Severance Creator explains the end of the big finale, teases season 3 and explains future plans
Ever Trend Zone Severance just aired the season 2 finale, and season 3 is officially ongoing. In a new interview with Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stoneshow creator Dan Erickson talks about the end of the big finale, bullying plans for next season, answering the show’s mystery and more. *Spoilers await* If you haven’t seen the retirement finale yet.
Shock ending of the season 2 finale
Severance’s second season ends with a heartbreaking moment.
Shortly after putting Gemma out of safety, Inni Mark faces a dilemma. He is free to maintain his outty wife and the possibility of reintegration, or staying with Helly.
Mark chooses Helly and as Gemma is crying, the two run through the mutilated floor together.
Here is Ericsson’s explanation of what’s going on:
The moment he sees Gemma and he sees Helly, he decides not only to decide between the two women, but also to decide existence and existence as inny. He realizes that leaving with Gemma means his life as he knows it’s over. During the season, he reaches this point and he can cherish his presence as an individual independent of his outs. Getting Gemma out and helping him out was his main goal throughout the season, but once he reaches that moment he chooses his own life. But I don’t think at that moment I know what they’re heading for. They may be running towards another five minutes, and they may be trying more. I don’t think they know.
Bullying in Season 3 and Big Future Plan
Erickson is asked at one point about his tendency to throw the characters from the show into dangerous situations, but they are still back at work.
After the end of Season 2, it appears wild that retirements can continue to offer similar workplace settings in Season 3. This is Ericsson’s response.
I like to blow up the formula at the end of each season and see if I can get it back. I don’t want to talk much about what Season 3 looks like. But we say we wanted to blow up the world even more than the first season. “Can the show continue in the format we’ve seen, or does it need to be transformed into something else?”
In a related note, he addressed an issue of continuing retirement periods.
We talked about it and I’m sure we know how far it is. I’m still close to my chest at this point, but I feel quite good.
Will the mystery really be solved?
Finally, Erickson is asked if he saw the show lost and is familiar with the series’ famous unanswered mysteries.
People come to me and say, “Hey, you’re not going to leave us hanging like you’ve lost, right?” I’m really trying hard not to point out the mystery I know I’m not going to answer. Of course, what’s going on in the show can be there to build and enrich the world. We will not go through and explain all of those Genesis and remove the fun. But from the perspective of the mystery we specifically point out, I like to think people are happy with the answer.
He is clearly a Lost fan, and the show’s ending proves to be more satisfying than some. That said, he appears to be very careful about the importance of answering questions that seem important to quit.
The full interview is worth reading Rolling Stone.
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