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elliot here i know i'm late to the party but i heard there were waffles involved so i have
arrived and i'm so excited to break down this eighth episode of severance which was titled
what's for dinner an episode in which we see helly and mark growing closer which i have some thoughts
about that we see what irving does on his outside time and yeah it's pretty easy to see why dylan
would get excited about the waffle party i'm so excited to break down this episode with you all
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finale i have some really big theories that i'm excited to share with you all but let me know
your impressions of this episode and what you hope to see next week in the comments below so just my
again i i said i was late to the party if you all don't know i did do a episode one through seven
review which you can check out on the channel to get kind of my thoughts on the first seven
episodes but just to summarize it i love this show i'm so glad i'm watching with you all i'm
so excited to just explore these characters with you all in this video and i might have another
like a theory video that i might release but i'm just so in love with the show i love the acting i
love the story i love the narrative this is a fantastic show and i have some thoughts about
this episode but first impressions i thought it was fantastic i think it's a great setup
for the next week's finale which i hope will stick to landing i loved it let me know your
first impressions of this episode in the comments below so you all ready to break it down let's get
into it full spoilers ahead so i said it in that review that i dropped a couple days ago
we got mark audi we know what mark is like and his life is like outside of work we got a little bit
of dylan's outside life he has a son but i was like hey i want to know what hell he does and i
want to know what irving does well my prayers were answered as we open up the episode with irving and
he has a dog has you know a nice little setup but there's one thing off about irving he is obsessed
with painting this black elevator which we'll talk about with miss casey a little bit later in that
connection but now it kind of explains the black paint the black goo is his audi is in his any are
they starting to overlaps their memory is the chip really work we're gonna talk about that later but
i'm like this is very intriguing and we're going to get to it has irving seen the testing floor has
he been down to the testing floor let's talk about that in the comments but it's time to go to work
as our crew has arrived in the quarterly numbers the pressure's on heli has some catching up to do
and my thing was okay what happens when you don't hit the numbers or do you go
down to the break room under the break room under the brick room you don't know what this company
the board is some some distance in the individual so far it even cuts a harmony and milkshake as
they're concerned and again i'm like if they're concerned there must be some serious punishment
if you don't hit the numbers and i'm like let's prep for you know they're going to hit it she's
going to hit her numbers but it's interesting this moment here we hear harmony say to milchik
let's have one more uh wellness session from mark and even military's like is that a good idea and
in my mind i'm thinking he's concerned that mark's gonna slowly but surely realize that this is gemma
and you can even see that as the episode's just kind of recollecting my mind and when you saw
mark and gemma interacting there seemed to be this like internal care that he had for her just like
naturally care for her so again going back to what i said about irving are there feelings starting
to overlaps and when certain things occur you start to you know get your memory back and start
to recognize things that's what i'm starting to think now and that chip there's some deficiencies
in that chip i think and i think we're going to get that by next week's finale but the mission
has been accomplished we can all breathe now heli hits her numbers but this is a very interesting
moment we see this kind of animated egan up here on the screen and the words remember these words
i love you and thank you i'm going to get to that comment there a little bit later but also
eagan this 100 god complex and just how everyone perceives him as a god but i have a thought about
helly and that message i don't know if that's a message that everyone gets i think that's a very
personalized message so i'm gonna get some my theory on that so stick around send this video
to hear my thoughts on that connection there but the mission to burn it down to the ground is still
a foot as we cut harmony for the first time having to laugh like i can't think obviously we seen her
outside laughing with mark but we've never seen harmony so chill so calm and just having a good
time laughing with mark and he picks uh dylan to have the waffle party which i'm excited to talk
about that scene with you all but she tells him that grinder retired which we all know that he
died so lies lies lies as we know with harmony but in with mark's wellness and this is a really
interesting scene because it didn't dawn on me so mark asks the question to miss casey aka gemma his
wife who thinks is dead where's the tree and i thought to myself oh my goodness that is so like
so it's either super dark because the lumen put that tree in her office because that's how she
died or accident and the tree was how she died so i'm like that is very sick or that's miss casey
gemma her memory and one of her things that she can remember was a tree so maybe she wanted to put
that tree in there and obviously we know the tree is connected to mark when he molded that tree with
the clay so i'm like either a it's super sadistic and messed up they put a tree in her office to
like i don't know have it like a a totem for her or it's be she kind of her you know consciousness
somewhere out there her memories wanted her to have that trainer office let me know what you all
thought about the tree and the significance of that tree who put that tree there but
getting into the conversation we learned that miss casey unfortunately is retiring aka she
got fired she just found this out moments ago and i love this moment here and it just it hits
differently now when we see mark and miss casey on the screen because we obviously know that that
was his wife and i just feel i feel away about mark and harmony which we'll talk about or mark
in uh heli a little bit later but i just i really feel bad for them because i just think in my head
if someone i love also a loved one and i don't know that i'm interacting with them you know
without knowing that just it just hits differently let me know how you all feeling that emotional uh
beat there but miss casey tells mark that eight hours that she spent in her department with mark
was some of the best moments she has and that was the longest she was awake because she tells us in
his scene that she's only been up her life for 107 hours that is interesting because it sounds
like she's a robot if she's only been around she's only been born she's only been alive for 107 hours
what are they doing to her and how is she a clone is she a robot let's talk about that in the
comments but why do you care about what happens to me she asks mark and he tells her nobody gets
to turn you off because we are people as harmony watches this and she seems to take pleasure in
this conversation i'm gonna talk about harmony gemma and mark a little bit later so keep an eye
on that but getting back into the discussion as miltrich tells harmony it is a win because the
chips work because they don't remember each other and she says to him take her back to the testing
floor and let's talk about the testing floor here as she walks in and she is curious and asks
a question to mailchick am i happy outside and he just says oh i have plenty of work to do just you
know go ahead and go about your business she turns around and sheds a tear i feel so bad for her
again i don't want to miss the fact that this is the same elevator the same setting
that irving has drawn drawn every day is this routine that we saw in the very first scene so
what is the connection there has irving been on the testing ground is irving a test subject was
he in that department at some point how does he know that that's the exact replica of where
gemma's going down to let me know your thoughts in there but i love this juxtaposition and when we go
from that dark almost hellish just like she's going down to hell we pose that to mark coming
out of the doors white heaven again hell heaven i love the duality and kind of the conversation and
the deeper meanings in this show that has offered the god complex that egan has so many deeper
things within the show but cutting back into it milchik arrives with the pre-game gift for dylan
which remember the last time milkshake visited this department he was bidding the arm but
very interesting correct me if i'm wrong we never see dylan's gift even when he's at the
waffle party later what's in that box what what is the significant thing that we would think dylan
would have did you come up with a gift prior to him winning the waffle and is if it's so i wonder
if it's like a picture of his son or if it's something else let me know what you all think was
the gift that dylan got i think personally he like had them give him a picture of his son but i could
be wrong let me know your thoughts there but ain't no party like a looming party as they are raging
it's lit they're celebrating uh hitting quarterly and again whenever this show has a partying scene
i'm here for it it reminds me of pulp fiction it reminds me of ex machina it's just such a
it throws you off kill when you have such a serious show and there's a mystery
and then they get the dance and stuff i just love when the show throws in comedy it's placed
perfectly within the show but very big moment here as we transition to natalie confronting harmony
about what happened to helly in the elevator situation and she mentions that you've been
spending time with mark and we see natalie there's always been tension between those two they don't
like each other i don't know why maybe we'll learn in the finale but we see what happens here harmony
a devoted employee for lumen loses her job and she is livid about that which we'll talk about
here but we see that she's like did the board make this call are they even here and they say
yes which i wonder who the board if it's just like one person if it's like a made-up person
i'm very curious about that particular board member is it egan egan himself i don't know
what upset about this and she asked the question and i asked the question who did this whose call
was this you know who was it that snitched on her was it uh milkshake was it someone else was it
heli we're gonna get into that theory a little bit later but let me know who you all think
ratted harmony out let's talk about that in the comments but cutting back to irving who slams the
egg which by the way i love that heli theorizes that she thinks the eggs are made up out of the
baby goats she might be onto something there but he closes the egg in the bible which again
i love that switching to character he was so devoted to the company but once he
had feelings for bert once he knew the the devious stuff that he believes this company's doing he's
now wants to burn them to the ground i love that arc and the character and john tuturo has been
fantastic in the show but back into it and mark and helly i'm not gonna lie as they're talking
about caring for each other and they're growing close together i i like it normally i would
like this in a show right i would like these two characters to be a thing because they've
come a long way because helly hated mark remember the first time they met each other she threw that
thing in his head and they just weren't the best of friends but now they've grown together but
again my biggest issue or not issue but the thing that kind of just makes me uncomfortable about it
is like his wife is still alive there's we're assuming so let me know how you all feel about
the heli mark situation are you enjoying that arc are you enjoying those characters together or do
you feel a little weird because his wife's still alive let me know your thoughts in the comments
below but mildrick learns the news and takes harmony and walks her out and the question that
i have is with her gone who's gonna be the new head head honcho in charge is it gonna be a male
chick is it gonna be someone else natalie maybe steps in for temporary purposes let me know your
thoughts there in the comments but time for mark's big speech as he quotes ricken's book our job is
to take free air and your so-called boss owns the clock that taunts you from the wall but my friends
the hours is yours let's go i love that speech and i love how they implement rick and who i
just take as a joke like he seems like a good guy but like he's just like that guy that you're just
like okay rick and whatever but i love that the innies uh or have embraced this novel that mark
has yet to read which i love that there but let's find out what's for dinner kids as they
have the moment here as we see heli and mark officially kissing again i'm like
i would have loved this if we would have never known that mark and gemma were married but
they kissed just in case you know this is the last time i see you or in case we see each other
again again let me know your thoughts on this relationship but getting back into it dylan
it's your time to shine my friend but i don't know if you all noticed when mark is walking out
of the building they're changing the sign there it seems to be laying out like this blue carpet
is eagan making an appearance and i want to talk about something a little bit later in regards to
heli maybe having this celebration this party of sorts let's talk about that a little bit later but
let me know if you all noticed the blue carpet being laid down and who is arriving to lumen
talk about that in the comments but we see harmony driving home and she is beyond pissed
as she destroys her her shrine of everything and her love for lumen but my question is will she be
seeking revenge and maybe help our team out that's something i'm looking forward to maybe seeing but
back to dylan finishing his waffles and it says on the plate time to go to the founder's bed and this
is beyond creepy where we see the head of keger there but now it's very easy to see why dylan
previously loved to go to these waffle parties because it's like an eyes wise shut moment as we
get these people coming in dancing and they have these masks on and when i notice the mask here
we have someone wearing a goat head a joker a bride which makes me wonder to you all
what's the significance of the joker the bride and it was another figure another head figure the goat
is that just like symbols within the workplace is it just a coincidence which i don't think
the show has anything in coincidence i can't wrap my mind around the significance of those
masks let me know your theories on that but dylan takes that opportunity when they're dancing which
by the way shout out to the production team the dance choreography the creepiness the music it
was just a perfectly said eyes wide shut moment i love that scene and again in normal second stance
that might be something fun to attend i love a good waffle and i love a good dance let me know
your thoughts would you attend a waffle party but as we see dylan sneaks out and in cutting
this we see meantime mark invites selfie to a book reading party which is uh something that we'll get
into here but let's wrap up the episode as we head back to irving's place and he's continuing to do
that painting and this is something that we can assume he does is every single day which again
what is his significance to the testing room so that black elevator cut to mrs selvi apologizing
to mark for what happened earlier and thinking in this moment he's big here because mark is
thinking about quitting and i thought that she was going to be outraged maybe but she
embraced him she was happy for him and this is something i want to share with you all why is she
so interested in mark i don't think it's like she loves him or she's she wants to be with him is my
big theory i think that harmony had something to do with jimmy's death and that she was
maybe the cause i'm not saying she directly like intentionally killed her but i think that she was
involved in that car accident and she feels guilty and that's why she wants to bring her back to life
she has mark going towards wellness program she's so interested and invested in his well-being
because she feels so bad for being the reason why his wife died that's a big theory i have let
me know if you all are on the same wavelength as me dylan begins the process of waking them up on
the outside an apartment aims to it and the steps take place and it comes down to the wire i mean it
is literally he's trying to reach for the cord and do all that stuff and it's very intense i love the
build up here but let's replay the moments when he's doing this we get a brief scene with heli
outside and i don't know if it was just me she seemed to be celebrating she seemed to be partying
going back to what i mentioned earlier with them changing the sign the blue carpet being laid out
my big theory is i know some people think that helly might be a reporter she might be
an investigator i think and i said in my review when i dropped my first seven episode review
i think that she is a family member or someone very important to the lumen industry she might
even be the daughter of the current ceo james egan and i say that because remember that message that
we talked about earlier congratulations heli i love you thank you i think and for me personally
when it comes to that narrative i can see the idea of like her being a reporter investigating but
to me it would be more of an interesting character arc if she was against the grain because obviously
if she's a reporter she wants to take down lumen but if her any wants to take down them it's kind
of two of the same but i find it more compelling if her outside self is someone that loves and is
invested it may be tied to lumen and her out and her insights are to say her you know her uh her
person at lumen doesn't want to be there so that to me just seems like more of a better conflict
but remember she was celebrating i think that she has something to do with lumen let me know
your thoughts on that be getting back into it in the episode with dylan getting the job done
and the innies now might see their audis i love the way that they ended that but i have a couple
more little theories and i might make a separate video diving deeper into these topics but my big
theories that i have for you all here starting with urban we see him in those paintings and the
black goo maybe again i think that he has either seen the elevator he might know of miss casey he
might have something to do with it potentially or he is someone that is a test subject himself let's
talk about that my next one is mark will come face to face with harmony once he wakes up and
we're gonna have maybe a big out moment he's gonna say wait why are you because he obviously knows
her it's harmony he's like why are you following me they have the heart to heart maybe she tells
him why she's so invested why he is she's looking after his sister why he's always she's checking on
him because she had to be she was involved with the death of his wife let me know your thoughts
there and the last one like i mentioned harmony comes face to face with the lumen higher ups
and again if my theory is true that she wakes up and she sees all these people and she hates
lumen but then her herself outside of work she's the daughter of jade she is a family member of
you know the original owner and the original creator i think that's a very big moment there
so again i might make a separate video diving deep into those theories but hey fantastic
episode i love it so much i'm so excited to see what next week has up his sleeve but hey
i have some more thoughts i have some more theories again i might make a separate video
diving deeper into my theories there but let me know your pros cons favorite moments what were
some things that didn't work for you all again it's not that it doesn't work but i just feel away
about mark and helly growing closer together and is gemma alive is she a clone let me know
your thoughts there and any other theories and predictions you all have let's talk about it in
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