SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 10 of “ Severance ,” streaming now on Apple TV+. After teasing out a season of both Innie Mark and Outie Mark’s hopes of saving his wife Gemma, the “Severance” Season 2 finale concluded with a major twist: Mark rescuing Gemma from the Testing Floor, only to abandon her once he got her to safety in favor of quite literally running off with Helly. Of course, this choice was made by Innie Mark, not Outie Mark, both of whom earlier in the episode had a back-and-forth video message conversation in order to come to terms with how they might team up to get Gemma out.
Now, in a shot reminiscent of Mark’s panicked sprint down the halls of Lumon in the season premiere to find Gemma, Helly and Mark are dashing down the corridor while the emergency sirens blare to alert security of their malfeasance. Gemma is left stranded and confused about Mark’s choice, Milchick is flustered after losing control of MDR amid his big showstopping marching band number (meant to congratulate Mark on finishing the Cold Harbor file), Dylan is the sole MDR employee left in Lumon’s grasp after the others have run off (including Irving) and Cobel and Devon are somewhere on the outside waiting to hear how Mark’s plan to rescue Gemma unfolded. The episode revealed that the mysterious Cold Harbor room was one in which yet another severed version of Gemma was tasked with taking apart a crib she and Mark had intended to use for thei.
