Severance season 2 finale's original script "explained more" about Lumon's agenda, but creator Dan Erickson "wanted to leave room for people to discuss"

Adam Scott as Mark S and Britt Lower as Helly R in Severance season 2
(Image credit: Apple TV Plus)

This article contains spoilers for Severance season 1, episode 10. If you've yet to watch, and don't want to know anything that happens, turn back now!

In true Severance style, the Apple TV Plus show's season 2 finale managedꦉ to clear some things up while simultaneously posing more questio🌜ns – particularly when it comes to the sinister goings-on at Lumon Industries.

Now, creator Dan Erickson has revealed that the episode originally "explained more" about the wider mystery. But they cut a bꦅunch of reveals out so as to "leave room for pꦡeople to discuss" their own personal theories and interpretations.

"There was a version of the script where we explained more, and it was a little more overt," he told in a spoiler-hea♕v𓆉y interview. "We found a great deal of the joy of the show is people being able to debate and discuss things. And also that our audience is very smart. We wanted to leave room for people to discuss and debate what it means. The answer of what Cold Harbor is, even if you understand that pretty overtly, it leads into a bigger question of the company's ultimate agenda, and that will remain unknown. "

In episode 10, titled 'Cold Harbor', we learned (along with Adam Scott's Mark S.) that that the numbers they've been sorting down in Macrodata Refinement are actually building blocks to create new innies for people held captive by the company. With that, Mark S. has unknowingly given his wife Gemma AKA Ms. Casey 24 different characters to "play" since she was kidnapped two years ago. 'Cold Harbor' was set to be the final round, after which Lumon officials would've disposed of Gemma for good. For more on how Mark S. ensured that didn't happen, check out our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Severance season 2 ending explained.

"[Director] Ben [Stiller] and I did a lot of work before the show ever came out, before we even got into production on season 1, [when it comes to] figuring out a lot of the answers," 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Erickson previouslyဣ told SFX magazine. "So there's a lot more that we know, that we've known from the beginning, that we've not revealed on screen – and some of it 🌞we may never reveal on screen.

"People can continue to have their own ideas about it and that's part of what makes [Severance] special. I feel like I can read the theories and enjoy them and get excited by the creativity people are bringing to them. Sometimes, though, I have to stop. Sometimes it does get overwhelming to see them all and be like, 'Oh, I wish we cou൩ld [go in] all these differen🌊t directions', but they are so fun to read."

Severance seasons 1 and 2 are streaming now. For more, check out our picks of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Apple TV shows, or our guide to all we know so far about 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Severance season 3.

Amy West

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