‘Severance’ Creator Explains the Weirdest Detail in Season 2 Finale
Ms. Casey and Mark Scout’s weird interaction was questioned by Severance’s fans even more than the finale’s big cliffhanger.
When it seemed like Severance’s fans finally figured how exactly the severed floor at Lumon Industries works, the second season came specifically to prove them wrong.
Aside from the fact that many viewers had to desperately look for the first season’s recap after a major three-year gap between two instalments, some also realized that the first floor elevator wasn’t really the only place to turn an Outtie into an Innie and vice versa.
In fact, that threshold is more like a mental border rather than a physical one, according to Severance’s creator.
Dan Erickson Breaks Down That Confusing Stairwell Door Plot Twist in ‘Severance’ Season 2 Finale
Ever since the show’s first season premiered in 2022, fans got used to the thought of Lumon Industries’ elevator being one and only transportive place where helps an Innie switch to an Outtie when their workday is over and vice versa when they’re back to work.
However, in the second season’s finale Ms. Casey only has to leave through an emergency door on the severed floor to become Gemma while the same thing never happened to any other severed employee.
“So, yeah, this is actually also— this is a whole section (in the show bible) of how exactly that the severance threshold works. And basically the company can build it however they want. And the idea is that there sort of is just a section”, Severance’s creator Dan Erickson revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter recently.
He also added that there’s some kind of threshold existing on the severed floor that marks a border between the space for Innies and Outties, thus allowing the Outtie to stay one when they’re not in the Innie activated zone.
“And so, they would have basically just designed it where that doorway is, where the cutoff point is”, Erickson said.
Dan Erickson Says ‘Severance’ Season 2 Shocking Finale Was Never Meant to Be Different
As many fans can now recall, Severance’s season 2 last episode was a major shift in everyone’s belief that Mark Scout would finally reunite with his long-lost wife Gemma after running out of the Lumon Industries building together.
However, in the end Adam Scott’s character chooses Helly and goes into the opposite direction, seemingly leaving Gemma and everything he went through for her behind.
As Erickson also mentioned, the final plot twist has been like this since the very beginning, somehow signalling Mark’s dual personality.
“And so at the end, it was like, “What if we get him all the way there and he gets her out, but then he doesn’t follow?” Erickson stated.
Severance’s season 3 will likely be released on Apple TV+ sometime in 2027.
