finished severance s1
some random queries and comments before i get to s2. obvious spoilers for s1.
queries
the whole lumon and severance procedure i guess it makes sense to leave some more higher-up workers not to be severed (milchick and cobel for e.g.) but they're just gonna let them roam around after being fired (i.e., cobel) with what they know?? i am overall curious how lumon runs.
harmony cobel i want to know more about her. who is charlotte corbel? why is she keeping tabs on outie mark, to the point of becoming friendly with his sister devon? what's the nature of her devotion to lumon/the founders (??)? i couldn't really grasp her intentions since i felt like they kind of flip-flopped throughout. thank god she left eleanor behind before jumping in her car to get to lumon in ep9 though.
ms casey / gemma scout what the fuck did they do to her?????? what are they going to do to her now?????
seth milchick is he just like. working 24/7 or something. i would like to know more.
irving b how and why does outie irving have a list of severed employees?
helly r now that we know who her outie is, why the r?
comments
- one of the major draws of severance to me was the extremely clinical cold feel of lumon/an office environment) and the excessive neatness/cleanliness of it, as well as the strangeness of the work they do. loved that.
- remember seeing helly's outie/helena's reply to helly like ep 2-3 (didn't write notes then lol) and being like oh her outie's scary... well ep9 cleared that up huh.
- that last scene of ep8 where it kept flickering between outie mark/irving/helly and innie dylan before he flips the switch waugh... especially since they put outie helly for like 1 sec too, i kind of felt like i was looking at a picture of my dead wife or something.
- on the topic of helena eagan, after ep9 i remembered when outie mark and outie helly met like very briefly when mark wasn't paying attention to the road so he stopped abruptedly before helly crossing the road. huh.
- on the topic of helly and mark, i could and did see that kiss/romantic intentions coming, but only because i feel like i've been pretty primed to suspect these things. i'm not really a fan of markhelly, i would've liked it if they were simply (but also greatly and wonderfully) friends.
- on the topic of romance, i did like irving and burt though. i wonder how long this storyline will play out in the next season/s.
- the concept of the severance process really puts the work in work spouse
- hope we get more of dylan next season, felt like he got the least amount of attention on screen ..? esp knowing more of his outie. all we know is he has 3 kids... also loved that he bit milchick HARD in that scene lol.
- the reintegration storyline that kind of got overshadowed in the latter half of the season! what's happened with reghabi? wonder if we'll see any of the macrodata refinement crew go through that...
i think that's really all i wanna say. i really enjoyed it so far (i think i will someday get a dvd copy) and am excited for s2!