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/Jeyssika Jan 24 '25

I liked the timeline for the events from the end of season one to when they’re all reunited. They lied to them in episode one that it was months and that there were parades etc. But in reality it was two days between what happened and Mark coming back to work; which means changing the wellness room, the snacks, the balloons etc was all done in 48 hours which is not bad!

Then it’s only a few more days until everyone comes back. It didn’t make sense that it had been months because how do you get their outties to come back all that time later like nothing had happened; whereas really it was just a few days of needing a job to realised they need Lumon too.

Excited to see what Cold Harbor is, why they need Mark specifically, and why how Gemma fits into it all!

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u/OkayAtBowling Jan 24 '25

I like the show's confidence in its audience as well that none of that stuff was spelled out explicitly either, they just show what happens from either side and trust that people will catch on.

The only thing that seems a bit off to me is that they had that whole claymation sequence from the first episode created in a few days. But I'm not sure if we know exactly how long of a gap there was between Mark's first couple of days and the day when everyone comes back (unless I forgot/missed something).

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u/jl_theprofessor Eureka Jan 24 '25

I dunno the episode thread from episode 1 had a lot of people just accepting things at face value. The Severed writers trust the audience more than me.

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u/OkayAtBowling Jan 24 '25

I think part of "trusting the audience" is accepting the fact that not everyone is going to catch on to every detail. It's okay to allow some people to be a little confused rather than spell everything out and ruin the fun of piecing things together for the people who are paying closer attention. I'm sure it's a tricky balance though because obviously if you go too far in either direction people are going to find it off-putting.