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This column comprises spoilers for Severance Season 2.
Severance Season 2’s main theme has revolved closely across the thought of consent and autonomy between the Innies and Outies, increasing additional on the thought of simply how cut up an individual might be when severing their work and private personas. This line of pondering has already led to main betrayals, with Mark S. sleeping with who he believed to be Helly R. however truly ended up being Helena Eagan. It’s a jarring scene as soon as you actually know what’s occurring, and hits even more durable as soon as Helena’s Innie, Helly, is given time to take a seat with the information. But Episode 6 includes a potential of a wholly separate betrayal. One that, if true, will blow the lid off Season 2 and considered one of followers’ favourite romances.
Burt (Christopher Walken) and Irving (John Turturro) enamored followers in Season 1 with their courtship, ripping our hearts out once they had been seemingly separated for good because of Burt’s retirement. Due to the extra time protocol within the Season 1 finale and his in depth analysis of Lumon staff when not on the severed ground, Irving’s innie was in a position to dash to Burt’s home simply in time to see him along with his husband.
Despite the crushing blow, followers held out hope that their workplace romance would discover a method to make its manner into the true world. Season 2 has probably made these desires a actuality, however not with out the proverbial monkey’s paw second that would imply final devastation for Irving.
Episode 6 entails a dinner date with Irving, Burt, and Burt’s husband Cecil Fields (John Noble) who Burt curiously refers to by his final title, calling him solely “Fields” in dialog all through the night. The dinner is a nightmare for folk that suffer from second-hand embarrassment — myself included — however there could also be one thing extra nefarious woven into the uncomfortable dinner discussions.
Toward the top of their meal, Fields lets slip that Burt has been with Lumon for 20 years. Burt laughs it off and tells his associate that maybe it’s time to step again from the wine, as Lumon’s severed division has solely been round for a little bit over half that point, however there’s one thing unstated between the 2. Burt’s expression isn’t considered one of a involved partner pondering their associate must decelerate on the wine, however of a person who has simply been outed in entrance of a former Lumon worker who had beforehand sued the corporate and was just lately let go not as soon as, however twice.
It’d be one factor if it solely went so far as Burt’s outie being a longtime firm man, however my issues run deeper than that. The undeniable fact that Severance simply went out of its method to make it narratively clear which you can be on the severed ground as an Outie with Helena masquerading as Helly for a number of days after which instantly adopted it with this episode has me alarmed. Have each variations of Burt simply been a singular Lumon lackey this complete time? Was all of this to get near the Innie of the person who has been combating them for years each by means of the courts and his personal inner investigation?
Let’s not neglect that Burt magically appeared exterior of the telephone sales space when Irving was having his mysterious telephone name a number of episodes in the past. And the truth that Drummond (Darri Ólafsson) is seen breaking into Irving’s residence to have a look at the proof he has on Lumon on the actual time Irving is consuming dinner with Burt? It’s sus, fam. It’s all sus.
There is, in fact, the off probability that every one of this can be a coincidence. The writers wished our line of pondering to comply with the Helena of all of it, Drummond was solely there as a result of they had been already actively investigating him after his tried homicide of an Eagan, and so forth., however to what finish? There’s an entire lot of proof stacked up in opposition to Burt in the meanwhile and all of it sucks.
We had been rooting for you loopy children!
