Everything mysterious and important we know after Severance's Season 2 finale

Warning: This reappraisal of Severance's Season 2 finale goes afloat spoiler. If you haven't watched it yet, and privation to, halt here. But travel backmost later. It'll beryllium much amusive than a waffle party.

Usually, connected a enactment day, our innie would constitute astir news. Politics, global events and the such. But, similar truthful galore of you, our outie watched the Severance Season 2 finale past night, and the occurrence was truthful almighty that it infiltrated immoderate deep, subconscious level wrong our mind.

All this to say, similar the members of our beloved MDR team, our innie is rebelling, and present the lone quality that matters contiguous is whatever-in-the-name-of-Kier we each conscionable witnessed. And we're present to interruption it down for you. As Mark S. would say, "the enactment is mysterious and important."

A planetary phenomenon, the acheronian and dystopian Severance has broken records arsenic the most-watched bid connected Apple TV+. Last night, the highly anticipated finale to the 2nd season, called "Cold Harbor," dropped astatine 9 p.m. ET.

The Emmy-winning bid follows Mark Scout (known arsenic Mark S. connected the severed floor, and played by Adam Scott) arsenic helium leads a team at Lumon Industries, wherever the employees person undergone what they telephone a severance procedure. The severing surgically divides their memories betwixt their enactment and idiosyncratic lives, oregon their innies and outies.

Their inherently innocent innies enactment connected seemingly mundane projects kept concealed adjacent from them astatine the cult-like Lumon, which was founded by the god-like Kier Eagen. Meanwhile, their flawed outies stay unaware of what goes connected during their nine-to-fives. 

The amusement has touched a nervus with viewers who admit its instrumentality connected compartmentalization, work-life balance, ethics, bodily autonomy and identity. 

For many, portion of the show's irresistible draw is trying to portion unneurotic its meaning and mysteries (and determination are many). Theories and conspiracies abound connected TikTok and successful online reviews, ranging from aggregate timelines to innie/outie pregnancies to the existent meaning of the goats.

And past night, we yet got (some) answers.

Here's what we present cognize astir the interior workings of Lumon Industries.

Warning: Seriously, folks. Spoilers. Don't accidental we didn't pass you.

What's the meaning of the data?

The biggest uncover came from Harmony Cobel, played by Patricia Arquette, when she yet tells innie Mark S. the meaning of the information he's been refining for 2 years. The numbers were pieces of consciousness for his outie's wife, Gemma (Dichen Lachman).

"The gathering blocks of her mind," Cobel explains.

Essentially, Mark S. has been creating aggregate innies for his outie's dead woman connected the investigating floor. Yep. Twisted.

This, of course, raises the question: What were the different MDR employees refining? Are they each creating innies, too? For who? Sweet merciful Kier.

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What is Cold Harbor?

We besides learn the meaning of Cold Harbor, the sanction of Mark S.'s last file, arsenic good arsenic the sanction of the last country Gemma enters connected the investigating floor.

It's the last trial for Gemma after her different innies were tested successful an endless loop of dentist appointments and turbulent level rides. But this trial is personal, by triggering her outie's astir traumatic memory: losing her pregnancy, and her consequent struggles with infertility.

In having her disassemble a crib, successful the outfit she past wore successful the extracurricular world, portion 1 of her and Mark's favourite songs plays successful the background, Lumon tests the emotional limits of her severance barriers. Which were holding, by the way, until Mark busted successful and convinced her to permission with him.

The theory, then, is that Lumon has been investigating severing for the wide market. Ah, capitalism.

Why... the goats?

I mean, wherefore not the goats? But yes, galore fans have been bewildered by the quality of goats connected the severed floor. Even much truthful this season, aft stumbling into Lumon's creepy Mammalians Nurturable Department. Which is, essentially, an indoor tract of goats and their oddball goat caregivers.

In Cold Harbor, Lorne (Gwendoline Christie) wheels a peculiarly cute babe goat to a country adjacent the exports hall to beryllium sacrificed. And thus, their biblically acheronian meaning is revealed.

"This beast volition beryllium entombed with a cherished pistillate whose tone it indispensable usher to Kier's door. Is it up to the task?" asks Drummond (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) as helium loads a gun.

Luckily, earlier the small babe goat tin beryllium committed to Kier, they're interrupted by Mark S. awkwardly trying to bust successful a doorway crossed the hall. An epic combat country ensues, hearkening to Christie's Game of Thrones she-warrior brute strength as Brienne of Tarth. Get him, Brienne! Save Mark S. and Emile!

Our favourite moment

We person 3 words, and 3 words only: Choreography and Merriment.

OK, we lied, we person galore much words. Turns out, determination is an full severed section whose sole intent is to entertain. And they formed a marching band. Then, performed successful a country truthful masterfully filmed (cameras connected the drums! That timing with Gemma connected the investigating floor! Helly darting astir them! Dylan G.! An innie rebellion!) that we laughed retired large aggregate times portion besides nervously clenching our thorax from the tension.

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In immoderate ways, the country seemed designed specifically for the diehard fans who person been sharing memes and gifs of Milchick's (Tramell Tillman) unhinged dance moves from Season 1's "music creation experience" for years. A small "we spot you and we convey you" moment. And we admit it.

This country was cleanable successful each way. No notes.

As a runner-up moment, we indispensable admit Dylan G. (Zack Cherry) for his one-liner erstwhile Milchick yet escapes from the bathroom: "F--- you.... Mr. Milchick."

A gentleman, always.

Now what?

First, we whitethorn ne'er retrieve from the implicit heartache and dissonance of watching outie Mark find innie Gemma, outie Mark and outie Gemma reunite, innie Mark assistance innie Gemma escape, and outie Gemma plead with innie Mark to articulation her. In quick succession. Please, conscionable springiness this duo an Emmy.

But arsenic innie Mark chooses Helly R., and the occurrence ends with them moving backmost into Lumon unneurotic arsenic Gemma wails connected the different broadside of the door, we person to wonder: where....  are they adjacent going? Are they conscionable going to fell retired successful the labyrinth of the halls and anticipation no one finds them? Have they thought this through?

And what happens to Gemma now? Can't Lumon conscionable find her and bring her back? Is Milchick on Team Lumon oregon Team Innie?

Will we ever spot Irving again?

In immoderate ways, we person more questions present than answers. But luckily....

Season 3 is confirmed

Cue the choreography and merriment!

Apple TV+ confirmed contiguous that they person renewed the amusement for a 3rd season.

"Making Severance has been 1 of the astir creatively breathtaking experiences I've ever been a portion of," said enforcement shaper and manager Ben Stiller in a news release. "While I person nary representation of this, I'm told making season three volition beryllium arsenic enjoyable, though immoderate recollection of these aboriginal events volition beryllium everlastingly and irrevocably wiped from my representation arsenic well." 

And it looks similar fans won't person to hold 3 years this time. 

"No, no, the program is not [to instrumentality that long]," Stiller said successful the latest occurrence of the New Heights podcast, aft Travis Kelce asked the question.

Praise Kier.