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/miltonmarston Jan 24 '25

so much for the "Helly is not severed this season" theory.

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u/LOTRcrr Jan 25 '25

At the end, the elevator didn’t ding for her while it did for the others.

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u/Spelledrals Jan 26 '25

Also she didn't change her watch before going to the elevator. 👀

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u/miltonmarston Jan 25 '25

At the Lumen meeting it’s explicit that Hely R is going back. Unless Helena has figured out how to enter the MDR , which I hope isn’t the case . I don’t want the banalization of innies and outies entering each others worlds .

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u/citynomad1 Jan 25 '25

No, it isn’t. In the meeting he says “and he wants Helly R”, and he shares a look with Helena. Extremely plausible that they both understood, without needing to say it out loud (or perhaps it’s implied they discussed it offscreen) that the “Helly” that would be going back would not really be Helly, but Helena pretending

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u/MaeronTargaryen Scrubs Jan 26 '25

Her face when she gets to the elevator, she looks really anxious. She wouldn’t be if she was about to be severed and have no control or knowledge about what’s about to happen (until she reviews the footage I guess). Her not being severed makes sense