Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for Severance season 2, episode 10.Severanceseason 2 is easily one of the best seasons of TV I have watched in 2025. I loved how the show delved deeper into its characters after the first season set up a slew of interesting players. The mysteries continued to be exciting, but the characters became even more complex with each passing episode. The show heavily focused on how different and similar Innies and Outies are. That would come to a head for the character who was trying to integrate his two personas, Adam Scott’s Mark, in the season 2 finale.
Severanceseason 2, episode 9, did a good job of setting up the finale. Ms. Cobel, who was previously revealed as the creator of many of Lumon’s practices around severance and the procedure itself, was now in an alliance with Mark and Devon to rescue Gemma and take the company down. Last week’s episode ended with Mark entering a mysterious cabin that transformed him from his Outie to his Innie. He comes face to face with Cobel and confirms to her and Devon that he is indeed his Innie. That leads to one of my favorite sequences inSeveranceseason 2’s ending.
Mark’s Outie & Innie Finally Have A Much-Needed Conversation
Severance Season 2 Shows How Innies Matter
At first glance, the season 2 finale already proved itself interesting due to its runtime, clocking in at around one hour and 15 minutes. Out of all the episodes this season, this was the one that felt the most like a movie. The high stakes, longer runtime, and payoff to several episodes of buildup led to an epic conclusion. It all started with the explanation that the characters were in a birthing cabin, which was used so women turned into their Innies not to feel the effects of childbirth. This is why Mark turns into his Innie inside the cabin.
I understood that there was no other way to go about it, but the trio was asking Mark’s Innie to give up on life.
Mark’s story in season 2 has been about finding Gemma and going through the reintegration process. Both of those points are touched upon by the finale. Mark’s Innie and Outie need to work together to be able to save Gemma, as Scott’s character will enter the severed floor, turn into his Innie, go up to rescue Gemma as his Outie and go back down to escape by turning into his Innie again. It’s a complex plan. I understood there was no other way to go about it, but the trio was asking Mark’s Innie to give up on life.
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After all, if they were to save Gemma, she would be able to expose Lumon’s secrets, leading to the company shutting down. However, all the Innies would die without Lumon. That moral dilemma works because the show spent two seasons building the Innies to feel like separate characters from their Outies, with their own personalities, dreams, desires, and more. I thought the clash between those two ways of seeing life was incredibly interesting, with Mark’s Innie and Outie having a conversation through a series of videos. Can they really live on as one person through reintegration? It’s a tough call.
Cold Harbor, Gemma & Mark’s Major Decision Shake Things Up
The Finale Answers Many Of The Show’s Burning Questions
Earlier in the season, we were treated to an entire episode dedicated to Gemma’s backstory and what she had been up to while locked up at Lumon. I had some theories about her role in the series and how Mark’s work could impact it. The finale confirmed my biggest theory, which was that Mark was creating different consciousnesses for Gemma, creating the different Innies she turned into when she entered each new room at Lumon. Cold Harbor was the final room, the final Innie Mark needed to create. The Macrodata Refinement numbers are a representation of the four tempers.
I was ecstatic to see both versions of Mark working together, with Helly supporting the plan after learning everything.
Those answers were exciting, as I finally felt like the show had built up to a boiling point, which it very much did. I loved how, despite the finale’s high stakes, the Apple TV+ series still made room to balance all the drama with some unexpected comedy. Milchick brings in the Choreography and Merriment team for an extended musical moment that features him dancing awkwardly, which made me feel uncomfortable as much as it made me laugh. I was ecstatic to see both versions of Mark working together, with Helly supporting the plan after learning everything.
TheSeveranceseason 2 finale was action-packed. Gwendoline Christie’s character returning to almost kill Mr. Drummond was a welcome surprise, though not greater than Mark killing him by accident. While Milchick was successfully locked in the bathroom and Mark reached Gemma so they could get out, I had a feeling that it could not all go according to plan. That’s when things took a shocking turn. Becoming his Innie, Mark chooses to stay behind with Helly after sending Gemma outside. Lumon has been taken over by the Innies and I can’t wait for season 3 to break all established rules.
Severance
Severance is a psychological thriller series featuring Adam Scott as Mark Scout, an employee at Lumon Industries who undergoes a “severance” procedure to separate his work and personal memories. However, as work and life personas mysteriously begin to collide, it quickly becomes clear that not all is as it seems. Created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle.
