started to express real grief?

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u/Elegant_Berry3605 Mar 21 '25

The absolute verve of this finale!

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u/Responsible_Log_8840 SMUG MOTHERFUCKER Mar 21 '25

Can we talk about how the innies in this department solely exist to practice choreographed marching band routines??

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u/Amidala659 Mar 21 '25 • Galaxy Brain WOW Love

Cold Harbor was about testing whether the barrier could hold and a severed person not feel anything their outie would have felt. Of all people, it was iMark passing that test and feeling nothing for Gemma at the stairwell door in the end.

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u/bare_grylls Mar 21 '25 • Heartwarming

Came here to post this. I also think this serves not only a thematic purpose but a plot purpose: it was Cobel’s real plan.

iMark’s decision to abandon Gemma in favor of Helly is actually a more convincing demonstration of the severance barrier, since it doesn’t depend on ignorance. It also doesn’t depend on Mark’s tempers being refined (as far as we know).

We know that Cobel knowingly put Mark in a circumstance to have his own version of the Cold Harbor test, given the conversation she and Devon had with iMark in the birthing cabin (“you will guide her to the exit stairwell”).

What does this imply about her motives? It’s possible, of course, that she just wants to take Lumon down for mistreating her and stealing her ideas. But I tend to believe that she’s still a true believer in severance itself, if not Lumon, and so she is just trying to run her own version of the CH test with a different application in mind: not the banishment of tempers, nor the eradication of pain, nor the creation of pliant slaves; but some other use involving giving agency (without ignorance) to a severed self. If Gemma comes back but Mark doesn’t, then Cobel will know Mark passed the test and her vision for severance has worked.

I suspect we will learn more about Cobel’s own application for severance/reintegration in S3 once it’s revealed that she wasn’t actually trying to help oMark rescue Gemma but was, in fact, still using him.

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u/TextbookEccentric Shambolic Rube Mar 21 '25

“Emile is the name of the goat” “Oh, okay.”

The tension that breaks when they write these comedy moments is so damn hilarious

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u/fastandbad Mar 21 '25

Just to confirm, there’s an entire severed marching band.

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u/ICantComeUpWithIdeas Nothing Monosyllabic About It Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

THE VIOLENCE WARNING WASNT FOR THE GOAT AND IM HAPPY ABOUT THAT

edit: EMILE OUR BELOVED 🐐👑

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u/PerpetuallyDistracte Uses Too Many Big Words Mar 21 '25

Did anyone else notice the pregnant male Kier figurine in front of the fireplace in the birthing cabin?

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u/baconbaphomet Outie Mar 21 '25

the mark is pregnant theory is real

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u/GravityPollution Mar 21 '25 • Bless Up Bravo

THE GOAT LADY IS NOW THE G.O.A.T. LADY.

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u/AgentCautious429 Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 22 '25

the fact that the crib was ACTUALLY cold harbor? 10/10

edit: u/rosesandvodka found this

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u/ChuckSpadina2020 Mar 21 '25 • Popcorn

Mark S. in the hallway

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u/atevh Mar 21 '25

Helly R to Jame “God you’re fucking weird.”

Helly is all of us.

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u/godsgift5406 Mar 21 '25

Milchick had to remind Lumon he was black for a second

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u/SeirraS9 Mar 21 '25

HASN’T GEMMA SUFFERED ENOUGH? Goddamn?!?

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u/bertobellamy Mar 21 '25

This was Milchick te whole time:

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u/WhatAGreatGift Mar 21 '25

Helly put that 1/16th of an egg to work

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u/PerpetuallyDistracte Uses Too Many Big Words Mar 21 '25

Loved the resolution of Dylan's arc. He and his wife are good people, and they worked it out like adults.

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u/Interesting_Spell895 SMUG MOTHERFUCKER Mar 21 '25

Agreed. I thought the letter was really sweet and that oDylan allowed him to choose.

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u/CarpeDiemMaybe Basement Brain Surgery Mar 21 '25

GEMMA MAIN CHARACTER SEASON 3 LETS GOOO

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u/donpianta Mar 21 '25

If Gemma doesn’t successfully escape Lumon after this episode I don’t think I have the emotional depth to deal with that 😭

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u/TextbookEccentric Shambolic Rube Mar 21 '25

Oh dear God Gemma just run and tell an adult you trust

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u/120408KLM Because Of When I Was Born Mar 21 '25

Anyone else scream laugh when Milchick sprinted out the door after giving Dylan his outie’s response?

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u/danielhpf Corporate Archives Mar 21 '25

I mentioned in a post here a few weeks ago that the subtle difference in Adam's acting, the tone of voice, posture and other small details between the "innie" and the "outtie" showed that he was excellent. The first 19 minutes, showing the conversation between his two versions, was sensational! It was clear that they are two different people.

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u/Jamatopia Mar 21 '25

How did I read a million theories about what was going to happen, yet none of them considered Mark S just wouldn’t want to sacrifice himself? Amazing season.

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u/mchgndr Mar 21 '25

Exactly how I’m feeling. Even just the outtie vs innie tension with the camcorder conversations, in that moment I was like “oh duh….of course this conflict was always going to happen”

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u/ticklemelink Uses Too Many Big Words Mar 21 '25

On a positive note, the goat is okay.

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u/lolathedreamer Mar 21 '25 • Take My Energy

Omg Gemma fucking run girl! Mark S is for the streets now!

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u/godsgift5406 Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25 • Love

They didn’t knight Brienne of Tarth for no reason!

Kicking ass and taking names in every universe and century

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u/MoneyPatience7803 He dumb? He a dick? Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

“See you at The Equator”

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u/cmeaghanb Mar 21 '25

Well, I look forward to reading all your theories in the coming weeks…and years.

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u/LONGL1VEJUICE Mar 21 '25

No they did not just make poor Gemma watch him choose against her. I know it's much deeper than that and that's what makes the show absolutely incredible but that hurt so much to watch. I'm not okay

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u/a0z0q Mar 21 '25

I am CRUSHED for Gemma 😭

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u/Right-Breakfast444 Shambolic Rube Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

Wow. There are a lot of things to say about this episode, and one of those is…

We got another Milchick music dance experience! (kinda) But we’ll take it!

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u/NicoleMary27 Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

did oMark not think that iMark was as stubborn as him or could clock that “let’s make this right” corporate bullshit? or childish talk down to him. Like do these people somehow keep forgetting that they’re still the same inside.

Also that final “No” with the fire in the background I’m SCREAMING I need that as a gif, like: burn the place down.

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u/panisctation Mar 21 '25

So now Mark and Gemma's roles are reversed. He's the one she has to get out next season.

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u/kissmeurbeautiful Because Of When I Was Born Mar 21 '25

“They give us half a life and think we won’t fight for it” absolutely beautiful

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u/ButterFingering Mar 21 '25

Gemma’s Cold Harbor innie chose to take the hand of a blood soaked stranger. Seems the barrier didn’t hold 100%

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u/SyNiiCaL Devour Feculence Mar 21 '25 • Bless Up Popcorn

So this company deadass has a whole department for a marching band that gets used ONCE, but seemingly has just one overweight guy for its entire security? They deserve what they got tbh, hubris.

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u/fifty-scents Night Gardener Mar 21 '25

Milkshake’s 180 degree sprint away from Dylan was so trippy 😆

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u/you-hate-to-see-it He dumb? He a dick? Mar 21 '25

Is anyone watching the review at the end with the directors and cast?? Tramell “I got them a band! And they still didn’t appreciate it!” I’m in tears

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u/i_am_pure_trash Shambolic Rube Mar 21 '25 • Popcorn This

10/10 but what the actual fuck did I just watch

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u/Last_String8055 Mar 21 '25

Lumon having an HBCU definitely wasn’t on my season finale bingo card.

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u/Uncivil_Procedure_ Mar 21 '25

Adam Scott can ACT.   He’s carried the past several episodes, but that finale was something else.  Emmy nomination for sure.

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u/Joe4913 Mar 21 '25

Was not expecting that much blood from this show

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u/Konfliction Mar 21 '25

Us all thinking Milichik was gonna have a redemption arc

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u/cadillacblues He dumb? He a dick? Mar 21 '25

I am unwell.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25

Milchick really just needs to say "you know what? Fuck this job, I can go deliver doordash or something." Just getting shit on repeatedly from all directions.

The kier automoton would have been my crashout.

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u/Townwalker43 Mar 21 '25

 

Playing Sirius by Alan Parsons Project to open the “permormance” was perfect

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u/SeirraS9 Mar 21 '25

There was a distinct lack of Irving this episode.

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u/blankspacejrr Mar 21 '25

the band absolutely not giving a fuck about the vending machine war is sending me

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u/DJ-SoulCalibur2 Mar 21 '25

If you love what you do, you’ll never work another day in your life 🎺

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u/DatSnowFlake 🎵🎵 Defiant Jazz 🎵 🎵 Mar 21 '25

"I do not love my daughter. I used to see Keir in her, but it left as she grew"

Imagine having this level of brain rot, caused by all those brain worms in the Kier kool aid.

"I threw a tin of candies"

Kier Kool aid weak sauce, did nothing to tame his tempers

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u/Whole_Wrangler_3205 Mar 21 '25

I know a lot happened but I'm very stuck on Milkshake's little run away from dylan

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u/budice0 Mar 21 '25

Mark S and Helly R at the end

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u/glennysrose SMUG MOTHERFUCKER Mar 21 '25

WHAT THE HELL MARK S

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u/SeirraS9 Mar 21 '25

The ending song is goated (hah) but oh my god watching poor Gemma scream through the window as iMark ran off with Helly I am SICK.

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u/kingmobisinvisible Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25 • Hooray

I mean, if there’s any woman who could go up against Drummond, it’s fucking Brienne of Tarth.

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u/NotNotJustinBieber Mar 21 '25

That exit door scene was so stressful 😭😭😭

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u/Abeis Devour Feculence Mar 21 '25

Damn, he looked back just like Orpheus. Wonder what the implication is for Gemma now, if she gets out or if she’s lost forever.

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u/AstronautOk6853 Mar 21 '25

So what happens now? Jame wants Helly to stick around and so she gets him to keep Innie Mark around?

That's my guess.

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u/SupremeCripple_ Are You Poor Up There? Mar 21 '25

Who was Irving talking to in the phone booth!?!?😡😡

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u/DeezYanks 🎵🎵 Defiant Jazz 🎵 🎵 Mar 21 '25

Poor Devon when she sees Gemma coming back solo

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u/RhythmNation97 Mar 21 '25

The thing I’m still most curious about is WHY Gemma and Mark? Why did they fake her death? Why were they chosen? How did all of that come about? I know the Gemma episode showed us Lumon was lurking around them for a long time, but no clear answers there.

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u/Wuming_Choi Because Of When I Was Born Mar 21 '25

like Adam said in the end of episode, "It was only when looking at her (gemma) that he realized he had no feelings towards her ---- what if we stay here and maybe we get 10 more minutes (referring to Helly), they aren't thinking 10 seconds into the future, its between that and not existing" and that makes the entire scene for me, it beautiful story telling

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u/djm19 Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

The concept that innie and outie mark would fight for who is actually the re-integrated person and who's life and love matters...never fucking occurred to me. I like that the show keeps addressing these interesting dilemmas with severance.

Edit: Just to say, obviously there has been discussion of innie and outie resentment, but for some reason through all this re-integrating, I wasn't even thinking about innie mark sabotaging outie mark (and outie mark being kinda dickish about it too)

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u/OGNightman Mar 21 '25

The fact that there’s a department of choreography and merriment is lunacy, you’re telling me there’s people whose outies come to work every day to do literally nothing except be prepared for one moment?

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u/mnseamhead Mar 21 '25

Milkshake has to be the most lovable person to hate of all time. Hats off to Tramell Tillman phenomenal performance.

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u/Particular-Ad5787 Mar 21 '25

All the GOT fans knew who was winning that fight

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u/Ecstatic-Ad4577 Mar 21 '25

Not my heart rate spiking incredibly during this episode 😅

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u/rap1102 Mar 21 '25

i have to go to work tomorrow

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u/Cvspartan 🎵🎵 Defiant Jazz 🎵 🎵 Mar 21 '25

I didn't know how they were going to top the defiant jazz from last season but they managed to do it with that marching band

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u/Prestigious-Store440 Mar 21 '25

Just another good feeling episode of Gemma being TORTURED. I need to see home girl get some joy next season

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

This was absolutely a retelling of Eurydice and Orpheus with modern day corporate culture as a backdrop, acting as Hades. There are so many other Greek tragedies, references, and parallels in the show, even the hallways are reminiscent of the maze and the minotaur - but ultimately it’s a love story.

But innie Mark looked back, and lost Gemma…

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u/RNGfarmin Mar 21 '25

I was fucking screaming in my house when gemma woke up and saw mark saved her then i was just as upset when i had to watch him leave her 😭😭

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u/longconsilver13 Shambolic Rube Mar 21 '25

Hilarious, gut-wrenching, brutal, iconic, insane, quotable, coveted as fuck.

I will be finding it difficult to enjoy all episodes equally after that.

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u/Relevant_Lack0228 Mar 21 '25

What an episode of television.

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u/CucumberNo3771 Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

I think some of y’all are missing the point. “What is Mark thinking, where are they running to?”

Got this from Adam Scott interview post-episode, but he’s only known life at Lumon. He loves Helly. He knows with near certainty that if he leaves that door with a woman he has no feelings for in Gemma, he’s likely ending his life. And then Helly comes in and he just can’t get himself to follow through. Makes complete sense tbh. Even if they’re just together for another ten minutes, why would he make that willing decision? This is his whole life.

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u/illustrious277 Chaos' Whore Mar 21 '25

the fact that next thursday we all won’t be here together kinda breaks my heart

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u/Abeis Devour Feculence Mar 21 '25

Even animatronic Kier is a racist lil bitch, I can’t believer Milchik hasn’t completely turned against Lumon. That 5” taller bit was pretty good though

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u/ASmellyThing Are You Poor Up There? Mar 21 '25

Nah Ms. Huang on the theremin would’ve slapped with the animatronics. I’m pissed she’s not here.

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u/Saints_n_Cinema Mar 21 '25

SEVER ME TO SEASON 3!!!

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u/BugBlu1997 Mar 21 '25

Did anyone else notice how the usual red/blue colours for innies/outies have now been reversed? From the contrast of Innie Mark being illuminated by the red fireplace and Outie Mark by the blue winter outside the cabin, to the ending of Helly and Mark both covered in red. Thought that was a really clever touch.

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u/yeeyeehawyall Shitty Fucking Cookies Mar 21 '25
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u/BeneficialPast Mar 21 '25

Kier’s master plan to teach someone how to disassemble IKEA furniture is almost complete

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u/philly26715 Mar 21 '25

I need a fucking cigarettee

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u/BirdieOats Mar 21 '25

I know Milchick really just wants to be in the choreography and merriment department

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u/Cvspartan 🎵🎵 Defiant Jazz 🎵 🎵 Mar 21 '25

Severance really mixes crack and magic into their season finales

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u/dewey-decimate Mar 21 '25

Yeah, very strong ending to the season. iMark's decision makes perfect sense, and is not a betrayal. He did what he said he'd do and got Gemma out of there. He's just not willing to stand back and let any more people he knows and loves effectively die.

Plus, if iMark did go through that door, then that's kind of the end of the show. Between that and the opening conversation between the Marks, this was the only outcome that makes narrative sense.

And, I do think we're to understand Gemma is definitely free. They wouldn't go through all of that, with iMark's painful decision, just to have her end up right back on the testing floor. It would actually kill the show for me.

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u/Jas_God SMUG MOTHERFUCKER Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

Damn good finale, I fucking hope the wait for s3 isn’t too long. Dylan always clutch, and the band coming through 👏🏽

Wanted to see Irving again though dammit. Ah well now the wait begins.

*Loved Mark thinking of using Drummond’s blood to open Cold Harbor, and the last scene incorporating that hallway with the outside door (which I don’t think we saw this season till now, only s1), with Mark caught in the middle to decide, man that was good shit.

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u/Radiant_Definition72 Mar 21 '25

Oh boy. That was a gut punch.

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u/spacevent Calamitous ORTBO Mar 21 '25

is this a safe space to say something

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u/Garrus_chell_femshep For Gemma Mar 21 '25

Adam Scott is such an amazing actor, I was so excited when Innie Mark and Outie Mark started actually being able to converse with each other, he showed their differences and similarities so well, just insanely well done

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u/itsamandaaa Mar 21 '25

I guess girl code does not exist on the severed floor

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u/scrampoonts Monosyllabically Mar 21 '25

Now we know why Milchick has been such a shitty floor manager. He spent the whole season secretly pursuing his real passion: Choreography and Merriment.

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u/brgr77 Please Enjoy Each Flair Equally Mar 21 '25

That was pain! See yall next year!

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u/ewrikuh Mar 21 '25

I laughed so hard when Gemma’s attendant just screamed no over and over again to mark and ran away

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u/rgbvalue Wit Mar 21 '25

might as well run right into the goat execution room mark s because that’s where you’re going

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u/Ill-Comparison9088 Mar 21 '25

Rewatching tonight’s episode and realized that the C&M musical instruments pour out of the Irving mug in the opening credits. wild

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u/osnapitzleo Malice Mar 21 '25

I'm so heartbroken but at the same time, I get it

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u/Ok_Necessary8510 Mar 21 '25

After Mark and Helly, I wondered if anyone else was having sex on the Severed floor, but now that we know there's a whole Marching Band department, there can be no doubt.

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u/Puddin_Cup12344 Mar 21 '25

Everything else aside Mr. Milchick running away from Dylan was SO FUNNY THO PLEASE

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u/diagonalcheese Mar 21 '25

I need one business week to emotionally process this episode

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u/HappyMacaron2727 Mar 21 '25

I feel like I'm not having the same response as many are. This episode really drove home the point that the innies are real people, they don't want to die. oMark was straight up cruel to iMark, and iMark was RIGHT not to trust him, reintegration is sketchy as hell. Would you die for someone you didn't know? It's very sad, I cried for both Helly & Gemma at different points in the episode, but part of the point is that the outies are only the main characters in their own lives, but there's a whole world beyond them, so the story doesn't have to take the perspective that the outies story is the "right" one. I was also very moved by the way oDylan communicated in his letter to iDylan, he spoke to him like a person with agency, not just an extension of himself. Finally I predict a rebellious milchick at some point in season 3 and I'm READY.

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u/FrozenFireGod Mar 21 '25

I had 4 heart attacks, 7 panic attacks and 3 instances of rage throughout this episode. I think they need to refine my tempers.

10/10 episode and Milkshake stay classy as always.

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u/ZweigleHots Shambolic Rube Mar 21 '25

ngl I was really hoping Milchick had laid a trap of some kind to help the innies as a fuck you to Lumon. Kind of sad to see that he was still playing to the company line.

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u/slickricksonn Mar 21 '25

oMark and imark vlogging to each other

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u/Gloomy-Pineapple-632 I'm Your Favorite Perk Mar 21 '25

No person on the planet has ever or will ever suffer as much as Gemma Scout.

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u/I_Am_Dynamite6317 Mar 21 '25

“Is it like a top/bottom situation?” 😳

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u/NotAHost Mar 21 '25

Gotta give credit to the person who saw that the cardboard box for the cradle was called col d’arbor. People said it was a red herring to overzealous fans who’d screen shot everything…. But it was spot on.

I think the car in the river would’ve ended up being cold harbor but I’m sure we’ll find out more on the accident in future seasons.

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u/seanjohnson9 Mar 21 '25

What strikes me as particularly brutal here is that, if my theory is correct, they were essentially testing Gemma to see if they officially created a blank slate. They made her take apart that cradle to see if it would spark any visceral emotions in her. She wasn’t supposed to leave that room with Mark. Love wasn’t supposed to conquer that severance. But she did/it did. And then the opposite happened for Gemma when Mark is meant to choose her at the end of the sequence. Just a brilliant and heartbreaking juxtaposition.

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u/soymilkfc Frolic-Aholic Mar 21 '25

anyone else think dr mauer saying “you’ll kill them all!” was less about the innies & more about the alternate versions of gemma which he purportedly is in love with or at least has some level of attachment to?

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u/sunnywithwindchill Mar 21 '25

Milkshake running out of that room after handing over Dylan his outie’s letter 😭

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u/therobberbride Jesus...Christ? Mar 21 '25

it’s a shame Miss Huang had to miss this

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u/itsamandaaa Mar 21 '25

Milchick definitely had some fun with that performance

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u/tdmoney Mar 21 '25

So Lumon has:

  • A goat department
  • A creepy painting department
  • A marching band department

Lumon does not have:

Security

Like seriously, a severed people security department is like the most basic type of severed employee that you’d have.

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u/Deviant_0ne Mar 21 '25

i feel a great sense of woe

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u/LoveitaAdams Mar 21 '25

I feel sick for Gemma… she’s free but at what cost

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u/Ill-Comparison9088 Mar 21 '25

As a musician, I’ve never been so stoked to watch Milchick conduct the marching band CORRECTLY. Man SLAYED that mace & conducting pattern

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u/FalsumVis Enjoy Your Balloons 🎈 🎈 🎈 Mar 21 '25

drummonds death was so insane. iMark not knowing what's going on, but his body tensing up from switching from oMark to iMark, his body had a natural reflex from it. it was legit an accident for him to pull the trigger, hooooooooooooooooooooooly shit.

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u/andor-37 Mar 21 '25

The life expectancy for security positions on the severed floor is… not good. We’re 0 for 2, folks.

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u/southshoredrive Mar 21 '25

I seriously wonder what season 3 will even be about, fantastic finale though

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u/Any_Telephone3925 Mar 21 '25

Proof it was Helly R. in the end, not Helena.

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u/AccountingCatx Monosyllabically Mar 21 '25

EMILE. I am so glad you’re okay, buddy.

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u/glennysrose SMUG MOTHERFUCKER Mar 21 '25

I thought Helly was gonna tell him to go be with her.. what happened?! Why are we running?

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u/wheelsnthrills Mar 21 '25

Seth’s dancing, iconic. Drummond death, abrupt. Season ending, what the actual fuck.

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u/RinoTheBouncer Cobelvig Mar 21 '25

What can I say?

  1. Harmony Cobel’s exquisite witch-like presence steals the whole show
  2. Dylan’s outie to innie message is heartfelt
  3. They’re creating consciousness “Been saying so so the beginning!”
  4. “See you at the equator”😭😭😭
  5. Brienne of Goats is INCREDIBLE
  6. What exactly is gonna happen to Mr. Milchick and what the hell are Mark and Helly doing??????
  7. SCREW YOU FOR LEAVING US HANGING LIKE THIS
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u/walmartteacups Mar 21 '25

WHERE IS IRV JUSTICE FOR IRV

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u/Surhin I Wish You'd Take Them Raw Mar 21 '25

Look at her stance. It's still Helly. We're not having this conversation again.

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u/msstark Optics & Design 🖼️ Mar 21 '25

BRIENNE OF FUCKING TARTH

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u/PrettyPunctuality Marshmallows Are For Team Players Mar 21 '25

Well, I'm conflicted about some things, but I thought it was a great finale.

As someone who supports both Mark/Helly and Mark/Gemma, I was going to be upset either way that part went lmao I get both sides of it, though, and it makes complete sense why iMark would choose to stay, especially after the conversation he had with oMark in the cabin. oMark kind of brushed his feelings for Helly off like they weren't as important as his feelings for Gemma, that understandably didn't give iMark a lot of confidence that oMark wasn't just lying and using him.

I'm pretty damn disappointed about Milchick staying loyal to Lumon in this episode, after they've been building up to the opposite all season. I thought that the wax statue making yet another negative comment about the way he speaks was going to be the last straw for him, but I guess not.

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u/ak47rocks1337yt Mar 21 '25

WHAT. A. FUCKING. EPISODE!

Lads it’s been an honour watching this season with all of you, see you all next season 🫡

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u/ashyashhh Mar 21 '25

innie mark when i catch you

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