Severance - 2x08 "Sweet Vitriol" - Episode Discussion
Severance - 2x08 "Sweet Vitriol" - Episode Discussion
Season 2 Episode 8: Sweet Vitriol
Aired: March 7, 2025
Synopsis: Discoveries are made.
Directed by: Ben Stiller
Written by: Adam Countee & K. C. Perry
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I have so many questions. If Cobel is that kind of a mastermind, why isn’t she higher up in the company? I feel like she must have done something to be degraded to manage MDR. But we get a little bit more insight into the child labour. Ms Huang must be in a similar fellowship. I don’t know if Cobel will be a reliable help to Mark. Was she in charge of having them meet?
why isn't she higher up
So if Cold Harbor really is the greatest project, then she's exactly where she wants to be.
I suspect Helena found a way to get Petey removed so she could sneak in. Then when Cold Harbor is complete she could say she was apart of the team (ignoring that she doesn't view her innie as a person, that's still true, Helly is just a tool used by her.)
So whatever Cold Harbor is, it's still part of Cobel's plan, using her technology. Her work on th project is viewed, by her, as a reward for developing the technology.
If course when they take that away from her...
She was groomed from childhood, they stole her invention and she didn't even want to claim it because she feared retaliation.
I don't even think she feared retaliation, she was just fully bought into the cult that is Kier/Lumon.
I mean, retaliation in cults have often to do with being isolated, cut out from the group. When all the people in your life are part of the cult, being cut out of the cult equals to be all by yourself with nothing to your name. I think Corbel mentioned it briefly, I have to rewatch to be sure.
That is what she says. But wouldn’t you keep such a “genius” closer? Maybe there is more to it. Different ideas what severance could be used for.