![]() When she finds Petey’s contraband map, she feels she has allies, but this illusion is shattered when Mark impulsively shreds the photo. Helly heard an “angry mumbly guy,” while Dylan heard a “crying baby.” Being severed, the refiners don’t know how truly messed up their workdays are, but they do know something is very off about the Break Room.įar from broken, Helly has become even more determined to find an escape hatch. Helly and Dylan talk about the creepy sounds in the room. ![]() ![]() ![]() In particular, the Break Room is very reminiscent of a cultlike punishment as it involves a form of attempted brainwashing.Įven though the one rule of Break Room seems to be not to talk about Break Room, they’re all talking about it. Given the eerie directives from the handbook, Lumon’s cult status is pretty much confirmed, and like most cults, it demands complete and total subjugation from its subjects. With the discovery of Petey’s map, a field trip to O&D, and a generous sprinkling of references to passages from the handbook, the world of Lumon is beginning to come into focus. This week’s Severance asks the question: What if your work handbook doubled as a cult scripture? And furthermore, what if it were the only thing you were allowed to read? Well, a hackneyed self-help book called The You You Are might start looking pretty good in that situation. ![]()
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