Theories
Warning: This page contains spoilers.
This is a catalog of theories and related discussions on /r/SeveranceAppleTVPlus.
Lumon’s purpose/motivation
- Theory on the purpose of Lumen (potential spoilers)
- Similarities between Lumon and Walmart
- Here is what I think is going on at LUMON
- Lumon's Interesting choice of words to describe what they do.
- Lumon, Kier & Illuminism: Light & Dark
- The Big Picture on Severance and Lumon—THEORY
- What do you think Lumon actually produces?
- Lumon Is A Severed Brain
- My theory based on analysing the files the severed Lumon employees spend their lives working on
- A theory about what they're doing at Lumon
- Theory: Utopian aspirations for shaping human behavior + capitalism = Lumon and the Handbook
- Do we all agree that Lumon runs the town?
- More support for my theory that Lumon = Scientology
- Theory about what Lumon is doing with severed workers
- Is Lumon messing with time?
- Lumon's master plan
- Theory: Lumon’s product
The Board
- What the hell is up with “The Board” (the Lumon corporate board) anyway?
- The Board are not corporal beings. When Natalie meets with Harmony In e3 she says “the board is conveying pretty strongly.” This + how we never hear them speak makes me thinks she’s interpreting them rather than “speaking” for them.
- The Board is comprised of the uploaded consciousnesses of Keir & the other CEOs.
- The Board..
- The Board
- Is it just me, or is the Board...
- "The Board"
- Will the board always not participate vocally?
Macrodata Refinement
- Macrodata Numbers Brainstorming
- My Theory on Lumon’s Macrodata Refinement
- Theory- MDR
- [Spoilers] My MDR Hypothesis
- MDR File Names
- MDR stands for M(ur)D(e)R
- The four MDR workers represent the four tempers
- Theories; MDR’s purpose. Gemma’s full story
- Any theories about the file names?
- Another severance theory about the numbers
- Theory; we will never find out what the numbers are ...
- Possibly How their Chip and Macrodata Refinement is Connected to Everything
- My Theory on Lumon’s Macrodata Refinement
Optics & Design
Goats
- I've got your baby goat right here.
- Let’s Talk About GOATS
- Goats Explanation
- Goats
- Sheeps vs Goats- Animal Symbolism
- Kelp and Goats
- Has anyone noticed the amount of goats in the latest episode?
- Helly's "Am I livestock" Quote, Episode 1
- goat head spotting!
- This show just gets more mysterious- goat head in Devon and Ricken’s house
- Goat painting -again look closely
- The goat painting
- Baby Goats
Childhood
Mark
- Mark has been reset
- Theory about Mark and his grief
- Where do we stand on Mark and Alexa vs Mark and Helly?
- Mark's signature on his employee card is different from that on his driver's licence
- Mark’s Knuckles
- Mark did not actually enter the Break Room in E06, he turned back to engage with Ms. Casey
- Mark was the "meal" at the foodless dinner party
- Somehow Mark can tell it’s a different key card.
- Mark's outie's short term memory loss?
- A thought about why Mark was promoted
- Mark did not read the preamble to Helley
- Is mark tied to the Eagan Family?
- Theory about Mark's crystal head cube thing.
- Mark's Work Locker.
- Mark’s Holographic Head
- Mark’s home town: Ganz. Is that a real place? Did anyone else notice this? (Included subtitles-I figured no one would believe he said this, lol!)
- Symmetry and Mark’s Face
- Mark, Version 1.0, is returning
Mark’s name
Helly
- My Comprehensive Powerpoint on why Helly is an Eagan
- Am I the only one unconvinced that Helly is an Eagan?
- Theory: Helly’s chip was not implanted correctly. On the surgery scene, the monitor says “The selected tool is too short for trajectory” I think outtie Helly's identity has been alluded to pretty heavily at this, could someone that still thinks this is up for debate explain what I'm missing?
- Who is Helly? Here is my guess.
- Helly clearly knows the true purpose of severance, right?
- Could Helly get out by shaving her head?
- My thoughts on Helly
- Theory - Helly is a politician or lobbyist (or Egan!)
- Is Outie Helly a member of The group that reintegrated Petey?
- Does anyone else thinks Helly looks like the female CEO depicted here?
- Theory: Helly R is an Eagan but severed so she can bring the company down from the inside-out. The outtie’s harsh video refusing to let her out and calling her sub-human was a hint, to encourage the innie to keep questioning her world.
- Spoiler: Helly leaving the severance floor
- Helly isn’t an Egan/CEO/High ranking Lumen employee
- From ep 1: Helly’s car.
- Let's talk about Helly (Episode 5 Spoilers)
- Helly - who is she really?
- *SPOILER* Episode 4 pessimistic POV on Helly
- Theory. Helly's Outie, thoughts on motivations. Spoilers, Episode 4
- Helly. (Spoilers, ep. 4)
- Who is Helly? "When we heard you were coming here it was like a miracle. It's amazing what you're doing."
- Helly (and my theory about the show)
- theory: Helly, already reintegrated?
- Is Helly a Egan?
- What reason did Helly have for staying in the break room?
- What was hellys plan??
- Helly
- The Statues In The Perpetuity Wing Expanded My Helly Theory
- Advice for Helly's second attempt
- Is Helly evil?
- Could Helly be an Egan?
- Is this creepy “broken doll” motion by Helly significant? It creeps me out. She is in the process of being broken. Episode 4.
- How Will Outtie Helly Punish Innie Helly? Spoilers Ahead
- Helly’s treatment was cold hearted SPOILERS
- Helly’s implant question
- Helly’s Resistance
- Helly's opposite personalites
- The video outie Helly might be fake?
- Helly allergy?
- Regarding Helly.
- Something i noticed during Helly's break room in Ep 3
- Theory on Helly after watching ep 4
- Spoiler: who Helly is
- Helly pretends to attempt suicide every day
- Is Helly R related to Eagan? Why did they ask her about his favorite breakfast in the orientation?
- Helly the Ginger
- Helly Theory
- Helly
- Helly's name moves the plot forward
- Theory about Helly's outtie
- Is Helly a droid?
- Theory - Helly was sent to hack the system.
- What if Helly transmits the video?
- Helly’s perfect score
Petey
- A different perspective to Petey's sickness.
- Petey's employment at Lumon - how did it end?
- What happened to Petey - theory
- Theory about Petey and implant bypassing
- A couple of notes on Petey
- Is it possible Petey was/is an undercover government agent?
- Why would Harmony want to “celebrate” the news of Petey being reintegrated?
- Will Petey injure the neighbor, Mrs. Selvig ... his wife?
- Did Petey receive/find Helly’s note?
- This picture of Petey may prove a popular theory
- Petey's Severance Chip
- Petey's Chip Question
- who hacked peteys chip?
- Petey’s Literary Homage
- Petey is Marks BEST friend
- Why do yall think Petey says “im your best friend, your my very good friend”?
- Theory: Petey's "best friend" at work was Harmony.
- The virtue of "wile" and Petey's reintegration
- Why does Selvig know Petey?
- Petey and the MCU (yes, Marvel)
- Stuff on Petey's Desk (Episode 1)
- Petey is the only one wearing a grey suit
Dylan
- Dylan... (minor spoilers)
- What Happens When Dylan Completes the Tumwater file?
- Dylan
- Something weird I spotted RE Dylan’s self proclaimed “nice-ass shirt” he told Helly that he wore for Ms Casey.
- Funny detail
- Dylan
- I think Dylan is on Kier’s bed
- What do you guys think of Dylan, both innie and outie?
- [Spoiler for S01E05] Dylan and The You You Are
- Theory about Dylan (spoilers)
Dylan’s child
- Is Dylan’s outtie a single parent?
- Dylan is not going to forget he has a home and a child and will not be able to stop talking about it.
Dylan being “awoken” at home
- Who flipped the switch on Dylan?
- This episode confirmed something I figured to be true...
- Does O&D have switches like the one that’s thrown when Milchick unsevers Dylan?
Ms. Casey is a robot
- Is Ms. Casey a robot?
- is Ms Casey a robot? ...or "the board"?
- Ms. Casey [Spoiler]
- I just feel like the therapist lady is actually a robot. Bc Cobel was sooo interested in watching her “learn” emotions. So all y’all smart people— tell me how this ties into what lumin is doing and why severance really exists?
Black goop
- Lumon sign and black goop theory
- Is this a ceiling tile with black ooze dripping out of it?
- Black Drawing Salves/Ichthammol dripping from the Ceiling in Irving’s imaginings
- Theory about Irving and the black goo
- what is the black slime???
- Curious Black Sludge/Sleep
- New theory about the black goo
- Luminiferous Ether
- Sickness Theory