Unravelling Mark & Gemma - Severance Theories #severance #severancetvshow #appletv

Episode 207 is pretty much the Mark and Gemma origin story and nothing says romance like meeting your partner at a blood drive The first thing you'll notice are the flashback scenes shot on film making it easier to distinguish between past and present Then there's Ganz College the school where both Mark and Gemma taught Ganz in German means all or whole an apt name considering this is where Mark met Reghabi who wants to make his mind whole again We'll see similar shots used from season one but notice how the campus looks borderline abandoned a stark contrast to the bustling courtyard we see in our flashback I love how one of Mark's first lines to Gemma I'm sorry who are you is the very first line in season one Who are you Gemma teaches Russian literature and is currently reading Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich In episode 205 we saw how Mark kept a different Russian clippings on his fridge one of them a German cover of Tolstoy's Resurrection Both The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Severance share common themes of alienation mortality and the meaning of life with both Mark and Ivan having to come to the realization of how little control they have over their lives but perhaps the most concerning aspect of not only this blood drive but medical help in general is how closely tied it is to lumon we'll see the lumon logo on this medical device at the blood drive and on the fertility form a mark and gemma visit later on not to mention did any of you happen to spot dr mauer in the background of their flashback why would a dentist be working at a fertility clinic Mauer is German for wall and he is a physical barrier that prevents Gemma from making it to the outside world We'll talk a little more about him in a bit