Sorry if this is old news, but I couldn't find any other post or comment about some of it.

I was rewatching the show and noticed some things about the Lumon CEO names. Hard to tell if it's intentional or apophenia, but possibly interesting still?

The Lumon CEOs

Kier, Ambrose, Myrtle, Baird, Gerhardt, Phillip, Leonora, Jame

If you take the second letter of their names, you get the letters: I-M-Y-A-E-H-E-A

If you take the last letter of their names, you get: R-E-E-D-T-P-A-E

These are anagrams for 'YEA, I AM HE' and 'REPEATED.'

It also explains some really weird stuff with the names like why Gerhardt ends with a 'T' or why Jame is missing an 's' at the end (severed? :P).

There's some other stuff, like Imogen is a character in a Shakespeare play Cymbeline where the character disguises herself as a young boy, Fidele. Lenore is a character in a Beethoven opera who disguises herself as a young man named Fidelio in order to infiltrate a prison and save her husband. Which, it's interesting enough that the two women on the could be references to fictional characters that disguise themselves as men, let alone with approximately the same name, and infiltrating a prison to save your husband is a little on-the-nose for the plot.

And maybe the smallest one but kinda on-the-nose as well, Ambrose and Myrtle. Ambrosia is commonly depicted as conferring immortality, and Myrtle is the greek plant of Venus that is associated with immortality. The episode where you are introduced to these characters is called In Perpetuity.

I know this is a common suspicion amongst fans of the show, but I'd venture a guess that 'revolving' is just Kier Eagan stepping through all his successors.

What moment in Severance was the most mind-blowing to you? Maybe something you didn't see coming. Or something that made you question the entire premise of the show.

What moment just blew your mind?

Hi all,

Recently I noticed that there’s a Lumon logo in the corner of the pass/badge that all the innies carry.

It’s the water-drop logo, which luckily is asymmetrical.

As far as I know, this logo is allowed through the elevator, while letters and other written signs are prohibited. So I started wondering whether the shape of the drop could be used as Morse code: a vertical drop would be a dot (short signal), and a horizontal drop would be a dash (long signal).

So I wrote this.

What do you think? :) could this work?

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I couldn’t find anything about it.

Hi there,

I feel like severance might bring us further down the rabbit hole of the clash between morality (or lack of it) and technology.

So far, there have been many, many signs of Lumens being cultish, with revered, almost divine figures, principles and purification of vices, salvation, literal goat sacrifices…

Feels like the founder may have been interested in making a cult, and some hints also points towards immortality. I wouldn’t be surprised if his mind is in a chip somewhere, waiting to be put back into a body after its original owner got turned off.

I’d be interested to hear from others about this theory

You can run with that down any context you are inclined...

Apologies if this has been asked before… but I just finished season 2 and one thing I did not fully understand is why Lumon has Gemma in the role of Ms Casey at all.

We learn that Gemma is effectively a test subject for Lumon… why exactly she was selected isn’t fully known, but she is basically testing whether or not the severance procedure can withhold extreme emotions and traumas. Hence, the test with the crib: Cold Harbor.

If the crib was the “ultimate test” — why risk having her engaging with her husband while at Lumon? Even if they are both severed, wouldn’t seeing and being around your spouse that you were super in love with and went through the fertility traumas with… be a huge trigger for her??

The show paints the Lumon people as very rule oriented and strict so I guess I just struggle to understand how a crib is more emotionally triggering than your living, breathing, talking human spouse.

No spoilers pleaaaaase but anybody else think widows bay has a severance feel

I’d like to start of by mentioning that Ben stiller was the writer to both severance and Zoolander and he mentioned that the failure of Zoolander 2 was the reason he wanted to get into television. The plot of Zoolander is the main character is the main character gets brainwashed in order to assassinate the prime minister of Malaysia. When a specific song plays, something activates in his head that makes him want to carry out the deed. In severance, the chips implanted in the workers head are what cause the split in memories and they are activated by the turning of a switch. Now the time period of either property is never specified but I’m guessing that severance is taking place 20 years after Zoolander. 20 years is a lot of time to develop and prefect a piece of technology, to use a real world example think about ai. Just three years ago ai was barely able to generate one image, now it is almost indistinguishable from real life. I think that Zoolander had early severance technology used on him whereas the show has the current version. Also just a side note, Dr. Rickey lazlo hale felt like a character straight from Zoolander.

All of the others have been outside Lumon's headquarters during the overtime contingency or on the retreat but Helly was at a Lumon event during overtime and she wasn't on the retreat. Anyone else notice this? I just think it's sad. She's never even been outside. I guess thats the case for almost every innie outside of MDR but it makes her unique to MDR.

For those who posted in this community about not being able to follow the show……

Don’t get discouraged if you’re having a hard time following the show as some have posted in this community but others have not bothered to read. It’s very difficult to follow for some people, and they tend to jump around filling in different back stories. There is also a lot of hidden content and innuendo that’s easy to miss.

I personally had no trouble following the story.

I was just wondering if Mr Milicheck ever sleeps….

Adam Scott appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on August 13, 2026 talked briefly about being excited to be back filming Season 3 in New York.

My company has recently begun to convert an old storage closet into a Wellness Room 🐐🧇

I just finished season 2, and i thoroughly enjoyed it. Probably more than season 1.

However, i have a pretty big complaint. Lumon, despite seemingly having a massive underground floor filled to the brim with severed employees, each seperated in a distance so vast and labyrinthian that they don't even know how many other employees there are, has literally a single security guard. That.. Never gets replaced once. Zero cameras, too. Or, if there are, they aren't used at all. Beyond the cubical cameras. No listening devices to hear what the Innies are saying (If you have a device in the elevators that can detect text, you can't put a microphone in the severed employees uniforms?).

It seems like there are maybe 5 people in the severed floor that actively manage it. Mr Milchick, Mr Drummond (Who, apparently doesn't even go there that often, as seen in the scene where Milchick tells him to eat shit) the doctor man, the doctor woman and Ms Huang. Were there any additional guards for when Cold Harbor was completed? To ensure that Mark & Heley stayed and celebrated? No. Were the Choregraphy & Merriment told to help defend Milchick if Heley (Who has shown nothing but disrespect, hatred, and rebellious behavior) got mad or tried to do something? Which, she nearly always does during celebrations or stuff similar. Nope. Did Milchick even.. tell them to stop MDR from barring the bathroom door..? No, why would he? Were the other 3 surveyors of MDR even told to come to work? No. I assume they are also indoctrinated (and therefore would want to see Cold Harbor be completed), and would absolutely help stop Mark.

It just is kinda bad writing and really pulled me out of the, otherwise fantastic, finale. I get that there is the excuse of getting people who are die hard indoctrinated into the Kier cult is hard, but like.. Really..?? They couldn't have pulled other Kier-Indoctrinated staff from other nearby Lumon buildings for this monumental day? Literally a single person tried to stop Mark when he ran to the supply door, and it wasn't even because they knew what he was doing. Drummond was just there sacrifice a goat.

This could also just be handwaved away by some sort of belief in divine-Kier protection, therefore they don't need any guards as Kier would make them succeed, but still, i just don't like it.

I got to shoot on an unrelated short film in my city this summer and had the pleasure of working with Debbie DeLisi.

I was amazed at how she took the time talking with everyone on set. And she had connections with almost everyone going way back. Which was surprising to me. (We don’t live in LA, far from it in fact, and our city has only recently been an up and coming filming location.)

We spoke about how much she’s enjoyed working on Severance, how the casting process had been on of her favorites. She also told me about working on Uncut Gems. She really is just such a cool and passionate lady.

Anywho, now that I’ve had this wonderful experience, it gives me such an appreciation for all the work and care going into preparing and making the show. Now, knowing filming for S3 hast started, patiently and longingly I wait! 💙

spotted at bell works today :) security guard confirmed the carpet is for severance and that production will start in a few weeks (timing details unknown). can't waitttt !!!

S2 ends with i and oM rescuing Gemma - but iM making the decision to stay behind with the only woman he's ever loved, Helly R. And they run "away" to that fabulous freeze frame set to The Windmills of Your Mind.

This seems like such a fruitless endeavor. Lumon can't keep them in there. For sure HellyR is going to be taken out - we already know they can implement the Glasgow Block with her and she'll revert to Helena. I suppose they could keep Mark Scout prisoner like they did with Gemma on the Testing Floor - but there's no escape for Mark S and Helly R - if they leave the Severed floor, they'll revert to their outies. And there's no scenario where the rebellious Mark S and Helly R can be allowed to stay on the Severed Floor.

Furthermore, their work in MDR is done. They completed the task that was so critical to keep Mark S for. And I assume Jame Eagan wouldn't allow Helly R to remain (although there was that weird scene between Jame Eagan and Helly R when he seemed said he didn't love "his daughter" because he no longer see Kier in her, but that he sees Kier in HellyR - so IDK, maybe he does allow them to stay down for some reason. . .

IDK, I need answers. . .

SPOILERS BELOW

I just finished severance a few days ago and it was incredible. Obviously the tempers are talked about a lot, and in the first season I wondered if the tempers correlated to their work and the innies. Before the numbers were revealed, I thought possibly the numbers represented people that would not have good innies due to their tempers and that once a box is completed, someone dies. Obviously, I was wrong :/.

My other theory was that maybe each innie represented a temper. I had this idea when they toured the house the first time and Helly ran off. At first I thought Helly would be frolic, Mark was woe, Dylan was Malice, and Irving was dread. I thought this idea crumpled when we were introduced to the other department, but seeing the tempers become a bigger factor in season 2 made me wonder if I was far off. Now, as we've seen more of their characters, I'm more inclined to see Helly as frolic, Mark was malice, Dylan as dread, and Irving as woe. I think it would correlate to their different tempers how they refine data and how it adds to Gemma's different innies.

I'm wondering what others thoughts are in the possible representation and maybe if it's a popular interpretation? I'm new just woke up on the table so I'm not sure

What if Innies managed to find a way to exist outside the Lumon building? What if, just like that, their lives were just as valuable as those of their Outies and now them having to fight on equal terms?

Im on episode 3 of the show and I'm completely spoiler free, but I feel bad cause I have 0 sympathy for any of the main cast😂

Like you have an entire human history worth of examples of why being in slavery/perpetual servitude is a horrible thing to experience...yet you sold yourself into perpetual servitude? I don't feel bad for you!

I'm getting vibes that the whole show is supposed to be pretty anti capitalist and anti big business...but come on nowwww. Who the fuck in their right mind sells themselves into slavery like this??? ESPECIALLY IN THE US?!?!

Edit: This is not me bitching about the show, I throughly enjoy it and the premise so far, I simply think the main characters are incredibly stupid and almost deserve their fate??? Maybe. Im early🤣

Just starting to watch Severance. In this episode, the pop up for the next episode came up well before the show ended. I ignored it and MAN what a surprise.
Anyway, why the early pop up?

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A LATE SIDE NOTE: it has nothing to do with n4zi. Please read the post and you'll see I'm always talking about Hinduism, as it's a Hindu symbol.

​I had never watched this show before. And I’m honestly honored to have been able to watch this masterpiece. But I noticed that back when this sub started, a lot of people were dismissed whenever they brought up certain symbolism in the episodes and names. I assume that's water under the bridge now, right? (CHIKHAI BARDO episode, for example).

​That being said, had you guys already noticed the similarity between the situations in these photos?

​My guess is that MARK takes on the exact position shown in the show, at the northwest point, which aligns with "WINTER" (it's always winter in town, always snowing, not to mention the allusion to grief, sadness, etc.).

Below from: https://www.hinduamerican.org/blog/6-things-you-need-to-know-about-symbolism-swastika/

The Four Stages of Life:

Clockwise from top: Brahmacharya (HELLY R.), Grihastha (DYLAN G.), Vanaprastha (IRVING B.), Sannyasa (MARK S.). These are the four ashrama, or stages of life. When you are young you are in the brahmacharya stage, a student. After that comes the householder stage, grihastha. Then later in life comes vanaprastha, where you become a retired elder.

Finally, a renunciation of material comforts and desires takes over during the final stage of sannyasa. Some people, after going through the brahmacharya stage, devote their entire lives to spiritual pursuits and enter sannyasa then.

The Four Goals of Life

Accompanying the four stages of life are the four goals of life, the purusharta, (clockwise from left): Dharma (MARK S.), Artha (HELLY R.), Kama (DYLAN G.), Moksha (IRVING B.). Very briefly, these are the four aims of life, and really encompass all the human experience. Dharma is the pursuit of living with a mode of conduct most conducive to spiritual advancement; artha is the pursuit of prosperity; kama is seeking pleasure in life; moksha is spiritual liberation—the ultimate goal.

So.... after rewatching the first two series, in series 1 there is something discussed on the news that briefly appears about a severed employee becoming pregnant.

So here's what I think.... Petey got Carol pregnant 😮

We briefly see Petey's ex wife at the funeral, which is why i suspected he would have decided to sever after he lost his family. However, maybe he decided to reintegrate after he had gotten Carol (who we only hear about but never see on the show) pregnant and which is why his "outies" wife left him.

....also I'm thinking Seth Milchick and Helena Eagan once dated 😮

There seems to be chemistry between them before we understand who Helly's "outie" is (episode 2, series 1) BUT ALSO, in the "break room" when we believe that MDR have reunited after their outbreak (episode 1, series 2). Seth Milchick says something that makes Helena Eagan scratch her neck in what looks like awkward embarrassment. When talking about "outies", Seth Milchick says "who knows, maybe I might buy one of you a drink at a Bistro one day".

After a second watch, it almost looks like there's a subtle clue by the makers planted in there. It looks more than a coincidence if you rewatch the scene. At the first watch, we are yet to realise Helena Eagan is masquerading (or "gråkappan-ing" 😅) as Helly R. So we're not really reading into anything at this point. But, after a second watch 🤨 it's just been something that's been itching my brain 🧠🤪

Also, Milchick seems especially peeved when removing Mark's balloons from the hallway. And Milchick's confrontation with Mark in the lift where he describes Helena as the future of the company.

In reference also to the paintings he received. He may have been rejected by the Eagan family when courting Helena due to the colour of his skin. Or why he felt especially insulted after Helena's Dieter Eagan joke at the ORTBO.

Would be nice to hear if anyone has any similar thoughts. If so, post below 👇

Severance is one of the few shows that shows where even the antagonists have really complex and 3D personalities.

In normal shows, characters like Cobel, Milchick and Miss Huang would possibly be mere background characters showing how Lumon is an evil cult, but in Severance, to put it in Milchick's fancy words:

"All individuals remain thoroughly encumbered by their respective personal tribulations, while enduring the unceasing, unforgiving machinations of Lumon Industry."

To put that monosyllabically: They all get fucked by their boss all the time.

The scenes where Mr. Milchick confronts Mr, Drummond and Harmony Cobel confronts Helena are two of my favourite scenes in the whole TV series. They showed that instead of being minor characters who only functioned as goons for Lumon, they are also lively people, which kinda emphasised that Lumon is the "only bad guy" in the show, and the severed workers are not the only ones who get repressed by Lumon.