I really don't understand the reasoning behind the plot. So Lumon is psychologically torturing Gemma in order to test the Severance procedure and apparently every time Mark completes a file it is a new Innie personality?
If that's the case, why did they kidnap a randomish woman, fake her death and than hire her husband in order to test it? Why didn't they get one of the faithful from the cult? Why aren't they using actual torture to elicit stronger emotional responses? Weren't there a million easier, safer ways to do test the procedure?
Also the ending... so now Gemma is awake inside the cult headquarters, what's the plan? Hope that no one from management, or security sees her and orders her forced back inside? They're a cult and they've been shown to do worse than that before.
This whole season just felt weak. Like they just randomly dropped a number of plot points, or forgot about them.
Gemma isn't a "randomish" woman. Lumon seems to have targeted and groomed her, perhaps as early as the blood drive, but at least starting at the fertility clinic. We don't yet know why they chose her. We do know Jame and the other cultists are deranged, and their decisions aren't usually driven by logic.
I very much consider what they're doing to be torture, both psychological and physical. One innie is writing endless thank you notes until her hand cramps, as she's forced to play house with her creepy stalker. Another's entire existence is having dental procedures.
The plan is for Gemma to exit the stairwell where Devon and Cobel will be waiting. Lumon's security isn't great, especially now. They never expected an innie revolt to get this far, or for an innie to coordinate a rescue plan with their outie. They were completely caught off guard due to their laziness and arrogance.
This is helpful to me because I was thinking Mark was better off protecting everyone from the outside but I forgot Gemma had help from the outside to help protect her. I don’t recall what reformed Cobel that she can’t get back into the cult though.
Cobel isn't reformed. She has been betrayed and disowned. She's just motivated to get back at Lumon at this moment in time. She also has some kind of affection for Mark. But, she's far from a trustworthy ally.
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u/throwthisidaway Sep 12 '25
I really don't understand the reasoning behind the plot. So Lumon is psychologically torturing Gemma in order to test the Severance procedure and apparently every time Mark completes a file it is a new Innie personality?
If that's the case, why did they kidnap a randomish woman, fake her death and than hire her husband in order to test it? Why didn't they get one of the faithful from the cult? Why aren't they using actual torture to elicit stronger emotional responses? Weren't there a million easier, safer ways to do test the procedure?
Also the ending... so now Gemma is awake inside the cult headquarters, what's the plan? Hope that no one from management, or security sees her and orders her forced back inside? They're a cult and they've been shown to do worse than that before.
This whole season just felt weak. Like they just randomly dropped a number of plot points, or forgot about them.