‘Severance’ Season 2, episode 9: Why does Jame Eagan say Helly ‘tricked’ him?

‘Severance’ Season 2, episode 9: Why does Jame Eagan say Helly ‘tricked’ him?

Loads occurs in Severance Season 2’s penultimate episode, however as issues warmth up with Mark’s (Adam Scott) tried rescue of his spouse Gemma (Dichen Lachman), there’s additionally a bizarre second between Helly (Britt Decrease) and her expensive outdated dad.

No, not the mildly disturbing egg scene at the beginning — their transient interplay within the Lumon places of work proper on the finish.

So what does Jame Eagan (Michael Siberry) say, and why does he say it? Let’s recap.

What occurs on the finish of Severance Season 2, episode 9?

In the direction of the top of the episode, Helly (Britt Decrease) is within the Lumon places of work on her personal, memorising the directions to the exports hall, which Irving (John Turturro) hid for Dylan (Zach Cherry) to seek out on the again of a poster. Immediately, Eagan pops up behind her within the doorway like some creepy outdated ghost.

“You tricked me,” he whispers. “My Helly.”

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Helly shoves the notice below her keyboard and turns to him, trying extra baffled by his presence than the rest. The scene ends together with her muttering, “What the fuck?”

She has some extent. Why is Jame Eagan on the Severed Flooring, and what does he imply when he says that she “tricked” him?

Why does Jame Eagan say Helly “tricked” him?

At first it appears that evidently there are a number of doable explanations for Jame’s remark. The primary is that he is aware of what Helly is doing; he is seen her memorising the notice, and he is aware of she has one thing deliberate. But when that is the case, why would somebody as excessive up as he’s go all the best way to the Severed Flooring to confront her himself? It additionally briefly crossed my thoughts that Helly would possibly really nonetheless be her Outie on this scene going undercover once more, and that Jame is aware of she’s pretending to be her Innie. However this feels too convoluted to be true — that twist has already occurred as soon as, in any case — and the truth that he calls her “Helly” (coupled together with her response to seeing him there) implies that she is nonetheless the Innie Helly we all know and love.

Is it doable that Jame’s foremost motivation is simply to see his daughter in her severed state? To attempt to make some sense of why she did what she did within the Season 1 finale? This appears the almost certainly rationalization, however we can’t know for positive till subsequent week.

Severance Season 2 is now streaming on Apple TV+, with a new episode every Friday.

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