I love the attention to detail. Helena is told that the procedure will be painless, but the first thing Helli does when she wakes up is hold the back of her head in pain.
I find the idea that homosexuality isn't considered weird or "other" but just normal among the innies fascinating, seeing how they resemble children in terms of not being aware of societal norms and having had no contact with homophobia. They would naturally just follow their hearts romantically, without fearing social pressure to conform.
In a way is funny because inter department relationships is seen as the equivalent of homophobia(or race mixing), the way both talk about it feels.....intersting.
@@trips347 At least 3% of people worldwide identify as gay, and the number is affected by internet access and fear of repression. You are less than less than 1% of the world population, and yet you manage to be even grosser than what you think they are.
@@trips347 Lol keep seething loser. There’s 3 options. You’re gonna die mad about gay people existing, you’re gonna come to your senses, or you’re gonna go the self destructive route…
Beyond friendly, Milchek is genuinely nurturing to the severed. This makes the torture sessions he conducts in the Break Room that much more unsettling. Milchek is a capable livestock tender. His approach to care of the severed is a mix of intimate compassion and cold discipline demanded of him in highest and best service to the corporation.
Only a min in but I want to write this out before I forget but a thing about the innies esp in regards to the higher staff is the dehumanization. The genuine parasoical relationship between Cobel and Miltchick to the Servaned employees Like at times Cobel and Miltchick constantly refer to the innies relationships as “cute” or “I loved when you 2 got along so well.” Borderline treating the innies as characters they watch and enjoy the arcs of. Which is, dehumanizing when done face to face with real human people.
11:34 the whole thing about the break room was that it wasnt a place to relax, it was a place to be un happy, or somewhere that you wanted to avoid. the reason its called the break room is because it BREAKS you mentally.
I loved where innie Mark tosses his tissue without a thought -- even tho he was weeping uncontrollably just minutes before. Tissue means nothing to him. If anyone has read "Hellstrom's Hive" by Frank Herbert (Yes, he wrote more than just "Dune"!) -- this series reminds me of that book, where multiple generations of people have endeavored to live as a hive mind to reap the benefits of strength and productivity that such a culture could produce.
The finale was perfect. The whole show was near perfect. My new favorite. I wish westworld would have gotten it right. Season after season i was bored and confused. Severance is awesome though cant wait for next season.
After a lifetime of TV fiction I actually agree with your effusive praise of performances and portrayals. They all truly did kick ass. It really is that good. The show is a message from our higher selves perhaps, inviting us to integrate more.
Elevator: love it. Reminds me of going down the stairs/elevator for hypnosis. The deeper you go, the more into unconscious...other side of yourself. Welness: reading how their outies are valued outside makes them calm because in a way the show acknowledges that something is missing from their identity and feeling a connection to their outies makes them calm/ feel more complete.
loved this video. instant sub. I just came off of a video that made me think a lot about media literacy, and buddy I think you got it! I'm a video essay girlie but I'm also very picky - when I clicked I figured that this would be a sort of standard recap (which is fine because there's not a lot of people making content about the show and i'm starving). Holy hell, did you blast past my expectations with your analysis of themes, symbols, structure, and context. I also squealed out loud when you mentioned DHMIS. I've never seen lost but I might just watch it so i can experience your other reviews. thanks again for your work!
Dude. Fantastic content, analyzation is on point and thorough and I love the moments of comedy embedded throughout. Great job man I’m looking forward to more videos from you.
The erasers being decorative since they don’t have pencils as a workplace reward “with no intrinsic value”, perfectly sums up how I feel when I work 139 hour work period (2 weeks) and I was given an umbrella with our company logo on it. And not a particularly high quality umbrella.
“Really no one is at the top.everyone is just following orders, so there isn’t really anyone to blame or reward” This show really does have a great foundation for the world. You’re very articulate and thorough, but your videos are so easily digestible. Great work- you earned a new sub! Can’t wait to see more
I’ve only recently watched the show and have been obsessed to watch any content related to Severance, your humour, references, editing and abundant knowledge surrounding the themes and ideas makes me want a lot more of your content. Not sure if you will ever post again, maybe a season 2 to bring you back. Sincerely though the video essay space lacks good humour and great analysis which you have in abundance.
GREAT coverage of season 1! One thing I don't think many have mentioned is the lack of privacy for the main characters, especially Mark. Both his innie & outtie are watched excessively by Mrs. Cobel. Her character is so mysterious to me bc of how damn weird she is and how dedicated she is to her job, both on and off shift. I can't wait to find out what her motivation is. I know it has something to do w/her mother. But is she for or against Lumon? That's the question. And why does Mark live in the complex of Lumon houses, but the others do not? You'd think Mark would be a little suspicious about why he has a neighbor that supposedly doesn't work for Lumon, living in Lumon housing developments. And why do none of the severance employees ever run into each other at the beginning or end of the work day? I know they are staggered a bit, but it's too coincidental that it NEVER happens?? Also, by the way everyone acts in this 'world,' I'm assuming it's some sort of parallel universe. Just the actions of Ricken's guests at their "dinner" party (with no food), I just got this feeling that it's not meant to be our world. It's not just Lumon that is weird in this world. It's everyone. They're all off their rockers! lol
Cobel/Selvig seeing to be raise in a Kier school, continuing the religious mofits, it seen Cobel was rise in the creed in the same way as sort of nun on inquisitor if you want it. even her name "Harmony" speak of it. And we dont know if other dosent live there because they go in diferent hours(probably to ensure less contamination between then). So it seen they are cordination for this, since there is not innis and outies at the same time, your job is just your job. And Ricken is clearly a guru with outside ideas, he is just very excentric.
I feel like mark and Gemma together are a big experiment for Lumon. Like they brought her back to life after her car accident or let her alive and hijacked her brain OR she’s a robot with Gemma’s consciousness and they’re seeing if the chips can erase memories even when people are forced together….that’s why Harmony has to live next to him and insert herself everywhere, she’s always checking to see if his chip is working. But I think she’s being experimented on too, someone’s watching her, it’s all one big experiment.
This is great! Amazing synopsis and I love your style. Now, one thing I never hear discussed…Ricken’s writing is exactly like the holy Kier Eagan writing but the mirror opposite - self vs corporate hive. The writing has the same cheesiness and cadence. And Ricken’s friends follow and quote same as the severed Lumin employees in the office and are super awkward. Mark’s sister is normal though. These people are severed too but set free into the wild and they don’t know it.
13:45 These scenes could be a commentary on the class dynamics in and outside of a corporate environment. How a Walmart CEO, regional executive, store manager, and a store employee have considerably different lives though under the same corp. Outside of the store these peoples social circles may never overlap for a union conversation to even occur.
If cobel lives next door to Mark maybe Milchick lives next to Dylan or with him, It’s not too far fetched, maybe they live next to them to keep an eye on them.. anyhoo just a theory
3:50 i think she reacts that way because she’s been here before with many different employees. She’s been looking at a way to get revenge on the company. And somehow requesting the hand shake is a sign that they might actually be able to be “more awake” than the other employees and can help her execute her overall plan. Just a theory though!!
Cloud Atlas Simp here. I am not generally one of these people, but I read the book when it first came out. It was fantastic. The writing style shifts were so evocative of the time jumps. I realize the movie was I’ll-received, but I think I liked it out of fealty to my enjoyment of the book.
I accidentally deleted my comment...the table she wakes on is not a coffin. Big coffin! It evokes an oared ship, an ancient world ship ferrying across the River Charon. Helly. C'mon people.
28:43 you’re literally describing how s1 of Severance ended. All of MDR knows about their outside life, Devon knows that Cobel/Selvig is with Lumon and if they try to talk to anyone they’ll likely be targeted, Mark knows about Gemma being Ms. Casey, Helly knows how important she is to Jame Egan. Idk how much more they could’ve set up season 2 to be way different.
I noticed after a first few episodes some mystery about food. We know the employees eat lunch at work but we never see them eating. Then there is the food-less dinner outside. We finally see food consumed as a reward inside Lumon. Now I know Sci-Fi often skips over real-life situations that complicate a story or film. Crime stories with no police in the real world, or space movies with no bathrooms. With all the attention to detail I find it difficult to believe it is just a coincidence. I binged this show all over last weekend and was not disappointed. Great overview of this show!
I thought that as well watching it. It seemed to suggest food scarcity outside lumen, with the food less dinner, and the reward food. Dylan also has his theory about people fighting for survival on the outside.
I was wondering if I missed a lunch scene somehow. There’s no cafeteria that we’ve seen, they never say “what’s for lunch” or “we’re having the same thing as always for lunch”. “What’s for dinner” caused an argument. What about lunch?!!!
Remember, the innies never experience breakfast, sleep, dinner, or recreation. So lunch is a simple matter of sustenance requiring rationing via tokens. That's why the 'waffle dinner' prize is so coveted. They get to experience a meal and sleep and (implied) sex.
no no no ! I've seen Cloud Atlas & read the book and it's ACE !! . iT reads towards the middle and back out. I Love it !! I can't wait for season 2 of severance ;)
Just binge-watched the first season and I remain convinced that they are not employees, but subjects of a mind control experiment. One indicator among many is the way the "company" infantilizes them all the way down to their job descriptions and incentives you'd use to motivate a third-grade classroom, not a team of grown adults doing something important. AI could easily do the "job" they're doing at much lower cost and without having to maintain a Byzantine labyrinth of deception if the "company" were really trying to accomplish some sort of production objective through MDR. They're also obviously in some kind of a cult where the lead figure and his progeny have been mythologized into some type of gods. I don't believe they're putting out a product or service at all. I think they are simply working toward the goal of an entirely compliant, mind-controlled body politic. Regardless of the goal, they're being studied for something.
Yes, i just finished the first season in three days lol and after i saw that they woke Dylan up on the outside, my first thought immediately was that they’re trying to get all these people severed and indoctrinate them so that once they are all scared and controlled they can activate them on the outside and form some kind of revolution for lumon. I don’t know, everything just seems way more sinister the more you watch. Also I cant tell why the girl boss (forget her name) is so obsessed with her job even going as far as to have those shrines in her personal life and stalking Mark. I thought she was just doing her job but then we see that the board clearly does not approve of her actions. It was insane seeing Helly wake up on the outside and I was rooting for her every step of the way. And also, did you guys notice Irving’s outtie is constantly painting the elevator that Gemma took down where they keep the dead people? Was he previously dead and then rebooted and now that’s why he is always dozing off and doesn’t remember? Does that mean they send them back into the real world? I binged the season thinking there would be answers at the end and now I’m so frustrated and hope the second season isn’t as slow of a burn anymore.
GREAT analysis and commentary about this amazingly fascinating show -- kudos!! You will be receiving a melon party and an optional handshake shortly... ;0) Oh, and I'd love to hear your take on "Counterpart" - it seems like a similar show to Severance in some ways. Not quite as compact or neatly told, but still kind of mind-bending and aesthetically distinct.
One theory about why everyone is fascinated by Ricken's book reading is that some of Mark's friends are Innis planted by the pharmaceutical Corp to keep Mark in check. Marks a bigger test subject then anticipated, that's why I feel like they have to make him genuinely feel like his wife died and his friends are there. A dead giveaway is when they find the baby and the one friend runs out with the baby like he's looking for approval announcing that he's the one that found the baby. Again not my theories this is all stuff I've heard or read. Great show I am in love with it.
I started watching the leftovers thanks to your channel. I started here, caught up on Lost which I had seen, and then to the only other videos. I really appreciate your recommendation getting me through those first few terrible episodes of leftovers.
Watching a lot of Severance content while I wait for season 2. I've had a drink tonight and the pace and depth of this is just right for my mood. Very good. I smiled when you slagged off Cloud Atlas, it was a bit tedious and I'm not sure I can be bothered to watch it again.
Thank you for the insight into Nobel and the invention of dynamite in 1866. Great analysis and amazing editing of all the clips. My sister was obsessed with Lost, and I recommended Severance to her because of the similarities. If you’ve got some Lost analysis on here, I’ll definitely need to check it out! Thanks!
Okkkaayyy i see you Morale!! 😅, Its crazy to see how introspective and slick looking your videos are for some quite new. I wish i could see the choices you make in the editing process, great job keep it up.
I know this chAnnel is small, but I think it's really going places. I like the style of your videos, even though there are many channels doing this, you did it very well, and made me laugh properly a few times :) its done, its comfirmed. Loved this
Remember, when Mark yells 'She's alive!!' at the end, he's running towards his sister holding her baby who had temporarily been missing and thought kidnapped by Cobel. Therefore, everyone at the party, including Mark's Outie, will probably assume his sudden entrance and outcry are regarding the missing baby, not his dead wife.
That would be a bit condescending towards the audience's intelligence as if he wasn't holding Jemma's photograph Edit: And I realise any other not so well-executed show would use that kind of trick to stretch out our misery with the pretense that the characters are just that dense but I hope this series is capable of genuinely outwitting us and not lousily pretend to do so.
@@deab1253 Eh I could see them swinging it. Remember, Mark doesn't know what he just said, or why he said it. He's going to wake up in a room with a bunch of people staring at him like he's crazy and is stating that Devon's baby is alive. I agree though that if they DO go this route, the scene where Mark doesn't think much of his wife's photo in his hand needs to be pulled off well. Does he have any reason to think his wife is alive?
petey will return in season two, again as a device. he died, as did mark's wife. so he'll become one of the innies who never leaves. we'll be able to theorize about mark's wife through what we see of petey. my theory, anyway.
Nah, you’re so wrong about the ending. It’s a great cliffhanger because we’re left wondering anxiously what will happen to the innies as punishment for using the overtime feature. Also if anything will happen to Milchek. You’re also left wondering what Irving is really up to (yes, we get that he’s investigating Lumin and trying to reach his innie, but to what end exactly? Is he part of the resistance or is he a lone rogue?)
Pretty sure the starting scene is a test a test to make sure the chip actually works. They even ask her her father's fav breakfast or something (which you'll only notice on 2nd watch). Also the welness check is also the same test just later on which if you remember cobel says 'trust me he needs it' because she wanted to see if doing most extreme things like the candle made by his wife will remind the innie mark of his wife or not. The aptly named wellness check is checking whether the innie's are "well' or not as in still severed or not or is the implant working as it supposed to or not. Also You missed that outie Irvin's paintings he is drawing the testing area elevator. That means he has been there maybe he was the 1st one & now gemma is the 2nd one. & even before Irvin they probably tested the severance on goats maybe? Lol. Irvin also has a full list of severed people apart from gemma ofc. Again mark only says she is alive. Not Gemma is alive. His sister is smart enough but as mark has forgotten everything. She can easily misunderstand the she as her daughter. Sadly. Probably they shouldn't do this but who knows they have the basis to do that.
Yeah definitely the second season will be Innie Mark knowing that Gemma is alive, but not outie Mark. At least not from the get go. I expect a "She's alive" and Devon saying something like "i know, I'm holding my baby right now" and then Mark just being disgruntled and forgetting he has Gemma's photo in his hand, or not putting two and two together.
I’ve never seen the Cloud Atlas film, and from the sound of it, some of the casting decisions were… interesting… but I read the book soon after it first came out, and it actually is good. I could be biased as I read it when I was a teen so it was quite formative, but the ideas are bold and interesting, the worldbuilding is great, as is the way the different writing styles reflect the different characters and their circumstances. Worth a read even if you didn’t like the film, I’d say.
Okay couple of things... I love the sound and tone of your voice and I mean that as more of a factual compliment then anything flirty lol Also great video I absolutely love severance and I was missing it so I started looking at video essays and this one is by far my favorite
the MDR office has a green motif, but they wear blue badges, while the O&D office and their coats have a blue motif, and they wear green badges. and the vacant offices we see at one point have a purple motif… and the goat nurse guy has no visible badge, but Gwendolyn Christie has a pea green badge in one of the trailers, and appears to also be a goat wrangler. but anyway… what’s the deal with the mismatched badge colors for MDR and O&D?
I started watching this series because of your last video, and it was a GREAT recommendation for Lost fans! I asked this in the last video too, but have you seen Yellowjackets? Very similar to Lost too!
Do you always slip into almost-rhyming semi-poetry when you’re into something, or was that special for this analysis? Very, very good video. Thank you 🥰
Did you really knock season 2 of The Wire? I think that aside from season 4 (which is among the greatest seasons of television ever produced) it’s pretty much the best the show has to offer. Better than seasons 1, 3, and 5. Especially 5. Yeah, I said it - come at me.
The beginning of this breakdown and the beginning of the show with the hallway navigation, reminds me of the beginning of the film 🎥 “I Heart ♥️ Huckabees.” You might like it. I’m so curious what you would think actually.
I love the attention to detail. Helena is told that the procedure will be painless, but the first thing Helli does when she wakes up is hold the back of her head in pain.
Nice catch. Saw it but didn't make the corelation.
Well for Helena it is kinda painless
I find the idea that homosexuality isn't considered weird or "other" but just normal among the innies fascinating, seeing how they resemble children in terms of not being aware of societal norms and having had no contact with homophobia. They would naturally just follow their hearts romantically, without fearing social pressure to conform.
In a way is funny because inter department relationships is seen as the equivalent of homophobia(or race mixing), the way both talk about it feels.....intersting.
@@trips347 At least 3% of people worldwide identify as gay, and the number is affected by internet access and fear of repression.
You are less than less than 1% of the world population, and yet you manage to be even grosser than what you think they are.
@@trips347 natural? uou dont know what is and isnt natural.
@@trips347 There's only one species on earth with homophobia, humans
@@trips347 Lol keep seething loser. There’s 3 options. You’re gonna die mad about gay people existing, you’re gonna come to your senses, or you’re gonna go the self destructive route…
whats fucked is i have a eerie feeling that the "am I livestock" wasnt so much a nod to fan theories, but a bit of cheeky foreshadowing
Beyond friendly, Milchek is genuinely nurturing to the severed. This makes the torture sessions he conducts in the Break Room that much more unsettling. Milchek is a capable livestock tender. His approach to care of the severed is a mix of intimate compassion and cold discipline demanded of him in highest and best service to the corporation.
My Milchick brings all the boys to the yard
It’s the walks! I swear they put time into how everyone moves at work I don’t know what it is but man you feel it
They selected the perfect actor for Milchick. Tremell Tillman is an actor to look out for in the future. Very talented
Only a min in but I want to write this out before I forget but a thing about the innies esp in regards to the higher staff is the dehumanization. The genuine parasoical relationship between Cobel and Miltchick to the Servaned employees
Like at times Cobel and Miltchick constantly refer to the innies relationships as “cute” or “I loved when you 2 got along so well.” Borderline treating the innies as characters they watch and enjoy the arcs of.
Which is, dehumanizing when done face to face with real human people.
And kinda a meta comentary of the kind of show this discountruct.
11:34 the whole thing about the break room was that it wasnt a place to relax, it was a place to be un happy, or somewhere that you wanted to avoid. the reason its called the break room is because it BREAKS you mentally.
Great breakdown! TY This show is clearly about us sheep that work in the corporate world. My job gets mad when we go to the bathroom too long. 🙃
I loved where innie Mark tosses his tissue without a thought -- even tho he was weeping uncontrollably just minutes before. Tissue means nothing to him.
If anyone has read "Hellstrom's Hive" by Frank Herbert (Yes, he wrote more than just "Dune"!) -- this series reminds me of that book, where multiple generations of people have endeavored to live as a hive mind to reap the benefits of strength and productivity that such a culture could produce.
The finale was perfect. The whole show was near perfect. My new favorite. I wish westworld would have gotten it right. Season after season i was bored and confused. Severance is awesome though cant wait for next season.
After a lifetime of TV fiction I actually agree with your effusive praise of performances and portrayals. They all truly did kick ass. It really is that good. The show is a message from our higher selves perhaps, inviting us to integrate more.
21:19 the innie retirement song selection is there just like the five-minute dance experience, but now it’s vault retirement selection 19.
Elevator: love it. Reminds me of going down the stairs/elevator for hypnosis. The deeper you go, the more into unconscious...other side of yourself.
Welness: reading how their outies are valued outside makes them calm because in a way the show acknowledges that something is missing from their identity and feeling a connection to their outies makes them calm/ feel more complete.
wow this is an early birthday gift. so excited to watch this tonight. what an amazing show so far.
loved this video. instant sub. I just came off of a video that made me think a lot about media literacy, and buddy I think you got it! I'm a video essay girlie but I'm also very picky - when I clicked I figured that this would be a sort of standard recap (which is fine because there's not a lot of people making content about the show and i'm starving). Holy hell, did you blast past my expectations with your analysis of themes, symbols, structure, and context. I also squealed out loud when you mentioned DHMIS. I've never seen lost but I might just watch it so i can experience your other reviews. thanks again for your work!
Dude. Fantastic content, analyzation is on point and thorough and I love the moments of comedy embedded throughout. Great job man I’m looking forward to more videos from you.
My friend I may have seen every well-produced video about severance that is on youtube, and yours is my favorite so far.
Great summary and analysis. I’ve watched multiple Severance summaries and reviews and this was the best. What a show.
The erasers being decorative since they don’t have pencils as a workplace reward “with no intrinsic value”, perfectly sums up how I feel when I work 139 hour work period (2 weeks) and I was given an umbrella with our company logo on it. And not a particularly high quality umbrella.
Muppet treasure island is peak muppets. You aren’t alone. The music is incredible. But crazy they only gave TimCurry that one number
UPSTAGE LADS!
“Really no one is at the top.everyone is just following orders, so there isn’t really anyone to blame or reward”
This show really does have a great foundation for the world. You’re very articulate and thorough, but your videos are so easily digestible. Great work- you earned a new sub! Can’t wait to see more
i just finished this show in 2 days. you're really funny. thanks for the great video.
I’ve only recently watched the show and have been obsessed to watch any content related to Severance, your humour, references, editing and abundant knowledge surrounding the themes and ideas makes me want a lot more of your content. Not sure if you will ever post again, maybe a season 2 to bring you back. Sincerely though the video essay space lacks good humour and great analysis which you have in abundance.
27:18 damn man that was perfect hahaha 👌🏼.
Also, bi lights yes please 😍😌
GREAT coverage of season 1! One thing I don't think many have mentioned is the lack of privacy for the main characters, especially Mark. Both his innie & outtie are watched excessively by Mrs. Cobel. Her character is so mysterious to me bc of how damn weird she is and how dedicated she is to her job, both on and off shift. I can't wait to find out what her motivation is. I know it has something to do w/her mother. But is she for or against Lumon? That's the question. And why does Mark live in the complex of Lumon houses, but the others do not? You'd think Mark would be a little suspicious about why he has a neighbor that supposedly doesn't work for Lumon, living in Lumon housing developments. And why do none of the severance employees ever run into each other at the beginning or end of the work day? I know they are staggered a bit, but it's too coincidental that it NEVER happens??
Also, by the way everyone acts in this 'world,' I'm assuming it's some sort of parallel universe. Just the actions of Ricken's guests at their "dinner" party (with no food), I just got this feeling that it's not meant to be our world. It's not just Lumon that is weird in this world. It's everyone. They're all off their rockers! lol
Cobel/Selvig seeing to be raise in a Kier school, continuing the religious mofits, it seen Cobel was rise in the creed in the same way as sort of nun on inquisitor if you want it. even her name "Harmony" speak of it.
And we dont know if other dosent live there because they go in diferent hours(probably to ensure less contamination between then). So it seen they are cordination for this, since there is not innis and outies at the same time, your job is just your job.
And Ricken is clearly a guru with outside ideas, he is just very excentric.
I feel like mark and Gemma together are a big experiment for Lumon. Like they brought her back to life after her car accident or let her alive and hijacked her brain OR she’s a robot with Gemma’s consciousness and they’re seeing if the chips can erase memories even when people are forced together….that’s why Harmony has to live next to him and insert herself everywhere, she’s always checking to see if his chip is working.
But I think she’s being experimented on too, someone’s watching her, it’s all one big experiment.
My ears are all plugged up, and I keep hearing Bert and Ernie instead of Irving 😂 ♥
This is great! Amazing synopsis and I love your style. Now, one thing I never hear discussed…Ricken’s writing is exactly like the holy Kier Eagan writing but the mirror opposite - self vs corporate hive. The writing has the same cheesiness and cadence. And Ricken’s friends follow and quote same as the severed Lumin employees in the office and are super awkward. Mark’s sister is normal though. These people are severed too but set free into the wild and they don’t know it.
13:45 These scenes could be a commentary on the class dynamics in and outside of a corporate environment. How a Walmart CEO, regional executive, store manager, and a store employee have considerably different lives though under the same corp. Outside of the store these peoples social circles may never overlap for a union conversation to even occur.
You have my favorite review style HANDS DOWN! THIS is what I needed during LOST!
If cobel lives next door to Mark maybe Milchick lives next to Dylan or with him, It’s not too far fetched, maybe they live next to them to keep an eye on them.. anyhoo just a theory
It keep wonderinf why their bossed need to kept and eye of them
3:50 i think she reacts that way because she’s been here before with many different employees. She’s been looking at a way to get revenge on the company. And somehow requesting the hand shake is a sign that they might actually be able to be “more awake” than the other employees and can help her execute her overall plan. Just a theory though!!
They broke me in the break room
Cloud Atlas Simp here.
I am not generally one of these people, but I read the book when it first came out. It was fantastic. The writing style shifts were so evocative of the time jumps.
I realize the movie was I’ll-received, but I think I liked it out of fealty to my enjoyment of the book.
I accidentally deleted my comment...the table she wakes on is not a coffin. Big coffin! It evokes an oared ship, an ancient world ship ferrying across the River Charon. Helly. C'mon people.
It reminded me of an altar -- she is laid out on it, about to be sacrificed. Like most board meetings. :-)
@@jonsaboe2019 that too! And it fits.
Everything is significant. The ping pong table because two people are needed to play pingpong. It’s folded away because he is now alone. So sad.
28:43 you’re literally describing how s1 of Severance ended. All of MDR knows about their outside life, Devon knows that Cobel/Selvig is with Lumon and if they try to talk to anyone they’ll likely be targeted, Mark knows about Gemma being Ms. Casey, Helly knows how important she is to Jame Egan. Idk how much more they could’ve set up season 2 to be way different.
Don't forget about the "Clean Slate" option a Lumon admin can use in management mode. There's a "Goldfish" option, too.
@@TwiPrime yep. They could reset this whole thing if a certain someone regains control of the situation
@@JuriAmari Nothing a little Faraday cage can't fix.
I noticed after a first few episodes some mystery about food. We know the employees eat lunch at work but we never see them eating. Then there is the food-less dinner outside. We finally see food consumed as a reward inside Lumon. Now I know Sci-Fi often skips over real-life situations that complicate a story or film. Crime stories with no police in the real world, or space movies with no bathrooms. With all the attention to detail I find it difficult to believe it is just a coincidence. I binged this show all over last weekend and was not disappointed.
Great overview of this show!
Well, there is bathrooms and there is snacks so probably they eat something, mostly lumon food so they dont have anything of their outside world.
I thought that as well watching it. It seemed to suggest food scarcity outside lumen, with the food less dinner, and the reward food. Dylan also has his theory about people fighting for survival on the outside.
I was wondering if I missed a lunch scene somehow. There’s no cafeteria that we’ve seen, they never say “what’s for lunch” or “we’re having the same thing as always for lunch”. “What’s for dinner” caused an argument. What about lunch?!!!
Remember, the innies never experience breakfast, sleep, dinner, or recreation. So lunch is a simple matter of sustenance requiring rationing via tokens. That's why the 'waffle dinner' prize is so coveted. They get to experience a meal and sleep and (implied) sex.
no no no ! I've seen Cloud Atlas & read the book and it's ACE !! . iT reads towards the middle and back out. I Love it !! I can't wait for season 2 of severance ;)
Amazing show. And really good discussion.
Severance is the best show since breaking bad (GoT would be included here but the last 3 seasons.. well yeah)
YES!
ahem... Better call Saul
Oh good you have Lost and Twin Peaks content too...... Just what I needed 😂
I thought Cloud Atlas was a fever dream I had. No one ever knew what I was talking about😅
wtf same i took years to find that shit hahah
Man your review and your voice are so good. Well done.
Just binge-watched the first season and I remain convinced that they are not employees, but subjects of a mind control experiment. One indicator among many is the way the "company" infantilizes them all the way down to their job descriptions and incentives you'd use to motivate a third-grade classroom, not a team of grown adults doing something important. AI could easily do the "job" they're doing at much lower cost and without having to maintain a Byzantine labyrinth of deception if the "company" were really trying to accomplish some sort of production objective through MDR. They're also obviously in some kind of a cult where the lead figure and his progeny have been mythologized into some type of gods. I don't believe they're putting out a product or service at all. I think they are simply working toward the goal of an entirely compliant, mind-controlled body politic. Regardless of the goal, they're being studied for something.
Mark also mentions being from Ganz, and when I looked up where that was I only found 'Ganzfeld experiment'
Yes, i just finished the first season in three days lol and after i saw that they woke Dylan up on the outside, my first thought immediately was that they’re trying to get all these people severed and indoctrinate them so that once they are all scared and controlled they can activate them on the outside and form some kind of revolution for lumon.
I don’t know, everything just seems way more sinister the more you watch. Also I cant tell why the girl boss (forget her name) is so obsessed with her job even going as far as to have those shrines in her personal life and stalking Mark. I thought she was just doing her job but then we see that the board clearly does not approve of her actions.
It was insane seeing Helly wake up on the outside and I was rooting for her every step of the way.
And also, did you guys notice Irving’s outtie is constantly painting the elevator that Gemma took down where they keep the dead people? Was he previously dead and then rebooted and now that’s why he is always dozing off and doesn’t remember? Does that mean they send them back into the real world? I binged the season thinking there would be answers at the end and now I’m so frustrated and hope the second season isn’t as slow of a burn anymore.
GREAT analysis and commentary about this amazingly fascinating show -- kudos!! You will be receiving a melon party and an optional handshake shortly... ;0) Oh, and I'd love to hear your take on "Counterpart" - it seems like a similar show to Severance in some ways. Not quite as compact or neatly told, but still kind of mind-bending and aesthetically distinct.
One theory about why everyone is fascinated by Ricken's book reading is that some of Mark's friends are Innis planted by the pharmaceutical Corp to keep Mark in check. Marks a bigger test subject then anticipated, that's why I feel like they have to make him genuinely feel like his wife died and his friends are there. A dead giveaway is when they find the baby and the one friend runs out with the baby like he's looking for approval announcing that he's the one that found the baby. Again not my theories this is all stuff I've heard or read. Great show I am in love with it.
Such a great show. Eagerly awaiting Season two!! 💉🧠
I started watching the leftovers thanks to your channel. I started here, caught up on Lost which I had seen, and then to the only other videos. I really appreciate your recommendation getting me through those first few terrible episodes of leftovers.
Nothing I love more than hearing Darma Initiative comparisons that I made to my SO while watching... This show was somethin special. Just like lost 😂
Watching a lot of Severance content while I wait for season 2. I've had a drink tonight and the pace and depth of this is just right for my mood. Very good. I smiled when you slagged off Cloud Atlas, it was a bit tedious and I'm not sure I can be bothered to watch it again.
Hahaha nice
Thank you for the insight into Nobel and the invention of dynamite in 1866.
Great analysis and amazing editing of all the clips. My sister was obsessed with Lost, and I recommended Severance to her because of the similarities. If you’ve got some Lost analysis on here, I’ll definitely need to check it out!
Thanks!
3mins in, and this is already a fricky on point analysis 🔥🔥🔥
Okkkaayyy i see you Morale!! 😅, Its crazy to see how introspective and slick looking your videos are for some quite new. I wish i could see the choices you make in the editing process, great job keep it up.
Great narration!
I know this chAnnel is small, but I think it's really going places. I like the style of your videos, even though there are many channels doing this, you did it very well, and made me laugh properly a few times :) its done, its comfirmed. Loved this
Great analysis. I like the Lost quips.
So the goats have to be connected to some kind of ritual related to the taming of the tempers, right?
Remember, when Mark yells 'She's alive!!' at the end, he's running towards his sister holding her baby who had temporarily been missing and thought kidnapped by Cobel. Therefore, everyone at the party, including Mark's Outie, will probably assume his sudden entrance and outcry are regarding the missing baby, not his dead wife.
Wasn't he holding a photo of his wife though?
the black guy took the baby and he stayed in the room to examine the photo?
That would be a bit condescending towards the audience's intelligence as if he wasn't holding Jemma's photograph
Edit: And I realise any other not so well-executed show would use that kind of trick to stretch out our misery with the pretense that the characters are just that dense but I hope this series is capable of genuinely outwitting us and not lousily pretend to do so.
@@deab1253 Eh I could see them swinging it. Remember, Mark doesn't know what he just said, or why he said it. He's going to wake up in a room with a bunch of people staring at him like he's crazy and is stating that Devon's baby is alive. I agree though that if they DO go this route, the scene where Mark doesn't think much of his wife's photo in his hand needs to be pulled off well. Does he have any reason to think his wife is alive?
I haven't heard any reviewer link the company Lumon to possibly be a play on the uncanny "liminal spaces."
Is also a play on ilumination...or iluminati.
Yes -- I did think of that during the walks down endless, empty corridors.
petey will return in season two, again as a device. he died, as did mark's wife. so he'll become one of the innies who never leaves. we'll be able to theorize about mark's wife through what we see of petey. my theory, anyway.
Nah, you’re so wrong about the ending. It’s a great cliffhanger because we’re left wondering anxiously what will happen to the innies as punishment for using the overtime feature. Also if anything will happen to Milchek. You’re also left wondering what Irving is really up to (yes, we get that he’s investigating Lumin and trying to reach his innie, but to what end exactly? Is he part of the resistance or is he a lone rogue?)
you dreserve so many more than 1.8k subs
Pretty sure the starting scene is a test a test to make sure the chip actually works. They even ask her her father's fav breakfast or something (which you'll only notice on 2nd watch). Also the welness check is also the same test just later on which if you remember cobel says 'trust me he needs it' because she wanted to see if doing most extreme things like the candle made by his wife will remind the innie mark of his wife or not. The aptly named wellness check is checking whether the innie's are "well' or not as in still severed or not or is the implant working as it supposed to or not.
Also You missed that outie Irvin's paintings he is drawing the testing area elevator. That means he has been there maybe he was the 1st one & now gemma is the 2nd one. & even before Irvin they probably tested the severance on goats maybe? Lol. Irvin also has a full list of severed people apart from gemma ofc.
Again mark only says she is alive. Not Gemma is alive. His sister is smart enough but as mark has forgotten everything. She can easily misunderstand the she as her daughter. Sadly. Probably they shouldn't do this but who knows they have the basis to do that.
Yeah definitely the second season will be Innie Mark knowing that Gemma is alive, but not outie Mark. At least not from the get go. I expect a "She's alive" and Devon saying something like "i know, I'm holding my baby right now" and then Mark just being disgruntled and forgetting he has Gemma's photo in his hand, or not putting two and two together.
Remember, when Milcheck is brining Helen into the building, he mentions Mr. Eagan's favorite breakfast -- which is the final survey questions.
The cast is truly amazing!
I’ve never seen the Cloud Atlas film, and from the sound of it, some of the casting decisions were… interesting… but I read the book soon after it first came out, and it actually is good. I could be biased as I read it when I was a teen so it was quite formative, but the ideas are bold and interesting, the worldbuilding is great, as is the way the different writing styles reflect the different characters and their circumstances. Worth a read even if you didn’t like the film, I’d say.
With that many cars, it doesn’t make sense no one else is walking through that parking lot . . . even if they stagger their start times . . .
12 chairs, 12 jurors!
Okay couple of things... I love the sound and tone of your voice and I mean that as more of a factual compliment then anything flirty lol Also great video I absolutely love severance and I was missing it so I started looking at video essays and this one is by far my favorite
the MDR office has a green motif, but they wear blue badges, while the O&D office and their coats have a blue motif, and they wear green badges.
and the vacant offices we see at one point have a purple motif… and the goat nurse guy has no visible badge, but Gwendolyn Christie has a pea green badge in one of the trailers, and appears to also be a goat wrangler.
but anyway… what’s the deal with the mismatched badge colors for MDR and O&D?
Why is there a spoiler for every season of THE WIRE in this video
6:12. They will want to return after the events of the last episode. It’s like going back to The Island.
Funny you make a Lost reference, because this show has given me the same feeling Lost used to when it first aired.
you can't tell me 'mark scout' is not a deliberate twist on 'michael scott'
“She said it not me!” 😂🙌
"It's love to be right!" I love that 😂😂
Bad bitches know that ms Casey is from aquamarine
Know her from Altered Carbon.
She was the mean girl’s friend!
I dig this video and hopefully you’ll make more!
🌟 Really enjoyed your huge effort on this and appreciate it not dragging on for hours. Now do Upload for fun.
Gemma introduced him to ping pong 😭
Omg we love a Sunmi 451 stan!!!
I started watching this series because of your last video, and it was a GREAT recommendation for Lost fans! I asked this in the last video too, but have you seen Yellowjackets? Very similar to Lost too!
Excellent breakdown 💯
Do you always slip into almost-rhyming semi-poetry when you’re into something, or was that special for this analysis? Very, very good video. Thank you 🥰
(bless you for the Bronson bit)
Egen's head (23'33")....and Ricken's head (25'47") ..... old boss new boss......
The long walk through hallways in episode one is very likely a reference to Alphaville, another other-world story.
You miss the finger trap simbolism, I think is something there
yes bc the only way to get out of the trap is to bring your two fingers together. so the only way out of lumon is reintegration
@@annaadams9706 holy shit how is it possible to analyze every minor prop for symbolism while trying to pay attention to the show
@@annaadams9706 you’re right though, I remembered him mentioning something like, “but you have to know how to do it safely.” Unlike Petey
@@lancetschirhart7676the show is slow paced to accentuate the symbolism and make you notice it since there isn’t much other than that going on
@@ballooneyjr4294 I wouldn’t have characterized the show as slow paced. I watched it 3 times and that thought didn’t. Occur to me
I loved cloud atlas 😬
This is a really good video, EXCEPT for you discounting season 2 of the Wire. Really good video though otherwise.
Did you really knock season 2 of The Wire? I think that aside from season 4 (which is among the greatest seasons of television ever produced) it’s pretty much the best the show has to offer. Better than seasons 1, 3, and 5. Especially 5.
Yeah, I said it - come at me.
great freview. thank you
Awesome breakdown
The beginning of this breakdown and the beginning of the show with the hallway navigation, reminds me of the beginning of the film 🎥 “I Heart ♥️ Huckabees.” You might like it. I’m so curious what you would think actually.
@OK MORALE do you do actual reactions? I highly recommend INFINITY CHAMBER, and WAKING LIFE.
Treasure island will _always_ be the best muppets musical
Come back
mark pingpong confirmed season 2 confirmed
Could we get a cloud atlas video
You didn’t like season 2 of the wire ?