Severance

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First, the employees are given access to a file on the computer that their superior has carefully selected.

The sea of numbers on the file may not initially make sense to them.

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However, the numbers have been divided into four categories, each eliciting a different feeling.

The file has a progress bar, which reaches 100% only when every bin has been correctly filled.

On the screen, the categories are represented as WO, FC, DR, and MA.

Adam Scott as Mark in Severance

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This could mean that the data and numbers do not mean anything.

This makes her wonder if the file completion could have something to do with the attack on the truck.

InSeveranceseason 2 episode 1’s ending moments, Mark returns to work and starts refining data.

Severance - Mark Scout, Lumon employees, and screen shot of computer with Lumon’s numbers.

This could explain why Gemma was sent to the testing floor inSeveranceseason 1’s ending.

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The MDR workers on 16-bit Data General Nova devices inSeverance.

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Ms. Casey seems incredibly robotic inSeveranceseason 1 and shows little to no emotions.

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

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