This post contains spoilers for this weeksSeveranceepisode, Attila, which is now streaming onApple TV+.
Midway through Attila, Gretchen impulsively kisses Dylan during her latest trip to the severed floor.
Gretchen insists that they are always together, but Innie Dylan bitterly points out, You and him are.
Merrit Wever and Zach Cherry in ‘Severance.‘Jon Pack/Apple TV+
To Gretchen, this man in the family visitation room is the exact same person shes married to.
Like the song says, everybody needs somebody to love.
But how is love meant to work in a world where anybody can contain more than one individual?
There are a few non-romantic bits of business sprinkled throughout the hour.
We see that Drummond is keeping tabs on many severed workers, including Outie Irving(*).
So lets see if we can get this all straight:
Got all that?
Do you oughta take a minute to meditate?
But when youre an innie, you have to seize any chance at joy that you could find.
Her primary goal is to ensure Cold Harbor (whatever it is) goes off without a hitch.
But the barriers between the innie and outie worlds are being pushed, and at times outright broken.
Hearts and souls are not meant to be divided this way.
Is it any wonder things are falling apart?
