TV: Severance - Apple TV

[the valiant effort]

Forreal though, I'm absolutely hooked on this show. We're 6 episodes in and I cannot wait to get back home and watch it.

If my wife doesn't want to watch it ASAP I might watch it by myself and pretend I haven't seen it yet. We call this "White Bear'ing" because when we were watching Black Mirror my wife watched the episode "White Bear" without me and then pretended she hadn't seen it and had a huge reaction to the plot twist at the end.

we'll see how it goes lol.

That means you’re about to watch one of the funniest scenes I’ve ever seen on TV in S01E07

 

[Rodgerwilco]

That means you’re about to watch one of the funniest scenes I’ve ever seen on TV in S01E07

Hell Yeah!!! As if I needed any more reason to be excited to watch this damn show when I get home tonight! lol.

 

[Peasy]

He's not acting rationally. He'd risk dying for the chance to see/save his wife he's been grieving the whole show. I think that's supposed to be the takeaway. Whether a rational person would do that so willingly in light of the risks, couldn't say, but it's not like there's no reason for it.

Its more so the yo-yoing/quick decisions on doing something so drastic. Like just this episode, no I dont want to do this risky procedure to speed up reintegration. Oh I just went and ate and saw Helena stalking me? Okay now I'm all in.

Was the same with reintegration. First he and his sister try to come up with other ways to deliver a message to his innie, rahgabi comes and says nah that wont work and Mark is just all good to go and get his brain f***ed with.

I dunno, we literally know nothing really about rahgabi, neither does Mark, yet is so all in. He saw her kill someone, yet that was never touched on again. He saw the procedure she did kill someone. He doesnt know what she does, or who shes working for, or why etc. It just seems extremely unrealistic someone would agree to all this with these circumstances and it kinda takes me out.

 

[Lt Dan]

Its more so the yo-yoing/quick decisions on doing something so drastic. Like just this episode, no I dont want to do this risky procedure to speed up reintegration. Oh I just went and ate and saw Helena stalking me? Okay now I'm all in.

Spoiler

I read this differently. I think Mark got freaked out by Horny Helena's really bad flirting. I know others are reading the whole Chinese restaurant scene differently than me, but this is how I see it:

Helena was fascinated with Helly's relationship wiith Mark rewatching the video of them kissing last season.
IMark and Helena made whoopy at the ORTBO. I am guessing this was her first time
There was a glimpse of Mark leaving work in the episode before this one with Helena watching him.
Earlier that day Helly R and Mark made whoopy and I am assuming Helena had the glow we all have after the act and attributed it to her love of Mark, assuming that she didn't watch the video later or did watch it and is assuming that outie Mark will also be attracted to her

Helena simultaneously acted like they had just met and was also trying to play on the camaraderie of iMark and Helly starting with the humor.
She badly attempted to let Mark now that she cares about him with the dead wife and whatever bad experience the OTC revolt had on real life Mark's life and the comment of I hope we are feeding at worke.
I read her calling Gemma by the wrong name more as nerves that any kind of attempt at fact finding or information gathering. I think Helena isprivilegedand incredibly socially awkward and in no uncertain terms "has no game".
What horny Helena's bad flirting actually accomplished was freaking Mark out and making him think that Lumon is on to him and he has to act now before Gemma/Ms Casey disappears or is transferred elsewhere. Mark's sudden flip flop is because he thinks the window is closing and it's not or never for Gemma