Spoilers For “Severance” season 2 episode 7, “Chikhai Bardo”, wait for us.

Well, it was wild, isn’t it? “Chikhai Bardo” throws his hat into the ring for the The most important episode of season 2 of “Severance” By finally revealing what is happening with Mark Scout’s (Adam Scott) wife Gemma (Dichen Lachman). We already knew that she was still alive and operating in Lumon’s coupé floor under the innie identity of the company’s well-being advisor, Ms. Casey. However, there are so much more things.

As with everything related to Lumon, things are not great with her … But there was no way to know how bad her situation is. In a word, Gemma is trapped in hell. Various hells, in fact – which seems to be his true besides is actually imprisoned in a mysterious part of the Lumon complex, and his multiple with a forced to pass all their existence in what is, from their point of view, the same piece. She is constantly stuck in unpleasant loops of the “Marmot day”, like going to the dentist or having to write countless thanks cards for horrible Christmas gifts.

It is a terrible situation, and even if we can only guess if it has entered this experience or if it has been deceived, binding or removed, it is quite clear to see that Gemma does not have fun. But at the very least, its difficult situation offers answers to the first most sustainable mystery of the show: what exactly does the Macrodata refinement department do?

All the rooms that Gemma must visit according to some of the names of calendar sharing not revealed with the brand of the files and the rest of the Macrodata refinement team (MDR) work. For example, the response room for Christmas gifts that she seems to be particularly uncomfortable is called Alentown. It is also the name of the “Freshman Fluke” file of Mark, which he resolved in record time and for which he received a crystal head as a reward. The other pieces we see include Tumwater, Cairns and Dranesville, which are also MDR file names. We even see the formidable port of Cold, which is a part that Gemma has not yet visited and a very important file of files also works.

As such, the work of the MDR team must be directly linked to the things that happen to Gemma and its various audiences. Until now, we have been led to understand that the files and emotions they arouse are linked to the concept of the four temperatures of Kier Eagan – Woe, Gaders, frightening and malicious. Doctor (Robby Benson) supervising Gemma also requires specifically if she feels similar emotions (despair, fervor and gaiety), which suggests that the meaning of experiences is to make him feel the emotions that the MDR team uses to refine the corresponding files.

For a show that generally prides itself on being a Trippy spirit stupidityThe quantity of exhibition “Chikhai Bardo” puts on the table confirms that everything that is happening, the efforts of the MDR team are intrinsically linked to the suffering that Gemma crosses. In addition, its connection with Mark seems to be a key element of Lumon’s sly plans.