#severance thoughts

It's in that scene after Irving's funeral, after Milchick pulled Ms. Huang out before she can perform the Theremin, she protests with a simple "But I practiced!"

It's such a harsh reminder that she, above all else, is still a child. It means that she was proud of her theremin playing, and that she actually looks forward to actually getting to play it for people. She complains to Milchick in that scene like a little girl complaining to her father because she missed a chance to prove herself. It's the most human thing we ever hear Ms. Huang say.

And looking at her, what do we even really know about Ms. Huang? Other than the fact that she's young, and claims that she was a crossing guard before working the severed floor? We know she takes the place of Milchick's previous position, and he's not severed. But we got to see Milchick outside of the building. We never see Ms. Huang up to any activities outside of what goes on in the severed floor. Does she live there? After all, how would Lumon be able to cover up the optics of a child working for them? If a kid was publicly working for them, wouldn't the anti-lumon crowd be vocally condemning them? Wouldn't we see someone on the news with a 'Lumon practices child labor' sign?

And if she does live there, and her life working as assistant manager of the severed floor is all she knows, then does that mean that Milchick really is the closest thing she has to a father? And the Innies she oversees, as detached from them as she is- (hence the "I'm your supervisor, not your friend" line) Close enough to a family that some part of her craves the idea of impressing them?

When did she practice? Does she have any free time to do so? Did she cram extra time on the instrument during meal breaks? Did she learn the theremin completely from scratch down there? If so, did she start practicing by playing kier hymns? Has she tried to compose her own songs?

Severance S1 Spoilers!!

I want to talk about THIS MOMENT IN SEVERANCE.

I actually had to pause the show when I saw this because this is it. This is the moment they unite. Even though they still don't have a common goal or actually know what they are doing, it's the first time they stand AND feel united.

And its because Dylan fights and bites (rhyme!) Mr. Milchick and they end up having to all pull Dylan off of him. But look at them. They stay this way for a very very long time. When Mr. Milchick is recovering, when he is speaking to them, when he walks away.

Look at their eyes. They don't know whats going on, they are afraid, but they are standing with Dylan. They don't know why he bit Mr. Milchick but they are confident in standing with him and taking his side. I mean, it is the literal form of taking his side.

I also want to point out their hands. All three of them have both of their hands on Dylan. They are fully there and fully with him. And they stay like that.

...about how innies don't have parents and are reminded of it right after they start their existence (What color is your mother's eyes?)

...about the weird absence of Helena's mother (they could have shown us like an old family photo and we would have assumed Mrs. Eagan died, but that person is simply not there at all, perhaps never was)

...about the innies only existing to give birth and never having the chance to raise their children

...about Harmony Cobel's mother, whose face we've never seen, maybe because Cobel doesn't remember it anymore

...about how the only mothers that are allowed to exist, are women outside of Lumon (Devon, Gretchen, Petey's ex wife, Gabriela Arteta [but not Gabby])

...about the weaponization of Gemma's desire to have a child

...about the outies effectively birthing their innies without any care in the world about what is coming for them