This post contains spoilers for this weeks episode ofSeverance, Chikhai Bardo, which is now streaming onApple TV+.
Lumon management has spent much ofSeveranceSeason Two letting the innies get away with everything short of murder.
They are largely unsupervised.
Dichen Lachman in ‘Severance’Apple
They barely do any work.
They were granted their very own ORTBO, and got to hear Ms. Huang play her theremin.
Dylan has been allowed to meet and unexpectedly woo his outies wife.
With some other hazy old details, like Reghabi, I at least remembered once they turned up again.
With this one, though, I was wondering how on earth Devon knew about the place.
Reghabi is more of a walking plot equipment than a character, so shes no huge loss.
- All of this feels like the show is struggling a bit with pacing various seasonal arcs.
At first, it seemed to be used for the worlds most expensive, convoluted escort service.
The broadcast TV business in the late 2000s was weird, kids.
When she is in her own quarters, or in the export floors halls, Gemma is herself.
With this process, there is nothing of Gemma left when she enters each room.
She is whatever Lumon wants her to be, willing to do whatever is asked of her.
(Even if Gemma protests some of the scenarios, she still ultimately goes along.)
But none of it seems good.
Kier will take away all his pain, just as Kier has taken away yours.
We dont know whether she initially came down here voluntarily, but Gemma knows shes a prisoner now.
Gemma feels like an actual person, rather than a Reghabi-style MacGuffin.
But much of what both Marks are doing this season is on behalf of Gemma.
To paraphrase Mr. Drummond, was Chikhai Bardo one of the great moments in the history ofSeverance?
