January 20th 2025.
The second season of Severance has just premiered, and fans are already scouring the first episode for any hidden clues. In this return, we see Mark, an "innie" employee, going back to work at Lumon with a new team after a successful coup that allowed innies and outies to temporarily co-exist. This event, known as the "Macrodat Uprising," resulted in "severance reform," which included better welfare benefits for employees. However, Mark is informed that his original team, consisting of Irving, Helly, and Dylan, refused to accept the new deal.
Despite his efforts to bond with his new colleagues, Mark is eventually able to convince his original team to return to Lumon. However, many viewers are convinced that something is amiss. On Reddit, fans have come up with a theory that Helly's outie, Helena Egan, who is the heiress to the Lumon empire, is posing as Helly in order to manipulate Mark and his team.
One user, ReadMyStuff, explains their theory, saying, "I've seen a number of posts where people are trying to convince themselves that she isn't [Helena], but upon my third rewatch of the new episode, I simply cannot ignore the evidence that Helena has gone undercover as her innie as part of a clean-up or revenge plot against our macrodata refiners." One of the key pieces of evidence that supports this theory is Helly's "fumbling" with her computer's power button, which is a detail that Mark and his original team were able to master without difficulty.
Other fans have also noted Helly's strange behavior towards Mark, especially when he talks about his wife Gemma, who he thought was dead but is actually alive and working as a therapist at Lumon. In response, Helly coldly tells him, "Technically, she's not your wife...your outtie bought the ring." According to viewers, this comment reinforces the separation between innies and outies and is not in line with Helly's usual supportive nature.
Furthermore, when Helly is asked about her outie, she lies and says she woke up in a regular apartment. However, she also mentions seeing a gardener, even though the uprising happened at night and she lives in an apartment complex. This detail is brought up by Irving, who questions the authenticity of her story. As ReadMyStuff points out, "To most people, a gardener would be a luxury, but not to Helena. And the idea of a gardener working at night in an apartment complex is simply laughable."
Despite these theories, it remains to be seen if Helly is truly an imposter. However, fans are already declaring that the second season of Severance is "peak television." The first episode alone has been described as a "true masterpiece" by fans, and has been receiving critical acclaim with a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. If you haven't already, make sure to tune in and see what all the buzz is about. Severance is available to stream on Apple TV Plus.
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