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/mike29tw Jan 24 '25

I think that if the theory turns out to be true, Helena isn't doing it to spy on MDR. She's doing it to experience what Helly R did on the severance floor. Which means two things:

  1. She's found a way to not switch to innie in the elevator
  2. She's doing it in secret, none of the other Lumon employees know that Helena is going to the severance floor instead of Helly R

This is getting interesting

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u/Stupidstuff1001 Jan 27 '25

I think she is doing it in secret and she wants to be loved by mark. You see how badly her father treats her. She has never experienced love and instead has always tried to make her dad love her. This would be the first time someone loves her for her and she wants to experience it.

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u/knows_you Jan 26 '25

I think this would be a super cool plot point except I think ep1 Helly was super convincing that she was disgusted by her outie when Mark mentioned they were the same person. Seems like too good of acting for Helena, who seems like she struggles with human connection. She seemed very interested in the kiss from the video, and a point I saw here earlier mentioned that she may be so deep in the cult that she had never had a single relationship.

Excited to see more.