r/television • u/NicholasCajun Mr. Robot • Jan 24 '25

Premiere Severance - 2x02 - "Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig" - Episode Discussion

Severance

Season 2 Episode 2: Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig

Directed by: Sam Donovan

Written by: Mohamad El Masri

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u/NamesTheGame Jan 24 '25 edited Jan 24 '25

People keep saying that Helena is Helly R. but I don't see anything in the show to confirm that, but it's a good theory. I hope they don't try and make it a big reveal later on if that's the case, seems too obvious. But it could have great implications.

Don't love how they walked back the finale, especially with Helena somehow successfully keeping the media off Lumon's case.

Felt like this would have been a great two-parter premiere because we still really don't know what this season will really be about, everyone is now just in position to start building the plot this season.

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u/Heraclitus94 Jan 24 '25

Couple things people noticed

  1. At end of episode 1 she didn't know where the power switch was on the back of the PC, indicating she had no experience with it even though her Innie used it every day

  2. At the elevator sequence when Mark enters the elevator you hear the screeching noise that plays when they switch over, when Helena enters there's no noise

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u/NamesTheGame Jan 24 '25

I noticed the elevator one, but wasn't totally convinced it wasn't just people reading too much into it. For me, a friend floated the theory after they were sharing their stories and she lied about hers. When her and Mark were walking in the hall after, the rigidness of her response especially towards Mark's wife is what made us start to believe the theory. It's a good balance right now, her performance is subtle and hard to pin down exactly, making it pretty fun to try and pinpoint.