Well, the penultimate episode of the second season of Severance was powerful indeed, offering us an intoxicating bouquet of interlocking stories. ("Penultimate" means next-to-last. I give you this information -- in case you didn't already know it -- because Milchick standing up to Lumon and its ridiculous big-word compulsion is one of these stories ...)
[But I better first warn you about spoilers ... ]
Here are some of my favorite of the stories all percolating in episode 1.9:
- The opening of this episode was even better than usual. I mean, as that camera panned out at the end of that beginning, I almost thought for a moment that we were seeing a flying saucer on the scene, and Lumon is part of some interstellar invasion. Who knows, it may be.
- Helena and her sicko father was disconcerting to see (which, of course, is what Severance is and is supposed to be). He wants to see his daughter eat eggs raw -- what is he, some kind of cannibal? (No offence to people who like their eggs raw -- they're probably good for you, as long as they're not carrying bird flu.)
- Outie Dylan being furious that his wife is cheating on him by passionately kissing his innie is one great piece of Severance story. Only in Severance could we get such a story. Only in Severance could it make any sense. If someone were to ask me to explain Severance in less than a minute -- no easy task -- I would probably tell them about this storyline. (It also occurred to me, watching this whole Dylan innie and outie and their wife thread, that outies being made into innies is reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.)
- Milchick standing up to that hateful Lumon overlord was just excellent to see. And, it's significant that Milchick is not at all totally rebelling against Lumon. In the rest of this episode, he's his good-bad-old Lumon henchman self.
- Irv and Burt was good to see, too. Although Burt insisted that they go their separate ways, I'm hoping anyway that we'll see them back together
See also Severance 2.1: Ultimate Fake News? ... Severance 2.2: Multiple Dylans ... Severance 2.3: Innies<->Outies ... Severance 1.4: Innies Out in the Snow ... 2.5: Watermelon Man ... 2.6: Tables ... 2.7: Gemma and the Dentist ... 2.8 Nordic Noir and Charles Babbage
And see also Severance 1.1-1.2: Erving Goffman Meets The Prisoner ... Severance 1.3: The History and the Neighbor ... Severance 1.4: Deadly Ambiguity ... Severance 1.5: Second Lives ... Severance 1.6: Lumon on the Outside ... Severance 1.7: Overtime Contingency ... Severance 1.8: Fired, Kissed, Almost Fired ... Severance: Season One Finale: Stunning Revelations
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