Discover! This text comprises spoilers for Severance Season 2 Episode 1.
Helly tells Mark that they don't seem to be the identical as her exes. Termination episode 1 of season 2, making it arduous to not surprise why she doesn't need to be related along with her boyfriend. Termination The opening episode of Season 2 picks up the place the Season 1 finale left off, marking Mark's return to Lumon's workplace. Though it seems that Mark returned straight after his time underneath the Extension Contingency in Termination On the finish of Season 1, Season 2 Episode 1 confirms that it has been 5 months for the reason that “Macrodat Revolt” incident.
After Mark discovers he should work with new crew members within the Macrodata Refinement division, he tries to persuade the board to carry his outdated buddies again. To their shock, the council listens and Dylan, Helly and Irving quickly return to the workplace. Nevertheless, Helly appears totally different and encourages Mark to not assist others after he tells her about Mrs.
Helly's Innie is struggling along with her Outie's true identification in Severance Season 2
She hates that her Outie is selling the system she's combating in opposition to
When Mark talks about discovering Mrs. Casey/Gemma and searching for the reality about what occurred to her, Helly argues that her companions don't deserve her assist. She tries to persuade Mark that they've separate identities and that they might be higher off serving themselves as a substitute of serving to their buddies. Dissociating herself from her outie, Helly additionally says that she is just not the identical as her outie, stating that she owes him nothing. She does this as a result of part of her nonetheless doesn't consider and denies that her outie is without doubt one of the pioneers of the system she has been rebelling in opposition to.
To some extent, Helly additionally feels afraid that her MDR colleagues will decide her or now not belief her after studying about her ex-boyfriend's position in Lumon.
After studying that her ex-girlfriend, Helena, is the daughter of Lumon Industries CEO Jame Eagan, Helly feels a way of dissonance relating to her identification. Whereas the opposite severed MDR staff additionally study some stunning truths about their externs' lives through the Extra time Contingency incident in Termination By the tip of Season 2, none of their exterior personas distinction sharply with their severed identities in the identical method as Helly's. To some extent, Helly additionally feels afraid that her MDR colleagues will decide her or now not belief her after studying about her ex-boyfriend's position in Lumon.
Why Helly nonetheless agrees to assist Mark discover his spouse
She has no alternative
Though Helly is initially apprehensive about serving to outsiders, she finally agrees to assist Mark discover his spouse as a result of, after Termination season 1 occasions, she feels a connection along with her co-workers, particularly Mark. All the arc of the primary season revolved round her constant efforts to depart Lumon. She even resorted to excessive strategies to get out. Nevertheless, on the finish of Termination Within the first season, she lastly appears like she belongs on the workplace and even hopes to return after kissing Mark.
Due to this fact, for Mark's sake, she agrees to assist him discover his spouse, believing it could make him joyful. A well-liked Termination the idea additionally means that Helly by no means returned to the Lumon workplace. As a substitute, her outie, Helena, has changed her and isn't making an attempt to regulate the narrative by manipulating Mark and the opposite MDR innies. If that is true, she apparently agrees to assist Mark as a result of she doesn't need to blow his cowl or elevate any suspicions about his true motives.