Season 2 of Severance was one of the most talked-about shows this year, and Adam Scott has now opened up about its controversial finale.
In the final episode, Mark S. (played by Adam Scott) heads deep into Lumon to rescue Gemma (Dichen Lachman), who he once only knew as Ms. Casey. After a violent journey through Lumon’s halls, Mark reaches the exit with Gemma. But stepping through the doors would switch him back to his outside self—basically ending his current identity. Despite Gemma begging him to leave with her, Mark decides not to and runs off with Helly as alarms blare around them.
Adam Scott spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the deeper meaning behind Mark’s actions in Severance Season 2. He explained that Mark’s “innie” persona is still very young.
I think that it’s helpful to remember that these people are… Mark is for all intents and purposes two and a half or three years old, And season one was about childhood in a way, and a loss of innocence, at least for Mark. It was, I think for all of them, for Irv and for Dylan as well, because Helly comes in and really pushes us to this place. And season two is adolescence.
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Scott also talked about the relationship between Mark and Helly.
These two are going through this rebellious stage and they’re in love with each other. And so I don’t think they’re necessarily thinking that far ahead, I think that Mark is just looking on the other side of the door and he sees someone that to him is Ms. Casey, and he knows that’s his Outie’s wife. He knows what he’s supposed to do, but if he walks out that door, there’s a chance that he’ll cease to exist, he doesn’t know for sure one way or the other, and on the other side of the hallway is the person he’s in love with.
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so I don’t think he’s really thinking anything really long-term, he just knows in that moment the choice that he feels he has to make.
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After Severance Season 2, fans debated whether the “Helly” in the final scene was actually her or her outie, Helena. But Britt Lower cleared up the confusion. Responding to the theory, she said, “That’s so funny. No, there’s no trickery involved in the Severance collaborative.”
Series creator Dan Erickson also addressed the Season 2 ending. “I think that people really do love Gemma and they love Mark and Gemma, and the idea of Mark and Helly sort of making this choice that is so heartbreaking, I think some people have trouble with that,” he explained.
And I understand it — they should. I don’t see it as a moment of somebody stealing somebody else’s lover. I see it as a moment of somebody claiming their own autonomy and the importance of their own existence.
Severance is now streaming on Apple TV+.
Source: Entertainment Weekly