The Most Common ‘Severance' Season 2 Finale Theory Is Wrong
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The Severance season 2 finale has fans theorizing about many aspects of it, whether what they saw was really what happened, or what reveals may be about to come. Now, an actor has shot down the most prevalent finale theory about her character explicitly.
The idea here is that in the finale's gut-wrenching moment where innie Mark chooses between letting outie Mark reunite with Gemma, and staying inside Lumon with Helly, that some people believe that was actually Helena, once again, seeking out Mark and tempting him to stay, something Helly wouldn't do as to some, that seems 'cruel.'
But Helly/Helena actress Britt Lower has confirmed that is wrong in an interview with the LA Times. Here's what she said when asked the question:
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'That's Helly R. in the final episode. But I think, in [Episode 9], Dylan has thrown some doubt in her own understanding of herself. She's lost this father figure in Irving and then she's lost this brother figure because Dylan seems to have turned his back on her, at least in that episode. When Mark, at the beginning of [Episode 10], presents her with this chance for him to get to live in some capacity, and she's just seen her weird dad, who's told her, 'Oh, I see Kier in you,' it cast some doubt inside of herself that she has a family anymore.'
I've seen more plausible ideas that she was simply trying to find Mark to see him leave, or to confirm he got out, rather than 'lure' him back. Though obviously she's not sad about it.
My Helly theory is separate from this and more along the lines of something Lower brings up. I think Jame is going to try to 'flip' Helena into effectively being the innie and Helly into being the outie, given the 'Kier fire' bit, and that his litter of children are not what he's looking for, including his own, actual Lumon-executive daughter who he says explicitly he doesn't love. Obviously I doubt that Helly is going to be on board with this, but it feels like a plot device to, at the very least, move her outside of the severed floor for more than just a brief moment.
But no, no more Helena/Helly swap tricks, as that feels like something the show can only get away with once, though yes, I understand why people are paranoid. I'm glad to see confirmation that this was not actually the case from Lower herself.
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