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Part of me is wondering if Gemma was a Lumon plant all along. Was it a meet cute at the blood drive? I could see that having some sort of payoff, but it is so hard to say without knowing exactly what is happening
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yeah could be, but made in a way that she doesnt know it.

We know they were involved at least since that child birth thing
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Not my favorite episode, but an excellent soundtrack for the end credits
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Yeah, I expected great things when it started but that ended up being a treading water episode.
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Ensign9 wrote:Yeah, I expected great things when it started but that ended up being a treading water episode.
It felt like what I imagine living in Salt’s Neck is like
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I am trying not to come down too hard on this episode, but I feel like for the most part it was just a confirmation of all the things we assumed about Cobel’s character—weird cult-like upbringing, issues with her mother, thinking she’s part of the grand mission but really just being a cog in the machine, etc—and all of this stuff was communicated subtly through the performance over the past two seasons, so I feel like it was a bit overkill to put it all on screen.
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Simple Torture wrote:I am trying not to come down too hard on this episode, but I feel like for the most part it was just a confirmation of all the things we assumed about Cobel’s character—weird cult-like upbringing, issues with her mother, thinking she’s part of the grand mission but really just being a cog in the machine, etc—and all of this stuff was communicated subtly through the performance over the past two seasons, so I feel like it was a bit overkill to put it all on screen.
I think this episode intended to show more or less what Lumon has done to communities and people’s lives with Cobel as the vehicle
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And also
Spoiler: show
The fact that they stole everything from her
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She's the Walter White of Severance.
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zeb wrote:She's the Walter White of Severance.
If she dies i hope these guys are very clear with her death


sorry i had to do it
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Devour feculence
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As reported by Dexerto, the Australian Classification Board have updated their website to show that the runtime for the finale, called “Cold Harbor,” clocks in at 76 minutes.

This makes it the longest Severance episode ever and also twice the length of the latest epsisode (ep 8), which was slammed as “boring” by viewers.
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They’re boring
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Back on track. :thumbsup:

I’m gonna go devour some raw eggs.
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Ensign9 wrote:Back on track. :thumbsup:

I’m gonna go devour some raw eggs.
because cutting them hardboiled and only eating the whites is insane, right?
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Mecca wrote:
Ensign9 wrote:Back on track. :thumbsup:

I’m gonna go devour some raw eggs.
because cutting them hardboiled and only eating the whites is insane, right?
That’s something a fetid moppet would do.
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Mecca wrote:Devour feculence
:)

I really miss the refining floor.
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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Not a fan of Dylan G love story. Besides that I actually liked this episode.interesting that at least we know that cold harbour is bout Gemma dying
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Innie Dylan becoming a blubbering mess was a nice touch considering Gretchen was attracted to a confident version of her husband
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Mecca wrote:Innie Dylan becoming a blubbering mess was a nice touch considering Gretchen was attracted to a confident version of her husband
My read wasn't so much that she was attracted to the confidence as much as the purposefulness.
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