Severance

Cinematically, this is one of the best episodes, imho.

The scene towards the end where Mark just recoils from the police at his door because he knows what it means and he just can't bring himself to answer is one of the most emotional scenes I've seen. Absolutely heartbreaking.

Severance is some of the best television I've ever had the privilege of seeing, hands down. It's just brilliant.

Amazing episode in all regards. It revealed a lot of clues about the past and the present:

• It appears that Gemma was scouted for the Lumon experiments through the fertility clinic they visited.
• It appears that each file that MDR is refining is related to a particular type of trauma: dental work, flying incidents, domestic violence or oppresion. My guess is that the last room/file that hasn't been revealed yet (Cold Harbor) will be about the trauma of losing a loved one. This would also mean that Lumon scored a double win by faking Gemma's death: they not only got her as a test subject for all these things, but they also got Mark, someone intimately familiar with the trauma of losing a loved one, to work on that file. That's why they say that they need him specifically for that file.
• This last one implies that what MDR is doing is looking at neural patterns (the numbers on their screen) and removing/blocking specific sections that are affected by those traumas.
• To me, this solidified the idea that one of the main themes of this show is essentially that saying: "the road to hell is paved with good intentions". Lumon essentially has "good intentions" of eliminating trauma from the world, but they are doing absolutely evil things in order to accomplish that. This also brings to mind the animal experiments (essentially torture) that are done for the purpose of developing life-saving or life-improving medicines.

When Mark finds out about the multiple types of abuse they have been putting Gemma through down there he better go scorched earth. I swear if that doctor raped her like he was implying before the chair came down on him

The dentist

The best episode in season 2, so far.

Respect to Mark and Gemma for donating blood.

Cinematography and everything was terrific in this episode.

I hope we will get some answers soon.