Throughout Severance Season 2,Watch Dark Fantasies (2010) fans and critics alike have drawn connections between Mark (Adam Scott) and his wife Gemma (Dichen Lachman) and the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
SEE ALSO: 'Severance's brilliant Season 2 finale, explainedThe comparison makes sense: In the myth, Eurydice dies from a snakebite and goes to the underworld. Similarly, Gemma is presumed dead in Severance, although she's really in the Lumon basement, which is its own kind of underworld. Helly (Britt Lower) even goes so far as to call Lumon "hell" right to Jame Eagan's (Michael Siberry) face in the Season 2 finale, further cementing the connection.
Need more proof that Severance is in conversation with Greek myth? Mark name-drops Persephone, queen of the underworld in Greek myth, in Season 2, episode 2: a clear reference to another woman trapped below ground, who just so happens to be a key player in the story of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Eurydice's husband Orpheus follows her to the underworld in the hopes of saving her, not unlike Mark's efforts to break Gemma out of Lumon all season long. However, these similarities had viewers worried. In the myth, Orpheus wins over Hades and Persephone with his musical talents. Because of this, Hades allows Eurydice to leave the underworld on one condition. As Orpheus guides her to the surface, he cannot look back to make sure she's there. If he does, Eurydice will be lost to him forever. So if Severance were to follow the original myth, would that mean that Mark is destined to make a similar mistake and doom Gemma?
Not quite.
Severance's Season 2 finale, "Cold Harbor," puts a twist on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. The episode sees Mark — both his Innie and his Outie — free Gemma from the hell of the Testing Floor. So in this case, the Eurydice figure does make it out alive. Great news, right? Well, don't get too excited just yet. There's still the Orpheus figure, Mark, to worry about. And just like in Greek myth, Mark — specifically Innie Mark — does turn around.
But Innie Mark doesn't turn around to look back for Gemma. He actually looks back for his own love: Helly. And in doing so, he chooses not to leave Lumon and revert to his Outie, likely retiring himself in the process. Instead, he chooses to run deeper into Lumon with Helly, in a sequence that mirrors Season 2's very first scene.
So in the end, Severance reverses the Orpheus and Eurydice myth with its own sci-fi twist. Eurydice makes it out, but Orpheus stays behind. But in this case, Orpheus has another woman he loves, while Eurydice is left to grieve the loss of her husband. With this cliffhanger in mind, what's next for the doomed couples of Severance? Are Innie Mark and Helly destined to roam the Lumon underworld forever? Is there a chance for a reunion between Gemma and Mark? We've gone beyond the myth now, and the future has never been more uncertain.
Severance Season 2 is now streaming on Apple TV+.
Topics Streaming Severance
WhatsApp launches 'Advanced Chat Privacy' to protect sensitive conversations
In Which Philip Roth Announces His Retirement (in English) by Nelly Kaprielian
The Dying Sea by Karim Kattan
Making Monuments by John Glassie
Amazon Spring Sale 2025: Best Apple AirPods 4 deal
Anybody Can be Cool … But Awesome Takes Practice by Sadie Stein
Act Fast: Offer Will Not Last! by Sadie Stein
What We’re Doing: Double
Character AI reveals AvatarFX, a new AI video generator
A Letter from Gary Shteyngart's Dog by Sadie Stein
Why Building a Gaming PC Right Now is a Bad Idea, Part 3: Bad Timing
Inside Amazon, and Other News by Sadie Stein
Walker Percy's Hurricane by Spencer Woodman
Letter from Coney Island by Mark McPherson
SpaceX's Starlink satellite launch in pictures
Selling Psalms, and Other News by Sadie Stein
On This Day by Sadie Stein
OMG Churchill, and Other News by Sadie Stein
Best security deal: The 8
On This Day by Sadie Stein
Apple announces App Store successes from 2016, New Year's 2017Dolphins escape from Japanese town made famous by 'The Cove'5 smart appliances that will make you want to do chores'Fault in Our Stars' author expands YouTube empire with fitness channelCubs fans will love the name of the first baby born in Chicago this yearSoylent bounces back from diarrhea scandal with two new flavorsFellow Simon and Schuster author condemns Milo Yiannopoulos book deal in searing online postA Facebook Live video of torture stayed up for 30 minutes. Why?Intel's selfPeople are understandably freaked out by this toy horse's genitaliaCarrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds mourned in private memorialYour lazy self can now order takeout by just yelling at Alexa'Sherlock' creator shuts down Season 4 critics with poetic open letterNew guidelines aim to stop kids' peanut allergies before they startCarnival's new wearable cruise tech may help you forget about the rotten internet accessGoogle is thinking about bringing digital payment services to IndiaDolphins escape from Japanese town made famous by 'The Cove'Soylent bounces back from diarrhea scandal with two new flavorsCan you spot the massive error in this Washington Post cover?Intel's self #Blockout2024: Why people are blocking celebrities on social media Two Vivo India senior executives arrested in India · TechNode Huawei releases smart driving app HIMA · TechNode Researchers put 3D glasses on cuttlefish to study their eyes A longshot federal recycling bill brings good ideas to the forefront ChatGPT is getting a desktop app, but only for Mac Chinese bubble tea chain Heytea enters America · TechNode RCB vs. DC 2024 livestream: Watch IPL for free Car tech firm iMotion shares slump 13% in Hong Kong debut · TechNode IHG is offering 25% savings on your summer stay Wordle today: The answer and hints for May 14 How to pair Apple AirPods with an Android device YouTube's top related videos have a climate change denial problem OpenAI introduces GPT Watch SpaceX appear to nail its final test for sending people to space Best headphones deal: save $50 on the new Beats Solo 4 wireless headphones WeChat to charge security deposits on short drama Alibaba pumps $634 million into Lazada in heated competition · TechNode Huawei to establish its first overseas factory in France · TechNode The giant burn scar on Australia's Kangaroo Island is horrific
1.9508s , 8226 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Watch Dark Fantasies (2010)】,Steady Information Network