This episode of Severance delves into the aftermath of Helena Eagan's exposure as a mole and Irving B.'s dismissal. The innies grapple with the revelation, while the severed floor manager, Milchick, tries to explain the situation. Meanwhile, the real Helly returns to Lumon, facing a host of questions about her identity and the mysterious events unfolding.
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Severance Season 2 Episode 5 . Last week's episode of Severance had a massive set of implications for the rest of the season, as the innies finally discovered that Helena Eagan (Britt Lower) was masquerading as Helly R. (and thus a mole for Lumon ), while Irving B . (John Turturro) was permanently dismissed for, you know, almost drowning an Eagan.
This was all shockingly set against the backdrop of an outdoor work retreat that revealed new, uncanny layers in the Eagan family mythos. Before building towards a powerful set of reveals, Episode 5,'Trojan Horse,' starts with a curious cold open. Before discussing further, it's important to remember two things we once learned from The Wire's Omar Little (Michael K. Williams). First,'a man got to have a code' is fantastic advice (and not just for men either; it's universal). Second, whistling is absolutely creepy and portends doom. Episode 5 starts with a man rolling a squeaky cart down a hallway while whistling'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,' before making a mysterious request of Optics & Design head Felicia (Claudia Robinson) and her coworker. Everything about this interaction is eerie, from the Gordon Lightfoot nautical ditty to the fact we never see the man's face, or that he requests a tray full of dental picks before carting the tools into and down a long black hallway terminating in an elevator with a red, downward arrow: the Exports Hall that Irving's outie had been painting so frequently. After the opening credits, Mark (Adam Scott) speaks briefly on the phone with Devon (Jen Tullock) who clearly doesn't know he's reintegrated. He hangs up when Dr. Reghabi (Karen Aldridge) enters, and we learn she's been crashing at his house. Mark wants to continue with the process so he can recall more of his innie's memories, but Reghabi is reluctant to put him through more trauma right away. Meanwhile, Helena Eagan is meeting with Drummond (Ólafur Darrl Ólafsson) and Natalie (Sydney Cole Alexander) to discuss the awkward fact that, in the last episode, she was discovered as a mole and kinda sorta nearly drowned by Irving B. Helena questions whether the other two have even informed her father of what happened (they haven't), which she's none too pleased about. Natalie reminds her that Mark's work (they don't name him, but it's Mark) is at 81%, calling back to the Season 2 premiere's reveal that Mark's work on'Cold Harbor' is connected to Gemma/Ms. Casey (Dichen Lachman). Natalie says that Helly will be fine to return, but Helena claims that the innies are'f*cking animals,' citing that both Helly R. and Irving have tried to kill her. Helena suggests returning to the severed floor as herself again, but Lumon doesn't want to take the chance, and'Milchick's errors' have forced their hand. Mark S. won't work without Helly and, according to Drummond,'the work is mysterious and important, so we must give him her.' Natalie chillingly concludes by mentioning that the Board appreciates Helena's sacrifice, and that seems to be the end of that. It's Irving B. and the Case of the 'Elongated Cruise Voyage' in 'Severance' Season 2 Episode 5 Finally, the real Helly returns to Lumon for the first time this season, where she responds to meeting Miss Huang (Sarah Bock) with shock and confusion. Later, Helly, Mark, and Dylan G. (Zach Cherry) meet with Milchick (Tramell Tillman), with Helly throwing a volley of increasingly angry questions at him: What is going on? Why was Irving trying to drown her? Dylan G.'s reply,''cause you're a f*cking Eagan,' isn't helpful, while Mark wants to know if Helena was spying on the MDR team. Milchick begins to explain the Glasgow block, but Helly seems disgusted:'Are you saying that she was down here? As me?' Mark wants to know if Helly has even come back at all, while Dylan demands an answer about Irving. Milchick attempts to explain that Helena was doing'valuable research' that Irving didn't understand, but when Dylan G. asserts that he's dead, Milchick replies that Irving's outie has merely'departed on an elongated cruise voyage.' Dylan declares that he doesn't'give three f*cks' about Irving's outie, while Helly seems rightly violated, saying that Helena had no right to take Helly's identity. It's a fascinating exhibition of the extent to which innies feel themselves as distinct from their outies. Milchick then launches into a story about the Gråkappan, a gray robe that the King of Sweden would don to go among the people and learn their true issues (think old-timey Undercover Boss). The severed floor manager then claims that Kier Eagan did the same in his'ether factories' (because surely Kier wasn't just huffing ether and inventing religious texts). Mark and Dylan G. aren't convinced, calling it'horsesh*t,' while Dylan G. only cares about whether Irving B. is coming back, and Milchick uses the'elongated cruise voyage' line again.'You're f*cking murderers,' Dylan say
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