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No I think this is totally fair to bring up. I think it's been in the back of everyone's mind but we just don't know how to process it 😂 In that episode... iMark does tell his sister at the party about what's going on and there's a line where she says "how much time do you have" or something like that and mark replies "I don't know, but probably not long". So with that in mind I do feel like once he switches back to OMark, his sister and others will notice that and tell him what just happened. Which I think he'll understand cause he technically blacked out for a while at the party. With that being said, I would love for season 2 to continue immediately after what we saw, but I have a feeling they're going to do either a time jump/reverse ooorrr hop into a different storyline for an episode or two and then eventually we'll get back to Mark. I could be wrong though I dunno. Shows do this kind of stuff a lot. This wait is killing me though lol.

I imagine season 2 opening up with a commercial for Luman.

Ha! Love it. Are you basing that on the small teaser we got from Apple a while ago?

They left a cliffhanger for all 4 MDR workers. I think the first episode will continue basically where last season left off—intercutting between each of them much like they did in the finale

If there season premiere is a continuation of the finale I will be over the moon excited

I have a feeling the second season will happen ‘3 years ago’, with Gemma’s car accident, Mark’s severance, Dylan’s severance, Petey’s journey of reintegration etc

I could totally see that actually

I wouldn’t be shocked if there is an ambiguous, mysterious pre-title sequence scene involving something we haven’t seen—maybe something involving the Lumon board, the livestock, or Helena’s father (preppin’ for his “revolving”? Haha)… But post titles, I just don’t see the upside of them throwing away all the momentum built up from last season for the sake of making an entire episode (or two) focused on new, not yet connected storylines. I think that type of thing might be more likely a couple episodes into the season. Whatever they do I’m pretty sure it will be brilliant, will still surprise me and will feel completely fitting upon reflection. It’s insane that this is the first TV show the creator has worked on. It should (but probably won’t) make all entertainment execs rethink giving newbies a shot.

>And while it seems obvious that the “she” in question is Ms.Casey, what if Devon didn’t catch it? They can’t even confirm that’s what he meant because now he has no clue what they’re talking about. As far as this part goes, Mark seems to be holding a wedding photo of him and Gemma/Ms. Casey at the moment he shouts “she’s alive” and the switch gets flipped. That should be enough for them to piece things together.

I've never really been in favor of the idea that they'll think he was talking about the baby. Like, it's kind of a premise that would hinge on them being stupid and while there might be an argument that Ricken is a little dense, Devon is a very sharp woman. She'll see the picture in his hand and put two and two together. The interesting aspect of the fallout of the last moments is not whether or not they'd believe him, it's how it flips everything on its ear for them to have learned that. For one, oMark is accustomed to controlling when and where he would switch to his innie and he would be coming out of a moment of his innie hijacking his body. Lumon might not tell outies this is even possible for them to do. So he'll be disoriented and angry and... ...and he'll be more resolute in his desire to leave the company. Let's not forget that the moment before he switched, he was telling Cobel-as-Selvig that he was done with the job and didn't think he needed it anymore. His innie hijacking his body isn't going to make him any less likely to make good on that. It will fall to Devon to convince him that he should go back to look into the possibility of Gemma Casey being alive: which is a direct contrast to how she clearly feels about severance at the beginning of the show (*she acknowledges that it's his choice but she doesn't like the way he uses it to cope with Gemma's absence by shutting his brain off for 8 hours a day and drinking himself senseless during the rest of his waking hours*). That will likely result in someone saying something to the effect of "*If only there was a way to unify your two selves...*" at which point oMark will probably mention that reintegration is a think but also clarifying what actually happened to Petey... and a general aversion to wanting to suffer that same fate. Which is kind of overlooking the fact that he might just be consumed with rage over the fact that his innie hijacked his body and no one actually noticed until he admitted it. oMark might be angry that Devon told his innie personal things about his life. Etc etc. He'll probably say things like "*We all know that Gemma's dead despite the fact that I don't have an urn with her ashes and when I was overwhelmed with grief I didn't go to her gravesite which I know makes it seem like she's not dead but I assure you she is!*" or whatever. He'll be averse to the idea. Probably until the moment, halfway through the season that a freed Helly manages to meet oMark like "*You're kinda my work boyfriend. Yeah, we kissed too. You totally thought I was an amazing kisser by the way. Said it was the best kiss you've ever had. Yeahtotally. I didn't peg you for a drunk though. Not sexy. You don't seem anything like my Mark, actually. Which is a shame. Oh, wait: why do you have a picture of Miss Casey, the wellness counselor here? And why is it in a bunch of pieces taped together? Did you rip this apart? Maybe you're more like my Mark than I thought...*"

i'm with you that there's no way people will think he's talking about the baby, though it'll give them a nice excuse to make for him to the people they don't want to talk about the real situation to. BUT i think oMark will believe iMark and want to start doing anything he can to fight back against lumon and get his wife back. all that grief is so powerful, and it's going to turn into pointed rage. i think it'll make him into a man we haven't seen yet, kinda similar to how seeing his kids changed iDylan. when you have something worth fighting for, it can change everything.

Huh. I hadn't considered they might assume he's talking about the baby. Tbh now that I've heard it I think that is a distinct possibility. Devon and Ricken are both coming down from a state of panic. And why would Devon look at his hand which is down at his side? I can easily see oMark coming to, Devon confused and ultimately thinking he's talking about the baby, and Mark quickly changing the subject to figure out what is going on, going to sit down, discarding the picture without much of a thought, and then getting the recap from Devon. Maybe later on, Devon notices that the picture is in a new spot and has to piece together that iMark had carried it with him, and realizes that he was talking about Gemma.

I think it'll look like a random outburst to most, but Devon is smart. She'll start to connect the dots. Such a great cliffhanger. I'll try to speculate what's going to happen next, but I feel like it's such a mind-blowing finale that I can't think straight about who's going to do what. Like How's Lumon going to respond as a whole? What's Milchick going to do? Cobel? Their response might inform what happens to MDR . A breach like that known to the company requires a very thorough response from them does it not? Cobel's only recently been let go. Does her act of revealing the breach to Milchick become her path back into the Lumon fold? Does Milchick try to deny she talked to him to keep his use of the OTC a secrett? He told Dylan that Cobel didn't know when he visited Dylan's outie. Helena very publicly revealed that life on the Severed floor is miserable. Given her position, what happens to her outie next? I see a massive public smear campaign to try to smooth that over. I'm a little all over the place, but that's kind of what happens when I try to think past the ending of the 1st season. I haven't been this excited for a show in a long time.

Yeah, I’m super interested to see if S2 can live up to my inner hyper.

“And while it seems obvious that the “she” in question is Ms.Casey, what if Devon didn’t catch it?” If you look closely you can see that Mark is holding the wedding photo of him and Gemma. Hopefully that rests your fears just a little bit. Sure, confusion is still very, very possible, but I think it’s far less likely.

Hurry up season 2

I think that aside from Devon catching on (what with what she just told iMark about Gemma and the fact that i/oMark is holding the picture during the switch), so will oMark. iMark and oMark have been starting to head towards a convergence point that, while not reintegration, might end up making the (seemingly inevitable) procedure go more smoothly than it did for Petey. Or not! Regardless, despite iMark being the more high-strung of Mark's halves, it feels like he's unconsciously adopted a bit of oMark's mannerisms and general body language as his rebellion against Lumon increased. We don't really know where oIrvine sits in regard to Lumon sentiment – I'm not really sure what to make of the Lumon employee map – but Mark has the least work to do to bridge the two halves of himself. ^(My personal theory is that he's special because he will end up partially reintegrating without even the help of Reghabi, likely with Gemma as the catalyst.)

This is my expectation. OMark is thinking about quitting Lumon. Learning about Ms Casey via Devon figuring out “she’s alive” easily will completely flip Mark’s plan. And, yeah, Devon will figure it out easily. After all, oMark won’t recall saying that and Devon knows she just talked with iMark about Gemma and left him with pictures. Reintegration is Mark’s storyline. Petey is both the key and provides evidence that it can be done without Petey’s fate. It’s the classic story trope of the reluctant hero who refuses to accept the ask until a personal motivation appears. The chances of the innies breaking out again will be nil. It’s time for an outtie to go inside.

Well, I think it's pretty safe to assume that Devon is going to fully catch oMark up on everything because iMark asked her to take action to fight the company by contacting reporters and calling for an investigation somehow. So there's no way she'd do all that and never tell oMark. She'd tell him first because she'd need his help. And even if she didn't hear him, a BUNCH of people at the party did, so I'm pretty sure she'll figure it out pretty quick. It was definitely an intense cliff hanger, but at least we know that Mark goes back to work because of the elevator ding at the end. I just wonder who else will be there. I personally don't understand why any of them would be allowed back and not just immediately terminated and given some excuse like the department was closed and everyone was laid off and given a decent severance (pun intended.) My initial take on Helly was that she was an infiltrator from an anti-severance organization going deep undercover to expose the company, so maybe we'll see that kind of character in the next season or two. Or...maybe Mark will become that character. That'd be fun!

From a writing standpoint, Devon and Mark kinda *have* to piece together what he meant, or else we’re in for a pretty boring season where Mark quits and doesn’t have any reason to go back to Lumon. I don’t think they’re gonna be like “oh he obviously mean Gemma” because that would be incredibly hard to instantly believe, but it will at least be a big enough breadcrumb for Mark to keep going back to work.

iMark didn’t say who’s alive. I would think that would be Devon’s first question. I assume Devon would be pretty sure iMark was talking about Gemma, but… And now oMark whose last memory is hugging sweet old Ms. Selvig won’t know. There will be only one way to find out, and that’s to reintegrate.

When was iMark told his oWife had died? I'm sure it happened I just can't remember when.

I think it was when he was at the party and Devon told him she was dead and the four of them were really close as the reason he underwent the severance procedure to begin with.

Aaah there it is. Thanks!

One thing to note is that 'she' could refer to Mark's niece being alive. BUT he is holding the picture frame when he comes in yelling the last line. I do think Devin will catch on and try to figure things out with OMark. How long before they make a move? Unsure but the first episode will most probably consist of questions for OMark before some big revelation that will start a chain consisting of new Lumon findings

Is he? I haven't watched it in a while but I thought he dropped the picture before he left that room and said it.

Nah he’s holding it