Severance

Warning!

Almost throughout season 1, theApple TV+ sci-fi showkept its storyline fairly straightforward.

Many intriguing clues and details even supported this theory.

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For instance, the severed characters rarely show any signs of feeling cold.

Irving even ends up sleeping outside at night, claiming that he nearly froze to death.

However, he, too, shows no signs of physical distress.

Gemma looking at Milchick on a TV screen in Severance

Custom Image by Dhruv Sharma.

All innies also awaken at different times in the ORTBO.

Mark already seems conscious before Irving finds himself in the vast landscape of the ORTBO’s setting.

It seems strange that all innies unanimously agreed to this.

Adam Scott as Mark in Severance, looking at the Override Protocols

From a practical standpoint, none of this seems to make sense.

Since Helena was posing as Helly, she would be the only person without the OTC.

One room seems particularly strange because it puts Gemma in a realistic flight simulation.

Dichen Lachman looking distressed as Gemma’s airplane Innie during a plane crash in Severance season 2 (2025)

Soon after entering the room, she finds herself on a turbulent flight on the verge of crashing.

Something about the flight simulation room and the ORTBO setting still does not seem right.

Created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle.

Severance