What a wild ride the last 10 weeks have been, but withSeveranceSeason 2 Episode 10 Cold Harbor the season has officially reached its end. Let’s talk about what happened at the end ofSeveranceSeason 2 Episode 10 Cold Harbor and what it means moving forward.
Oh, and obviously,SeveranceSeason 2 finale spoilers below.
Innie Mark and Outie Mark have a heated debate about the future
At the beginning ofSeveranceSeason 2 Episode 10, we see Innie Mark and Outie Mark get into a heated debate. Outie Mark needs Innie Mark to assist him with trying to break his wife, Gemma, out of the lower floors of Lumon. Innie Mark is understandably concerned about this prospect because doing so will more than likely mean at the very least the end of him, as Innie Mark, as there is no way that Lumon will simply allow Mark to return not to mention who knows what the fate of the company will be once word get out what they’ve been doing with the Severance technology.
Fast forward to the ending ofSeveranceSeason 2 Episode 10 titled Cold Harbor, the Season 2 finale, and we see Innie Mark fulfilling the wishes of Outie Mark. With the help of Helly and Innie Dylan, they stage a coup and lock Milchick in the bathroom, after which Innie Mark races to find the dark hallway with the elevator going down that Irving told them all about, and where he believes Gemma to be held. Outside said hallway he encounters Drummond, and the two get into a pretty violent fight before Lorne, the head of Lumon’s Mammallians Nuturable Department (the goat lady) gets involved and helps Innie Mark get the upper hand.
Using a bolt pistol that Lumon uses to sacrifice goats, Innie Mark takes Drummond capture and forces him to take him down the elevator, holding the weapon to his neck. As he explains to Drummond what to do once they reach the floor, the elevator arrives at its destination and the severance chip switches Mark to Outie Mark who instinctively immediately pulls the trigger of the bolt pistol which kills Drummond.
Mark and Gemma Scout finally reunite
He’s then able to find the Cold Harbor room where Gemma is, and after using the blood on his tie from Drummond, he’s able to enter the room and after some persuasion convinces Gemma to join him in leaving. This is such a special moment as it’s the first time, both Outie Mark and actual original Gemma (at least we think so) are together. They flee back to the elevator and share a passionate kiss, and upon heading up, the severance chip switches them to Innie Mark and Ms. Casey who awkwardly look at each other.
On the actual severed floor, Innie Mark and Ms. Casey rush to the door to the outside stairwell to escape the Lumon building. When they get there, Innie Mark urges Ms. Casey to exit the building, which she does, and the severance chip switches her back to Gemma. However, instead of leaving with her, Innie Mark stares at the door, contemplating whether he should exit or not. Remember, to Innie Mark, this could very well be essentially his suicide; exiting that door may mean he never exists again. Gemma bangs on the door pleading with him to join her, when suddenly Helly shows up down the hallway as well.
Innie Mark decides to stay at Lumon
In the end, Innie Mark decides to stay inside Lumon, and walks back to reunite with Helly, and understandably confused and scared Gemma pounding on the door pleading for Mark to come with her. As Innie Mark and Helly reunite, they take off running through the Lumon halls, with the alarms blaring following the events that took place.
Severancehas yet to be renewed for Season 3, but it’s hard to imagine it won’t be given how successful the show has become. With a show likeSeveranceit’s hard to know exactly where it will go, but with how long it showed Mark and Helly running through the halls of Lumon, I can’t help but wonder if we’re going to see that the severed floor of Lumon is actually so much bigger than we even expected, and if that’s the case, who knows where Mark and Helly will end up.
