# Severance Season 2 \[OPEN SPOILERS\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, apple\ **Created:** [January 14, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952 "2025-01-14T09:50:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952/401 "2025-04-18T12:28:19Z")
So it’s like I said: > [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > they’re all about ending pain the same way someone who is trying to wipe out all life on this planet is about ending human suffering They are going to eliminate Mark’s pain (and everyone else’s, if they get the chance) with all the humanity of Thanos eliminating hunger and want. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952/402 "2025-04-18T21:33:13Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Yup. That seems more like a veiled threat than the bad guy revealing his plan. Plus, even Gemma thought when he said that that he was taking in circles. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952/403 "2025-04-18T21:53:47Z")
> [@zbuzz](#): > > That seems more like a veiled threat than the bad guy revealing his plan. Because he is a cultist, he truly believes he is doing good. And while he was creepy AF I did not get the feeling he was lying or threatening her. Plus it is not the only comment, they’ve been talking about it and it fits what they are doing. “Kier’s eternal war against pain” is mentioned before the goat sacrifice also. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952/404 "2025-04-28T17:08:11Z")
I just finished binge watching both seasons. I am really enjoying this show. The second season finale tied up more loose ends than I expected. This was much less of cliff hanger than the S1 finale. I wonder if they weren’t sure whether the series would be renewed when they made this episode. It wouldn’t be terrible if the series ended here. I don’t have a lot to add to what’s been discussed above, but having recently binged _Orphan Black_, I’m struck by a number of common elements between the two shows. (Spoilered for those who haven’t watched _Orphan Black_.) 1. The plot revolves around a powerful and secretive corporation founded in the 19th century. 2. The corporation has a vast secret plot to “improve” humanity. 3. The plot involves implanting small devices in people’s heads. 4. The devices are currently being tested or used in on a limited scale, but eventually they plan for them to be widely deployed to large numbers of people. 5. There is a cult-like aspect to the corporation and their associates. 6. The 19th century founder of the corporation is idolized and almost worshipped by the cult. 7. The founder wrote a large book which is cherished and treated as gospel by his followers. 8. The plot requires some actors to portray more than one person/personality. 9. A female actor portrays both a sympathetic protagonist and a cold merciless higher-up in the corporation. 10. Sometimes one of the persons/personalities pretends to be one of the others, to deceive other characters. 11. The actual leaders of the corporation are a faceless group who are mostly never seen. 12. The main character has a sibling of the opposite sex who is their main confidante and helps them in their struggle against the corporation 13. There is a scene where someone threatens a corporation official with a gun in an enclosed space (car/elevator) and then accidentally kills them when they pull the trigger inadvertently. 14. The corporation has some kind of outpost on a Scandinavian island. This is not criticism, just observation. Obviously these elements are put together quite differently in the two shows, but it strikes me that there are so many similarities between two shows that I watched within a few months of each other. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952/405 "2025-04-28T18:07:49Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > There is a scene where someone threatens a corporation official with a gun in an enclosed space (car/elevator) and then accidentally kills them when they pull the trigger inadvertently. OMG, I actually laughed so hard when this scene aired in _Orphan Black._ ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952/406 "2025-04-28T18:08:40Z")
Yeah, me too. It was so shockingly unexpected and darkly hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952/407 "2025-05-31T02:09:01Z")
Well, I’m late to the party but this is the best science fiction show I have ever seen and bar-none one the best things on television. And I loved the season 2 Finale. Loved it. Shades of _The Graduate._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952.md?page=20)