After Mark (Adam Scott) and Helly (Britt Lower) “shared vessels,” Irving (John Turturro) had dinner with Burt (Christopher Walken) and Fields (John Noble), and Dylan (Zach Cherry) kissed his outie’s wife Gretchen (Merritt Wever), the sixth episode of Severance ‘s sophomore season ended with Mark having a reintegration-induced seizure. When Mark fell to the floor in front of Devon (Jen Tullock) and Reghabi (Karen Aldridge), fans couldn’t help but flash back to Petey’s (Yul Vasquez) severe reintegration sickness and eventual death in Season 1. As we wait to learn his fate in Season 2, Episode 7, Severance takes us inside Mark’s head, down to the testing floor, and back in time to the day when he and Gemma (Dichen Lachman) first met.
Spoilers for Severance Season 2, Episode 7 ahead. Written by Dan Erickson and Mark Friedman, Season 2, Episode 7, “Chikhai Bardo,” is an episode fans have been waiting for since 2022. The ambitious installment also marks cinematographer Jessica Lee Gagné’s directorial debut, and is one of the most gorgeous, affecting, thought-provoking 50-minutes of television you’ll ever behold.
The episode features three different timelines, which directly relate to and interact with each other in beautiful fashion. In present-day, we watch Devon and Reghabi nervously monitor an unconscious Mark. In his head, flashbacks show snippets of him and Gemma’s love story — from meet-cute to news of her death.
And the final jaw-dropping story th.
